At the Diabetes and Nutrition Center, we believe improving your health and well-being starts in your kitchen.
Our mission is to help you regain and improve your health by eating foods that taste delicious and help you feel amazing! We aim to empower you to make informed choices about nutrition that will help you to prevent or manage chronic disease and improve your overall quality of life.
We offer many services tailored to meet your individual needs:
We are a team of Registered Dietitian Nutritionists and Diabetes Care and Education Specialists who provide evidence-based nutrition therapy and comprehensive diabetes self-management education for patients of all ages.
What is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist?
Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs) are skilled health care professionals who are experts in the field of nutrition science and dietetics. RDNs have the knowledge, skills, and training necessary to take the most up-to-date, evidence-based nutrition science and create an individualized nutrition care plan specific to your health conditions and goals. A nutritionist may be an expert in the field or may be someone with little to no training; however, a registered dietitian nutritionist must:
For more information, please visit the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics website at eatright.org.
What is a Certified Diabetes Educator?
A certified diabetes care & education specialist (CDCES) is a skilled health care professional (usually a registered dietitian nutritionist, registered nurse, or pharmacist) who has additional training and experience to be an expert in diabetes prevention, care and management. Diabetes care and education specialists help people affected by diabetes to understand and successfully manage the condition through comprehensive self-management education and ongoing support. In order to become a certified diabetes care & education specialist, a qualified health professional must:
For more information, please visit the Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Education at cbdce.org.
Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation is vital for patients with heart or lung concerns. We work closely with your physician to restore an active, healthy lifestyle.
We don’t want transportation to get in the way of quality health care. We offer complimentary transport for patients of Good Shepherd Medical Center.
Good Shepherd provides high tech surgical services including six major operative suites with modern anesthesia machines and patient monitoring devices.
Our comprehensive imaging services reflect the very latest in technology, forming the critical link between doctor and diagnosis
The Family Birth Center provides the best in maternity care services. Our birthing suites are comfortable and come complete with a sanijet Jacuzzi tub to help ease your labor pains, comfortable couch for your support person, and rocking chair for you to soothe your newborn after delivery.
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. Oncology is the medical practice that treats these concerns. Many areas of treatment can be beneficial to cancer and blood disorder patients. Good Shepherd can help with those needs.
Upon Physician’s order, Home Health Services through TLC Home Health provides quality professional care in the comfort of your own home.
Good Shepherd’s Durable Medical Equipment store front is your source for a complete line of home medical supplies and equipment.
Good Shepherd Medical Center boasts a modern, well equipped laboratory that offers a wide variety of diagnostic services.
Good Shepherd Clinic Pharmacy is a complete retail pharmacy for prescriptions, refills and a full line of medical supplies and equipment.
Treatment and rehabilitative therapies at Good Shepherd include intravenous, respiratory, physical and occupational, speech, and more.
