I am a new RN working nights, 7 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. and on an insulin pump. I have had diabetes since age 12 and am now 25 and have used a pump for the past six years. Since I now work three or four nights a week, my testing schedule is very different than it was before when I could test four to six times a day and sleep through the night. I'm finding that I can test at 7 p.m., about 4 a.m., then at 7:30 a.m. Because of how busy my patient load can be, I am eating dinner at about 5 p.m., eating a small snack at about 1 a.m., a small meal at 4 a.m., and breakfast at 9 a.m. My husband wants me to push for a day schedule so I can sleep better and stay on a regular schedule with diabetes, but I do not have the option to work days. I am very healthy otherwise, no diabetes complications. I experience lows only once or twice a week and maintain levels between 80 and 160 mg/dl [4.4 and 8.9 mmol/L], with levels up to the 250s mg/dl [13.9 to 14.3 mmol/L] sometimes. Can I remain healthy with diabetes while having no consistency in my sleep/wake schedule? Can working nights be detrimental to my long-term health?

Justin Delgado is husband to Kacie Doyle-Delgado, diagnosed at age 11. After more than a decade together, he considers himself to be an expert carb counter and Dexcom inserter. He graduated with his Master of Science in Finance from the University of Utah in 2013 and has been working in commercial banking since then. He attended his first Friends for Life conference in 2015 and is looking forward to volunteering with the teens.

Kacie Doyle-Delgado, MSN, APRN, NP-C, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 11 and attended her first Friends for Life conference in 2002. Since then, she has attended several FFL and regional conferences. She earned her BSN and her MSN as a Family Nurse Practitioner at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, UT and she is currently enrolled in a DNP program. She works for Utah Physicians Care Center in a diabetes specialty clinic. Kacie lives in Salt Lake with her husband, Justin Delgado, and their dogs. She is looking forward to volunteering with the teens again.

Marissa Town, BSN, RN, CDE, graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and later earned her Certified Diabetes Educator credential. She has had type 1 diabetes since the age of two and has grown up with a passion for helping families living with diabetes. Marissa is currently working as a research nurse at Stanford University. She has always enjoyed working with families with diabetes at Children with Diabetes conferences, camps, and support groups. She and her husband Adam have two young children, Connor and Everly.