Focused CE Series

Course Title: Diabetes Educator Certification Review

October 11, 2021 - December 6, 2021 | Live Instructor-Led Online Course | 26.5 Contact Hours (Nurses) | 26.5 CPEUs (Dietitians) | ANCC Accredited

Diabetes prevalence is rapidly increasing with 1,600,000 new cases of diabetes diagnosed every year. The healthcare challenges associated with this chronic disease necessitate competent, knowledgeable healthcare professionals who provide patients with the most current treatment strategies. This continuing education series in a blended learning format will highlight the types of diabetes, discuss monitoring blood sugar levels, explain techniques for promoting safe medication use, integrate nutritional and activity treatment approaches, describe management issues for special populations, and review the qualifications for obtaining your certification to become a diabetes educator.

The Diabetes Educator Certification Review Focused CE Series gives healthcare providers the current knowledge about the diagnosis, pathology and treatment of diabetes mellitus. This series will also prepare eligible diabetes educators with the essential information to take the Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Education (CBDCE)* exam.

*CBDCE is the administrator of the Certified Diabetes Educator program. CBDCE has not endorsed this program. There is no partnership between this program and the CBDCE.

Early Bird Rate: $375.00 | General Registration: $399.00 | Group Rate (3 or more): $370.000

• Benefits+

  • Strengthen your chances of passing the CBDCE exam.
  • Attend interactive discussions with diabetes educator certified experts.
  • Gain practical application of concepts as soon as your next shift.
  • Network with peers within the virtual classroom.

• Accreditation Information+

  

  
  

  In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
  
  Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791
  
  Relias reports to CEBroker for the following boards (Provider # 50-1489): Arkansas State Board Of Nursing, District Of Columbia Board Of Nursing, Florida Board Of Nursing, Georgia Board Of Nursing, New Mexico Board Of Nursing, South Carolina Board Of Nursing and West Virginia Board Of Examiners For Registered Professional Nurses.

• Speakers+

  Tracey Long, PhD, MS, RN, CDE, CNE, CHUC, CCRN is currently the Director of Clinical Education at HealthCare Partners and adjunct faculty at Nevada State College. She earned two degrees at Brigham Young University in nursing and Spanish. She developed Spanish programs in health education and diabetes for local hospitals in Las Vegas, Nevada. She earned her masters degree in public health education at the California College of Health Sciences.
  
  Jamie Dillinger, MSN, RN, CRNP, CDE is a nurse practitioner in a private endocrinology practice who teachers Intensive Insulin Management Seminars at Villanova University, PA and Widener University, Chester, PA.
  
  Julie Stefanski, MEd, RDN, CSSD, LDN, CDE, FAND is a Content Writer of Food, Nutrition & Dietetics for Relias. Stefanski is a national media spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics and has been a certified diabetes educator since 2003. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Dietetics, a Master's Degree in Adult Education with a special focus on distance learning and was an adjunct instructor in the Stabler Department of Nursing at York College of Pennsylvania for 13 years. She is the owner of Stefanski Nutrition Services where she specializes in pediatric nutrition, diabetes, and gastrointestinal issues.
  
  

• Disclosures+

  None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

• Cancellation and Refund Policy+

  Phone cancellations must be confirmed in writing. Cancellations received four weeks prior to the start date of the series will receive a full refund of the registration fee. Cancellations received after four weeks and up to seven days prior to the start of the series will be assessed a $50 processing fee. Cancellations received seven days prior or no shows will not receive a refund. In the event that the program is cancelled, a full refund will be issued.