Inpatient Certificate Program: Transforming Care and Enhancing Lives

Effective dates for CE credit: 9/13/2024 - 9/13/2027

Description

This comprehensive certificate program focuses on the nursing role, equipping healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary for effective inpatient diabetes care. 

The self-paced online program covers essential aspects of inpatient diabetes management: from initial patient assessment, to glucose targets based on diagnosis and treatments, to nutrition therapy and medications -- including insulin, oral, and non-insulin injectable agents.

Participants will learn how to prevent and manage acute complications, utilize diabetes technology safely, and ensure smooth transitions of care for patients upon discharge. Emphasis is placed on respectful, inclusive, and person-centered communication, addressing social determinants of health, and supporting patients' self-management capabilities.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this program, participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of inpatient diabetes management, including assessment, treatment, and coordination of care, resulting in improved patient outcomes and safety.
• Utilize respectful, inclusive, and person-centered communication strategies to interact with patients effectively.
• Apply evidence-based medical nutrition therapy principles to support glucose management, metabolic needs, and preparation for discharge.
• Recognize and address SDOH that may affect diabetes management and require tailoring of care plans to meet the diverse patient needs. .
• Summarize safe use of insulin therapy and oral/non-insulin injectable agents, ensuring appropriate usage, monitoring, and adjustments, particularly in complex clinical scenarios such as steroid therapy.
• Identify, prevent, and manage acute complications such as hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, utilizing best practices to ensure patient safety and mitigate risks during hospital stays.
• Assess and monitor use of diabetes technology, such as continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and insulin pumps ensuring adherence to clinical guidelines, internal policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate and support safe transitions of care, ensuring continuity of care and patient/family readiness with the necessary diabetes self-management skills and resources.
  

Learning Outcome

Learners will report an increase in knowledge of inpatient diabetes care including assessment, treatment, and coordination of care.

Activity Type

This is a knowledge-based learning activity.

Learning Format

Enduring Material

Intended Audience

This activity is designed for nurses and other healthcare providers who work with people with diabetes in an inpatient setting.

Kristine Batty PhD, FNP-BC, BC-ADM, CDCES, FADCES

Karen McAvoy MSN, RN, CNS, CDCES

Mary Treadway RN, APRN, BC-ADM, CDCES

Jennifer N. Clements, PharmD, FCCP, FADCES, BCPS, CDCES, BCACP, BC-ADM

Gwen Klinkner DNP, RN, BC-ADM, CDCES, FADCES

Leigh Bak MSN, RN, APRN, CDCES

Chris E. Memering, MSN, RN, CDCES, BC-ADM, FADCES

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists 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.

	Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) The Universal Activity Number is JA4008258-0000-24-298-H01-P. This knowledge-based activity has been approved for 5.25 contact hour(s). This statement contains information provided to NABP from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) via CPE Monitor®. ACPE policy states paper and/or electronic statements of credit may no longer be distributed directly to learners as proof of ACPE credit. The official record of credit may be located in the learner’s e-profile in CPE Monitor.
	American Medical Association (AMA) Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists designates this enduring material for a maximum of 5.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
	American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists designates this activity for a maximum of 5.25 ANCC contact hour(s). This activity discusses 1.5 contact hour(s) of pharmacotherapeutic content. The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 10977, for 5.25 contact hour(s).
	American Academy of PAs (AAPA) The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 5.25 AAPA Category 1 CME credit(s). Approval is valid until 9/13/27. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) CDR Credentialed Practitioners will receive 5.25 Continuing Professional Education unit(s) (CPEU) for completion of this activity. Completion of this RD/DTR profession-specific or IPCE activity awards CPEUs (One IPCE credit = One CPEU). If the activity is dietetics-related but not targeted to RDs or DTRs, CPEUs may be claimed which are commensurate with participation in contact hours (One 60 minute hour = 1 CPEU. RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learner’s discretion.

Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 5.25 continuing education credits.

Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialists

To satisfy the requirements for renewal of certification for the Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Education (CBDCE), continuing education activities must be diabetes related and approved by a provider on the CBDCE list of Approved Providers (www.cbdce.org). CBDCE does not approve continuing education. The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is on the CBDCE list of Approved Providers.

Board Certified Advanced Diabetes Management (BC-ADM)

CBDCE is the administering body for the Advanced Diabetes Management credentials. Continuing education programs offered by ADCES can be used toward fulfilling BC-ADM Certification and recertification requirements.

Other Health Professionals

It is the responsibility of each participant to determine if the program meets the criteria for re-licensure or recertification for their discipline.

Successful Completion

After you have completed the coursework, you will take the post-test, course evaluation, you will get access to a statement of credit, showing the CE credit you earned. Please print it for your records. (Note, you will be able to return to print it later, if needed.)

Pharmacists must provide their date of birth (MMDD) and NABP ePID to receive credit. Pharmacist learners who fail to provide this information will not receive credit for this activity.

Disclosures

In accordance with Joint Accreditation criteria and the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (ADCES) must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies for the past 24 months.

Joint Accreditation/ACCME also requires that ADCES mitigate any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias during the educational activity. The disclosure information is intended to identify any ineligible relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias during an activity, please report it on the evaluation.

Relevant disclosures (or lack thereof) among educational activity planners and faculty are as follows:

Speakers

• Kristine Batty PhD, FNP-BC, BC-ADM, CDCES, FADCES  – No relevant financial relationships
• Karen McAvoy MSN, RN, CNS, CDCES  – No relevant financial relationships
• Mary Treadway RN, APRN, BC-ADM, CDCES – No relevant financial relationships
• Jennifer N. Clements, PharmD, FCCP, FADCES, BCPS, CDCES, BCACP, BC-ADM  – Speakers Bureau: Lilly, Novo Nordisk; Consultant: Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Advisory Board: Embecta
• Gwen Klinkner DNP, RN, BC-ADM, CDCES, FADCES  – No relevant financial relationships
• Leigh Bak MSN, RN, APRN, CDCES  – No relevant financial relationships
• Chris E. Memering, MSN, RN, CDCES, BC-ADM, FADCES  – No relevant financial relationships

Planners

• Valerie Bland-Page, MA – No relevant financial relationships
• Gwen Klinkner DNP, RN, BC-ADM, CDCES, FADCES  – No relevant financial relationships
• Leigh Bak MSN, RN, APRN, CDCES  – relevant No financial relationships

Reviewer

• Jodi Lavin-Tompkins, MSN, RN, BC-ADM, CDCES – No relevant financial relationships

All identified relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated.

The approval of this educational offering by the ADCES does not imply endorsement of specific therapies, treatments, or products discussed in the presentations.

Joint Providership

None

Financial Support

None

Pricing

Members: $131.99
Non-Members: $262.99

Volume discounts are available and will be automatically applied at check-out when the desired quantity is selected.

• For groups of 3-9, a 10% discount is available.
• For groups of 10-14, a 15% discount is available.
• For groups of 15+, a 20% discount is available.

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Access Period

You will have access to this learning activity for a period of six months after you enroll, or whenever the activity's CE credits expire (whichever comes first).

CE expiration date: 9/13/2027