Diabetes Management Nurse – Career and Education Profile

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With the number of diabetes patients in the United States growing daily, diabetes management nurses are in high demand. In this role, you’ll help patients make positive lifestyle changes to cope with the disease.

Job Responsibilities

Diabetes is a condition that affects the way your body produces and uses insulin. As a diabetes management nurse, you’ll deal with patients who have Type I and Type II diabetes, both of which can mean huge changes in what the patients eats as well as huge changes in other parts of life. Your role could include educating patients and their families about this disease and its risks, monitoring blood sugar, developing nutritional plans with patients, and more. Depending on your level of education, your employer, and the state where you live, you could also administer or even prescribe medications to aid with patients’ diabetes management.

Salary and Career Options

As a diabetes management nurse, your salary will be linked to a number of factors, such as level of education, location, type of employer, certification status, and more. This is a career area that is growing rapidly, so you can expect to see higher and higher average salary amounts for diabetes management nurses in the coming years. Right now, diabetes management nurses make an average of $53,000 annually at the RN level, but you can also explore advanced practice nursing options, which allows you to become not only a practitioner, but also an educator, research, consultant, or manager.

Educational Requirements

You can start working as a diabetes management nurse by becoming an LPN, but you’ll make more money and open more career doors if you get an associate’s degree or bachelor’s degree so you qualify for an RN license. While all nurses can work in the diabetes management field, you can take specialized classes covering things like the endocrine system and nutrition. If you go on to get your master’s degree, you can also take the Advanced Diabetes Management Certification exam.

LPN to RN College Programs

While several schools have online nursing degrees available, few offer LPN to RN programs. What's the good news? We have listed some accredited schools below that do offer the program in addition to schools with other bridge programs available. Find out more information and contact each school by using any of the links below.

Indiana State University—Indiana State University offers a robust online program designed for LPNs wanting to become registered nurses and earn their BSN degree. Since ISU's credits transfer to over 80 campus majors, this is an ideal program for people wanting to open opportunities for their career down the road.

The College Network—The College Network is a partnership with several universities and organizations like the National League for Nursing that focuses on online education and programs, with several courses for nurses or those interested in a nursing career. Specifically, TCN helps students prepare for their PN and RN licensures and move on to earn graduate degrees.

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Walden University—Walden University is typically a graduate school with several masters and doctoral programs available, but they do have BSN and RN to MSN bridge programs available. Walden is based out of Minneapolis and offers several options in transferring your previously earned credits to and from (or even within) the school.

Kaplan University—Kaplan University is one of the nation's largest and leading online educators and offers several bridge programs for registered nurses to earn their BSN or MSN degree. If you have previously earned credits, Kaplan makes it easy for you to transfer to any one of their undergraduate or graduate programs.

Herzing University—While Herzing University does not offer an undergraduate nursing degree, it is a great choice for working nurses wanting to pursue leadership positions in Nurse Education or Management. With over 10 campuses and 45 online programs available, Herzing has a massive network that makes it easy to transfer to or from the school.

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