Prepare to pass your CDCES exam!

  • COURSE OVERVIEW

    This is the 2025 Diabetes Care and Education Specialist Certification (CDCES) Review E-Course. It is 14 hours of evidence-based content based on the most recent exam content outline.

  • CONTACT HOURS: 14

    Nurse Builders is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Nurse Builders is a CA CE Provider #15118. Nurse Builders is a CE Provider # 50-9679 for: AR, DC, FL, GA, KY, ND, NM, SC, WV.

  • FACULTY

    Dr. Melissa Cole is both a clinician and an educator. She has been a registered nurse for over 37 years and an adult geriatric nurse practitioner for over 8 years. Her current experiences include working as a nurse educator for a graduate nursing program and as a telehealth nurse practitioner. Throughout her nursing career, she has worked in labor and delivery, high‑risk obstetrics, pediatrics, emergency room, surgery, telemetry, diabetes management, public health, hospice, and home health care. Her current passion and expertise are in caring for the elderly and disabled populations in both inpatient and outpatient settings, specifically those suffering from health inequities and social determinants of health.

Course curriculum

    1. Certification Review E-Course Learning Outcome, Completion Criteria, Expiration Date, Disclosures, and Accreditation

    2. Course Content Outline

    3. Speaker Bio and Course Objectives

    4. References

    1. Handout - Session 1

    2. Exam Overview

    3. Test Taking Techniques

    4. Practice Questions: Test Taking Techniques

    1. Handout - Session 2

    2. Session 2: Introduction to Professional Issues

    3. Practice Questions: Introduction to Professional Issues

    1. Handout - Session 3

    2. Session 3: Pathophysiology of Diabetes

    3. Practice Questions: Pathophysiology of Diabetes

    1. Handouts - Session 4, Part 1

    2. Session 4, Part 1: Diabetes and Nutrition

    3. Practice Questions: Diabetes and Nutrition

    4. Handout - Session 4, Part 2, Section 1

    5. Session 4, Part 2, Section 1: Activity and the Body

    6. Practice Questions: Activity and the Body

    7. Handouts - Session 4, Part 2, Section 2

    8. Session 4, Part 2, Section 2: Diabetes and Activity

    9. Practice Questions: Diabetes and Activity

    10. Handouts - Session 4, Part 3, Section 1

    11. Session 4, Part 3, Section 1: Diabetes Pharmacology - Pharmaceutical Treatment

    12. Practice Questions: Diabetes Pharmacology

    13. Handouts - Session 4, Part 3, Section 2

    14. Session 4, Part 3, Section 2: Intensifying Treatment

    15. Practice Questions: Intensifying Treatment

    16. Handouts - Session 4, Part 4

    17. Session 4, Part 4: Dietary Supplements and Complementary Health

    18. Practice Questions: Dietary Supplements and Complementary Health

    19. Handouts - Session 4, Part 5

    20. Session 4, Part 5: Monitoring in Diabetes

    21. Practice Questions: Monitoring in Diabetes

    1. Handouts - Session 5

    2. Session 5: Special Populations

    3. Practice Questions: Special Populations

About this course

  • $189.00
  • 57 lessons
  • 14 hours of video content