Conferences
2025 Virtual Diabetes Management Conference for School Nurses
Saturday, February 8, 2025 • 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Join Texas Children’s Hospital for a full-day virtual continuing professional development conference. This conference is designed to meet the educational needs of school nurses, dietitians, social workers and other healthcare providers in managing students with type 1 or type 2 diabetes in the school setting.
Registration Fee
$50.00: Non-Texas Children’s Hospital Licensed Professional
$25.00: Non-Texas Children’s Hospital Unlicensed Professional (no continuing professional education hours will be granted)
Texas Children's Hospital employees: waived and verified
Credit card payment is the only acceptable form of payment for registration.
Registration closes on Friday, 2/7/2025 at 6:00 pm
Target Audience
This program is designed to meet the educational needs of nurses, dietitians, social workers and other healthcare providers who care for diabetic school age children.
2:20 pm – 3:20 pm: Diabetes: Your Questions Answered! A Panel Discussion:
Cynthia G. Sanders, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC; BC-ADM
Merielle B. Mercado, RN, CPN, CDCES
Dana M. Fisher, MSN, RN, NCSN
Vendor Virtual Demonstrations
Virtual Device Management Demonstration - Links to Vendor Demonstrations will be provided in the confirmation email once participants register. MS Teams Meetings platform will be used for this portion. The vendor demonstration portion of the conference is not inclusive of contact hours. Virtual Device Management Demonstrations will occur every 20 minutes with a 5 minute buffer.
For questions on this conference, contact Jennifer H. Bailey, Community Outreach Coordinator at jjhiser@texaschildrens.org or 936-267-5285.
Accreditation Statement
Texas Children's Hospital is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This Nursing Continuing Professional Development activity awards up to 6.5 contact hours.
All presenters have reported no relationships with proprietary entities related to the content of this activity. Persons involved in the planning of this activity have reported no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest.