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Lifestyle, Nutrition, and Prevention

(M04) Let’s Take Action: Using the 2025 RDN Scope to Transform Your Diabetes Care Team

Monday, August 10, 2026
8:00 AM - 8:45 PM ET
CE: .75 CE
Pharmacology Hours: .25 CE
This interactive case-based session will demonstrate how the Revised 2025 Scope and Standards of Practice for RDNs can strengthen diabetes care teams and advance ADCES strategic goals. Using real-world scenarios, participants will explore practical strategies to overcome cultural barriers, improve medication coordination, and navigate technology integration. Attendees will leave with a concrete action plan to implement these enhanced standards and optimize team-based care delivery.

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
  • Identify how the revised RDN practice standards can be utilized to enhance team-based care coordination and advance ADCES strategic goals.
  • Analyze implementation benefits, challenges, and solutions for adopting enhanced RDN practice standards in diabetes care teams.
  • Develop an action plan to integrate the Scope and Standards of Practice principles into diabetes care team practice.
Disclosure(s):
Ka Hei Karen Lau, MS, RDN, LDN, CDCSE: No financial relationships to disclose
Patricia Davidson, DCN, RDN, LDN, CDCES, CHSE, FAND, FADCES: No financial relationships to disclose