How to become a diabetes educator?

i want to become a diabetes educator
but…i have no idea what steps are necessary to become that
or what classes to take or what i should major in for college

if you could help me out that would be great

thanks

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Answer:
It's a long process, I looked into it myself. It's about 6 years of full-time school, then you have to put in 1000 hours of diabetes training in a clinical setting before they give you the CDE license. There's a lot of controversy about it because educators are badly needed, but there are so many hoops to jump through. Visit the industry website here:

http://www.diabeteseducator.org/

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1) Go to school
2) Get an RN or BSN

ALL of the Diabetic Educators I've worked with have been BSN's

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Answer:
First you need to be a health care provider such as a RN, then go to school for DE.

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Answer:
good answer German shepard. she or he’s right. you’ve to be an RN my mother is retired now but was an RN