DCNP Fall CE Conference: 10/11/25 (DATE CORRECTION) Registration Open. Focus on a session: Diabetes Management Across the Lifespan

DCNP returns to the Bayhealth Kent Campus Simulation Center for  full day 10/11/25  Learn more and register

Focus on a Session:  Pharmacologic Management of Diabetes Across the Lifespan

Stacy L. Thomas, DNP, APRN, FNP-C is a combat veteran with 23 years of military service and a seasoned Family Nurse Practitioner at Beebe Healthcare’s Millsboro Family Practice Clinic. She delivers full-spectrum, evidence-based care across the lifespan and serves as a clinical preceptor for graduate nursing students in primary care.

Dr. Thomas earned both her DNP and MSN from Duke University and is deeply involved in advancing APRN leadership and education in Delaware. She serves as the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Director on the Board of Directors for the Delaware Nurses Association and as Education Committee Chair for the Delaware Organization for Nursing Leadership. Additionally, she is a peer reviewer for The Journal of Doctoral Nursing Practice.

Her professional passions include clinical education, nursing advocacy, quality improvement, and health policy, and she is dedicated to supporting APRNs through leadership, mentorship, and lifelong learning.

Presentation Description:

This pharmacology-focused presentation provides an in-depth review of diabetes management across the lifespan, highlighting the unique therapeutic needs at each stage of life. Participants will explore how age-related changes influence drug absorption, metabolism, and excretion, and how these factors affect the efficacy and safety of antidiabetic medications. The session will cover first-line therapies, insulin regimens, newer drug classes, and individualized treatment plans, with special attention to pediatric dosing, pregnancy, and polypharmacy in older adults. Practical case studies and current clinical guidelines will support application to real-world practice.

Join the Delaware Coalition of Nurse Practitioners (DCNP) for our  CE Conference for nurse practitioners and nurse practitioner students! The conference will provide a wide range of information across the lifespan and all NP certifications. Please see the exciting curriculum we have developed and our outstanding faculty. The registration fee includes your anticipated 7.25 CE (AANP Application will be submitted for 7.25, majority of which in pharmacology), breakfast and lunch in the state of the art simulation PCOM Simulation Center at Bayhealth Medical Center, Dover, DE. Exhibitors will also be onsite representing pharmaceutical companies and other organizations of interest to Delaware nurse practitioners. 

Tentative Schedule

7 am -7:45 am: Registration, continental breakfast, exhibitors 

7:45: Welcome

8:-9 am:  Keynote: What they don't know will hurt you, Gale Adcock, FNP, NC State Senator

9 am-10 am Pharmacologic Management of Diabetes Across the Lifespan, Stacy L. Thomas, DNP, APRN, FNP-C i
10 am-10:30 am: Break, exhibitors 

10:30-11:30 am: Top New Meds Cameron Golden, PharmD  

11:30 am -12:30 pm: Women’s Health Jennifer Korkosz DNP, WHNP-BC, APRN

12:30-1:30 pm: Lunch, visit with exhibitors 

1:30-2:30 pm: Management of ADHD Across the Lifespan

2:30-3:30 pm:   GLP 1

3:30 pm-3:45 pm: Break, visit with exhibitors 

3:45 pm-5 pm: Addressing Spine Pain and Opioid Use: Safe, Effective Strategies for Modern Pain Management, Selina Xing, MD & Travis McCay, MD