Careen Davis, a nurse with the Diabetes and Nutrition Center at Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft, has completed the examination for certified diabetes educator offered by the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators.

Candidates must meet credential and professional practice experience requirements to be eligible to take the exam. Certified professionals teach patients with diabetes how to manage their disease.

Davis earned a degree from the University of Maine in 1995. She has worked as a long-term care charge nurse at Dexter Health Care. For the past six years she has served as a diabetes educator for Mayo’s Diabetes and Nutrition Center.

The Diabetes and Nutrition Center offers monthly diabetes support groups at the hospital, and in Dexter and Guilford. For information, call 564-4416.