Teri White, BS, RN, CDCES

Teri White, BS, RN, CDCES, is a Transition Nurse Navigator in the UM Charles Regional Medical Center Population Health Department. She is a registered nurse and a CDCES Diabetes Educator. She has two BS degrees in Community Health and Kinesiology with a minor in nutrition. As a Transitional Nurse Navigator, she works with patients who have a variety of diagnoses, including diabetes, congestive heart failure, COPD, high blood pressure, heart disease and pneumonia. She educates her patients on the importance of following up with their providers, medication safety and side effects, tracking vitals and advocating for themselves. She also regularly teaches on the importance of vaccinations, fall prevention and creating a relationship with their providers successfully.

Before becoming a registered nurse, Teri was an Exercise Physiologist in Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation. Over the years, she also taught at gyms and worked as a personal trainer.

For more information about Diabetes Education at UM Charles Regional Medical Center, visit https://www.umms.org/charles/crmg/services/diabetes-endocrinology/diabetes-education.