Karen E. Johnson, MA, RN, CDOE

Karen Johnson has been a practicing registered nurse for over 30 years. She graduated from the University of Michigan School of Nursing and earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree with Magna Cum Laude honors. Karen is currently in the Master of Science Graduate Program at the University of Rhode Island and is looking forward to becoming a Registered Family Nurse Practitioner. She has been a diabetes educator certified by the State of Rhode Island for over six years with experience teaching individuals and groups about diabetes care. Karen is also a patient educator for Eli Lilly diabetes products Byetta, Humalog, and pen devices.

Karen has been caring for people with diabetes since her graduation in 1974. “It was not my first area of interest, but having my two year old twin daughter develop it certainly pushed me to become an expert...”