Welcome Remarks /// Health Policy Updates

• Donna J. Bednarski, MSN, RN, ANP-BC, CNN, CNP, Nurse Practitioner, Harper University Hospital
• James Twaddell, ANNA Health Policy Consultant, Senior Vice President, The District Policy Group at Drinker Biddle & Reath

Health Policy - Nurses at the Forefront of Advocacy

• Denise Eilers, BSN
• B. S. Miholics, RN, CNNe
• Lucy B. Todd, MSN, ACNP-BC, CNN, Medical Science Liaison, Baxter Healthcare Corporation

Health Policy ~ Advocacy: Why and How?

• Rebecca Patton, MSN, CNOR, FAAN

Health Policy, Insurance, and Patients with Kidney Disease

• Kathleen Smith, BSN, RN, CNN, Vice President, Government Affairs, Fresenius Medical Care NA

Health Policy ~ Health Policy Trifecta: Political Proclivities, Targeted Action, and Persistent Advocacy

• Lucy B. Todd, MSN, ACNP-BC, CNN, Medical Science Liaison, Baxter Healthcare Corporation

Initiation into a Dialysis-Dependent Life: An Examination of Rites of Passage

• Kristine Martin-McDonald, PhD, MEd, RN
• David Biernoff, PhD, BA