Description

Objectives:

• Identify CKD patients with a need for education related to vein preservation.
• Analyze the tools and skills nephrology nurses must exhibit in order to adequately prepare patients for preserving their veins for an AV fistula.
• Design a plan to educate patients about the importance of being actively involved in their care inanticipation of the eventual need for hemodialysis.
• Summarize the importance of vein preservation for patients with CKD stages 3-5.

Original design/concept was created by Qsource, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) for Tennessee, under Medicare's Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) pilot project, funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Speaker(s):

• Timothy Ray, DNP, CNP, CNN-NP