Contact hours available until 10/10/18.
Requirements for Successful Completion:
Complete the learning activity in its entirety and complete the online CNE evaluation. You will be able to print your CNE certificate at any time after you complete the evaluation.
Faculty, Planners, and Speakers Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
Conferences Committee Disclosures:There are no other disclosures to declare.
Commercial Support and Sponsorship:
No commercial support or sponsorship declared.
Accreditation Statement:
American Nephrology Nurses’ Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
ANNA is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP 00910.
Learning Outcome:
Nephrology nurses are able to effectively and concisely communicate with other health care team members.
My patient has a what? What happens if it goes off during dialysis? Can I touch the patient? Listen and learn about the left ventricular assist device (LVAD) and how it is a helpful tool in supporting patients with heart failure.
Contact hours available until 10/10/18.
Requirements for Successful Completion:
Complete the learning activity in its entirety and complete the online CNE evaluation. You will be able to print your CNE certificate at any time after you complete the evaluation.
Faculty, Planners, and Speakers Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
Conferences Committee Disclosures:There are no other disclosures to declare.
Commercial Support and Sponsorship:
No commercial support or sponsorship declared.
Accreditation Statement:
American Nephrology Nurses’ Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
ANNA is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP 00910.
Learning Outcome:
Nephrology nurses in dialysis settings plan and implement appropriate care for patients using an LVAD.
While nurses dial in a sodium setting to machines to prescribe a 138 sodium, what happens when a patient is either hypo or hypernatremic? What are the signs and symptoms? Does this really happen in practice? Yes, it does! Learn what to do before it happens in your practice.
Contact hours available until 10/10/18.
Requirements for Successful Completion:
Complete the learning activity in its entirety and complete the online CNE evaluation. You will be able to print your CNE certificate at any time after you complete the evaluation.
Faculty, Planners, and Speakers Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
Conferences Committee Disclosures:There are no other disclosures to declare.
Commercial Support and Sponsorship:
No commercial support or sponsorship declared.
Accreditation Statement:
American Nephrology Nurses’ Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
ANNA is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP 00910.
Learning Outcome:
Nephrology nurses demonstrate the ability to assess for and manage sodium disorders in both acute and chronic nephrology settings.
Dr. Balogun returns to describe how to develop an apheresis program and why it is important to structure it correctly. Explore how to ensure that nurses are educated appropriately – and how they can maintain that knowledge for when it is needed most.
Contact hours available until 10/10/18.
Requirements for Successful Completion:
Complete the learning activity in its entirety and complete the online CNE evaluation. You will be able to print your CNE certificate at any time after you complete the evaluation.
Faculty, Planners, and Speakers Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
Conferences Committee Disclosures:There are no other disclosures to declare.
Commercial Support and Sponsorship:
No commercial support or sponsorship declared.
Accreditation Statement:
American Nephrology Nurses’ Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
ANNA is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP 00910.
Learning Outcome:
Nephrology nurses in leadership positions have the knowledge required to start and maintain an apheresis program.
Many nurses in nephrology are used to being provided a set of policies and procedures and told to follow them. Sometimes, we know the policies do not “exactly” align with practice. What if nurses were actually at the table and had a voice in developing policies? Shared governance is no longer just a concept; it provides nurses with a voice in what happens in their organizations.
Contact hours available until 10/10/18.
Requirements for Successful Completion:
Complete the learning activity in its entirety and complete the online CNE evaluation. You will be able to print your CNE certificate at any time after you complete the evaluation.
Faculty, Planners, and Speakers Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
Conferences Committee Disclosures:There are no other disclosures to declare.
Commercial Support and Sponsorship:
No commercial support or sponsorship declared.
Accreditation Statement:
American Nephrology Nurses’ Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
ANNA is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP 00910.
Learning Outcome:
Nephrology nurses in outpatient settings can relate how the concept of shared governance could be implemented in that setting.
National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Dialysis Event Surveillance reporting is required for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Quality Incentive Program (QIP) rule. This session will provide a complete introduction to the NHSN Dialysis Event reporting requirements and the surveillance definitions necessary to complete accurate monthly reporting.
This session is offered through a partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide training opportunities for nephrology nurses.
Contact hours available until 10/10/18.
Requirements for Successful Completion:
Complete the learning activity in its entirety and complete the online CNE evaluation. You will be able to print your CNE certificate at any time after you complete the evaluation.
Faculty, Planners, and Speakers Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
Conferences Committee Disclosures:There are no other disclosures to declare.
Commercial Support and Sponsorship:
No commercial support or sponsorship declared.
Accreditation Statement:
American Nephrology Nurses’ Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
ANNA is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP 00910.
Learning Outcome:
Nephrology professionals are able to list the National Healthcare Safety Network Dialysis Event reporting requirements necessary for accurate monthly reporting.