Contact hours available until 10/13/2016.
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:
Planning Commitee disclosures:
• Denise Murcek - Per diem employee, Fresenius Medical Care
• Melissa Nesmith-Vester – Employee, Aegerion
• Elizabeth St. John - Employee, Fresenius Medical Care
• Kyra Trappett – Employee, DaVita
Speaker disclosure:
• Lynn Braun – Grant/Research Support, National Institutes of Health; Speaker Bureau, Practice Point; UpToDate Nurse Practitioner Advisory Board; UpToDate Author
Commercial Support and Sponsorship:
Supported by an educational grant from Sanofi Renal
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.
Objectives: - Discuss the pathophysiology of hypercholesterolemia.
- Review the disorders that contribute to hypercholesterolemia.
- Identify treatment strategies to lower cholesterol.
- Modify treatment of hypercholesterolemia based upon CKD stage or treatment modality.