Contact hours available until 4/22/17.
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 Committee Disclosures:
• Denise Murcek – Employee, Fresenius Medical Care
• Dawn Koonkongsatian – Employee, Fresenius Medical Care
• Melissa Nesmith-Vester – Employee, Aegerion
• Elizabeth St. John - Employee, Fresenius Medical Care
• Kyra Trappett – Employee, DaVita
Speaker Disclosures:
- Tamara Kear – Nonfinancial Support, American Nephrology Nurses’ Association
There are no other disclosures to declare.
Commercial Support and Sponsorship:
This educational activity is supported by a grant from the American Association of Kidney Patients’ Jenny Kitsen Safety Award Endowment
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 concepts of patient safety and patient safety culture.
- Describe the findings of the first national study on patient safety culture in nephrology nurse practice settings.
- Discuss the implications of this study for health care providers and health care organizations to improve patient safety.