Nephrology Nurses Will Celebrate Kidney Disease Awareness And Education Week In August

Main Category: Nursing / Midwifery
Also Included In: Urology / Nephrology
Article Date: 24 Jul 2008 - 2:00 PDT

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Kidney Disease Awareness and Education Week (August 11-15, 2008*) is an ongoing, award-winning campaign that has helped improve care for renal patients through key legislation. ANNA members use this week to educate lawmakers and their aides about renal disease and issues affecting the renal community and patient care. More information about the campaign is available on ANNA's Web site .

During Kidney Disease Awareness and Education Week, nurses can share ANNA's newly revised "End Stage Renal Disease Briefing Book for State and Federal Policymakers: A Guide to Kidney Disease Awareness and Education", a valuable tool that presents in lay terms the basics of end stage renal disease (ESRD). The briefing book has just been revised to reflect the most current data related to kidney transplantation. The book also covers an overview of conditions associated with ESRD and information on treatment modalities, kidney transplantation, vascular access, Medicare payment policy and the role of the nephrology nurse in patient care.

*The dates for Kidney Disease Awareness and Education Week 2008 have been changed to coincide with Congress' summer recess.

Popular ANNA Audio Conferences Available Online

Four of ANNA's audio conferences are now available in ANNA's online library. Participants can listen to the audio recording of the conferences, view the PowerPoint presentations, download the handouts and apply for continuing nursing education (CNE) credit at a nominal fee. Topics include:

-- New Vascular Access Guidelines from K/DOQI (Fall 2006)
-- Cardiovascular Disease (Winter 2007)
-- The Renal Failure Patient with Acute Care Needs (Fall 2007)
-- Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (Winter 2008)

To access these programs, visit ANNA's online library at http://www.prolibraries.com/anna.

American Nephrology Nurses' Association (ANNA)
http://www.annanurse.org