The CNSW OR SW-WA Chapter will sponsor a Conference on Living Your Ethics in Tualatin OR on May 6, 2015. The all-day Conference, which offers six hours of Ethics CEUs, will cover nine different approaches to ethics, as well as ethical considerations in professional values, responsibility, decision making, end of life and shared decision making, daily life, and personal codes. For details see https://www.nwrn.org/files/N/CNSW.0515.pdf .
The CNSW Northwest Chapter will present its Spring 2015 Educational Symposium in Issaquah WA on April 16-17, 2015. Registration must be postmarked by April 3, 2015. Topics will feature KDQOL, end of life, personality disorders, and a full day on ethics, including subtopics on ethics relative to IVD, disaster planning, non-adherence, bioethics, autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, fairness, patient preferences, quality of life, and context. Find venue, schedule, and registration form at https://www.nwrn.org/files/N/CNSW.0415.pdf .
To help celebrate National Kidney Month, the Medical Education Institute’s (MEI) Life Options program has released two new booklets. You can review the booklets online…
MEI offers a licensing agreement that allows you to print your own copies for about 50¢ to $1 per copy, depending on quantity; find details at http://lifeoptions.org/pdfs/ckd_booklets.pdf .
We’ve added a new page to the Network website for copies of Network 16 News, our monthly letter to facilities on the latest developments in all aspects of caring for dialysis patients. The March issue contains articles on
Visit https://www.nwrn.org/providers-and-professional-staff/nw16n.html to find all this.
We’ve added a new patient poster/flyer on
to the Network website at https://www.nwrn.org/patients-a-family/ptedres/mon.html . The flyer lists resources to help you find rewarding employment.
Contact our Patient Services Director Lisa Hall, at lhall@nw16.esrd.net , if you have questions, or ideas for future topics.
The 2015 AAKP Annual Patient Meeting will be held in Nashville TN September 25-27, 2015. Find the announcement and preliminary details at https://www.aakp.org/media-files/press-releases-media/item/nashville-selected-for-national-kidney-meeting.html .
ANNA will hold their 46th National Symposium April 19-22, 2015, in Lake Buena, FL. The long list of topics includes leading volunteers, certification, home dialysis, pediatric nephrology and diet, emerging pathogens, sodium imbalances, hyperkalemia, frailty, obesity, transportation, patient safety, vascular access, team strategies, anticoagulants, hepatitis C, hypertension, PD, HD, C. difficile, herbs and supplements, urgent start PD, publishing, thyroid imbalances, lupus, patient-centered care, career paths, DOPPS, CKD, transplants, pain management, heart disease and gender, caregiver burden, depression, apheresis, cystinosis, medication, and palliative care. For details and registration see https://annanurse.org/article/register-now-2015-national-symposium-april-19-22-lake-buena-vista-fl-march-02-15 .
My Employment Options for Job Seekers with Disabilities and Other Challenges will offer an online job fair on April 22, 2015. The fair is free to both job seekers and employers, open to anyone, and offers opportunities for working at home or on site. For details and registration instructions see https://myemploymentoptions.com/register-for-virtual-job-fair/ .
CMS has announced that an error in the PY2017 QIP expectations has been corrected by way of a notice in the Federal Register, at https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/03/13/2015-05766/medicare-program-quality-incentive-program-correction . The primary change appears to be an adjustment in Standardized Readmission Ratio expectations, with the revised values as follows…
| Measure | Performance standard | Achievement threshold | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standardized Readmission Ratio | 0.648 | 1.261 | 0.998 |
The ESRD National Coordinating Center (NCC) will offer a free April 14, 2015 webinar on Eliminating Blood Stream Infection in Patients with a Dialysis Catheter: A Matter of Life and Death, providing 1.0 CE hours for nurses and technicians. For details see http://esrdncc.org/end-stage-renal-disease-national-coordinating-center-esrd-ncc-offers-free-webinar-on-dialysis-catheter-related-blood-stream-infections-april-14-2015-ce-available/ .
