9/23 ANNA Infection Course

ANNA will include a September 23, 2017 course on Infection Prevention in Hemodialysis: Implementing Best Practices and Becoming an Infection Prevention Advocate in their September 23-25, 2017 Nephrology Nursing Practice, Management, & Leadership Conference in Miami FL.  For details on the course see https://www.annanurse.org/infection-and-prevention-control , and for details on the Conference as they are developed, see https://www.annanurse.org/events/nephrology-nursing-practice-management-leadership-conference .

5/6+ Nat’l Nurses Week

National Nurses Day is May 6, 2017, and National Nurses Week is May 6-12, 2017.  ANA (with one N) has declared 2017 to be The Year of the Healthy Nurse. In keeping with this focus on improving the health of our nation’s nurses, the theme for National Nurses Week 2017 is Nursing: The Balance of Mind, Body, and Spirit.  For more information see https://www.annanurse.org/article/nurses-week .

ANNA Book Revision

ANNA has announced the release of the third edition of their thousand-page core text Contemporary Nephrology Nursing.  The book includes 75 CE contact hours.  For details see https://www.annanurse.org/41817-american-nephrology-nurses-association-releases-new-edition-contemporary-nephrology-nursing .

5/10 ANA Burnout Webinar

In honor of May 6-12, 2017 National Nurses Week, ANA (with one N) is hosting a free CE webinar entitled A Nurse’s Guide to Preventing Compassion Fatigue, Moral Distress, and Burnout on May 10, 2007.  For details and registration see http://offers.nursingworld.org/nursesweekwebinar_double/ .

SC 7/18 NW18 Quality Conference

Save the date for the July 18, 2017 HealthInsight ESRD Network 18 Quality Conference on Improving Patient Engagement and the Patient Experience of Care.  The conference will span 8am-3pm PDT at California Endowment in downtown Los Angeles.  Topics will include palliative care, advanced care planning tools and skills, emergency preparedness, violence prevention, and more.  Continuing Education credits will be provided to RN’s, PCT’s and Social Workers.  Registration information and a complete agenda will be available soon.

4/30 Free ANNA CE on Pediatric CKD

ANNA members can read the Nephrology Nursing Journal article Children and Adolescents with CKD: A Population at Risk for More Than Just Kidney Disease through April 30, 2017 and earn free CNE credit online.  The article addresses the relationship between pediatric CKD and health-related quality of life.  For more information see https://www.annanurse.org/article/free-cne .  ANNA offers members a different free CNE opportunity every month.

4/27 CW Dashboard Town Hall

CROWNWeb will present a Town Hall April 27, 2017 on Promoting Data Quality Goals with the Facility Dashboard.  CROWNWeb FAQs, news, and events will also be discussed.  Find full details and register at http://mycrownweb.org/pcw_community_events/crownweb-town-hall-promoting-data-quality-goals-dashboard/ .