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A Bi-Weekly Newsletter for Quality Insights Renal Network 4
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2018 National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings
The 2018 National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings (SCM) will be held in Austin, TX on April 10-14, 2018. The SCM website features a comprehensive preliminary program, a call for abstracts, a sign-up area for news and a link to the NKF Professional Education Resource Center (PERC) that will have many free-to-members courses based on the 2017 SCM. SCM includes separate pre-conference workshops and conference tracks for physicians, pharmacists, advanced practitioners, nurses, technicians, dietitians, social workers, and transplant professionals. Registration is now open, and discounted advance registration closes January 26, 2018. Learn more.
Network 4 Executive Director to Present at CKD Conference
Quality Insights Renal Network 4 Executive Director Chris Brown will be a presenter at the upcoming Update on Chronic Kidney Disease, coordinated by Penn State College of Medicine and The Kidney Foundation of Central PA. The conference will take place on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET at the Hotel Hershey, located at 100 Hotel Road, Hershey, PA 71033. Brown will present about lessons learned from Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The event is designed to update nephrologists, physicians, physician assistants, certified registered nurse practitioners, dialysis nurses and technicians, renal social workers, renal dietitians, and other interested health-care professionals on recent medical advances in the care of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The conference will help practitioners attain the knowledge and skills to maintain competency in the management of patients with CKD. Continuing Education credits may be available. Cost to attend is $85 per person. Registration cost includes instruction, all meals, online handout materials and refreshments. Download the conference brochure to learn more and register.
28th Annual Transplant Surgeon Designee Symposium for CKD Professionals
The Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division at Saint Barnabas Medical Center
is hosting t
he 28th Annual Transplant Surgeon Designee Symposium for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Professionals
on Thursday, April 26, 2018 at the Pines Manor in Edison, New Jersey. This symposium is designed to provide the necessary knowledge and skills for renal health professionals who wish to broaden their knowledge of renal and pancreas transplantation. It is designed for dialysis nurses, patient care technicians, social workers and dietitians.
All participating RNs will be certified as 2018 Transplant Surgeon Designees according to the guidelines established by The Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division at Saint Barnabas Medical Center.
Contact Hours
- For Social Workers - This course, The 28th Annual Transplant Surgeon Designee Symposium for Chronic Kidney Disease Professionals, Approval #182401-0705, provided by Saint Barnabas Medical Center Renal & Pancreas Transplant Division, is approved for continuing education by the New Jersey Social Work Continuing Education Approval Collaborative, which is administered by NASW-NJ. CE Approval Collaborative Approval Period: February 16, 2018 through August 31, 2018. Social workers will receive five and three-quarter (5.75) continuing education hours for participating in this course, divided as follows: one (1) clinical; one and a quarter (1.25) ethics and non-clinical; three and a half (3.5) non-clinical."
- For Nurses & PCTs - This activity has been submitted to American Nephrology Nurses' Association for approval to award contact hours. American Nephrology Nurses' Association - Approver is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
- For Dietitians - This activity has been submitted to the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) for approval to award contact hours to dietitians.
Register here. For more information, please contact Christina Psathas at (973) 322-2285 or download the symposium brochure.
CEU Opportunity at Updates in Transplantation Care Symposium
The Lankenau Kidney Transplant Program presents Updates in Transplantation Care, which will be held Friday, April 27, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Lankenau Medical Center at 100 East Lancaster Avenue, Wynnewood, PA 19096.
This educational symposium will address emerging issues in kidney transplantation, including impacts of the opioid crisis and hepatitis C epidemic on availability of quality donor organs and clinical implications of increased-risk organ transplantation. Safe pain management in patients with failing kidneys, prior opioid use and obesity risks in kidney transplantation, indications for kidney-pancreas transplantation, and special needs of patients with delayed graft function also will be reviewed.
The program will include presentations by members of the organ transplant teams at Lankenau Medical Center and Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, as well as personal accounts from a panel of individuals who have undergone kidney transplantation and living kidney donation at Lankenau Medical Center. Those encouraged to attend include nurses, social workers, dialysis center staff, transplant professionals, and other health professionals involved in the care of patients before and after kidney transplantation.
For more information on objectives, agenda and the speakers, please
download the symposium brochure
. Registration is required for the symposium. Call (866) 225-5654 to register.
This activity has been submitted to the American Board for Transplant Certification, American Nephrology Nurses Association, and Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers to award 5.0 CEUs for nurses, social workers, and dialysis patient care technicians. The Pennsylvania State Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
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New Instructional Guidance on the re-Consent Process
The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) team has published some informational guidance to assist users with completion of the updated NHSN Agreement to Participate and Consent. A 5-minute video informs users of the new Consent purposes and the simple process for accepting the Consent electronically. Furthermore, a step-by-step guidance document provides detailed instructions and screen shots for what Facility Administrators and Primary Contacts can expect to see when they begin the re-consent process in the NHSN application. A link to the video and the guidance document can both be found in the
FAQs About NHSN's Agreement to Participate and Consent. As a reminder, the deadline for accepting the updated Consent is
April 14, 2018, for all components except Long-term Care, which has a deadline of
June 15, 2018. If you have any questions about the re-consent process, please email the
NHSN helpdesk.
NHSN 8.8.1 Introduces Updated Agreement
The January 23 release of the NHSN 8.8.1 application introduced an updated NHSN Agreement to Participate and Consent for current NHSN facility users who enrolled in NHSN prior to December 2, 2017. Facilities that enrolled in NHSN on or after December 2, 2017, have already accessed this new Consent and will not need to accept it again if they have already done so. Primary Contacts or Facility Administrators should agree to this updated Consent form for each component your facility participates in (Dialysis and/or Healthcare Personnel) by April 14th, 2018, or risk losing access to NHSN. The Consent form became available on January 23rd and an alert appeared on all NHSN component home pages. Primary contacts and facility administrators also received an email notification. Additional information, including Frequently Asked Questions and the updated NHSN purposes, are available on CDC's NHSN website. If you have any questions, please send an email to NHSN@cdc.gov with the subject line "NHSN Reconsent."
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CEU OPPORTUNITY AT UPDATES IN TRANSPLANTATION CARE SYMPOSIUM
The Lankenau Kidney Transplant Program presents Updates in Transplantation Care, which will be held Friday, April 27, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Lankenau Medical Center at 100 East Lancaster Avenue, Wynnewood, PA 19096.
This educational symposium will address emerging issues in kidney transplantation, including impacts of the opioid crisis and hepatitis C epidemic on availability of quality donor organs and clinical implications of increased-risk organ transplantation. Safe pain management in patients with failing kidneys, prior opioid use and obesity risks in kidney transplantation, indications for kidney-pancreas transplantation, and special needs of patients with delayed graft function also will be reviewed. The program will include presentations by members of the organ transplant teams at Lankenau Medical Center and Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, as well as personal accounts from a panel of individuals who have undergone kidney transplantation and living kidney donation at Lankenau Medical Center. Those encouraged to attend include nurses, social workers, dialysis center staff, transplant professionals, and other health professionals involved in the care of patients before and after kidney transplantation. For more information on objectives, agenda and the speakers, please download the symposium brochure. Registration is required for the symposium. Call (866) 225-5654 to register.
This activity has been submitted to the American Board for Transplant Certification, American Nephrology Nurses Association, and Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers to award 5.0 CEUs for nurses, social workers, and dialysis patient care technicians. The Pennsylvania State Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Advanced Renal Education
This educational site provides CEU credits for anyone who completes a course. Register to gain access and complete a course.
American Kidney Fund
The American Kidney Fund offers several online courses that provide free CEs for health care professionals. Learn more.
Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality
The Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality is now offering short, interactive samples of courses to get a feel for how it creates engaging learning experiences that are relevant and applicable to your work improving patient safety. Samples are now available for the following cours
es:
- Patient Safety Certificate Program
- Human Factors for Patient Safety
- Becoming a Patient Safety Hero
- Foundations of CUSP
These samples will work on mobile devices; however, for the best experience use on a laptop or desktop computer. Browse the course catalog for details on all courses, including continuing education credits, learning objectives and costs.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The CDC has new free continuing education opportunities available through its Tune In for Safe Healthcare webinar series. Webinars include:
- Empowering Nurses to Protect Themselves and Their Patients: The Importance of Collaboration between Nurses and Environmental Services
- Infections in Dialysis Centers: Understanding what Matters to Patients
- Empowering Nurses for Early Sepsis Recognition
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) and Medscape
CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) presents a FREE continuing education activity on the following topics:
- Cancer and Obesity
- Invasive Cancer
- Recommendations on the Use of Seasonal Influenza Vaccines
In support of improving patient care, Medscape, LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. If you are not a registered user on Medscape, please register for free or login without a password and get unlimited access to all continuing education activities and other Medscape features.
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RSN Patient podcast: renal warrior
The Renal Support Network (RSN) has published a March 7, 2018 KidneyTalk podcast on Renal Warrior: the Power is Within You, a story about a 300-pound 34-year-old who, surprised by an unanticipated diagnosis of severe hypertension and ESRD, took responsibility for his own continued Life. Through a very gradual increase in exercise, he has lost 130 pounds over the last eighteen months, and is now on the transplant waitlist. Listen to the recording of the podcast and access a link to his ongoing Facebook page on the RSN website.
Latest edition of KCER Watch is Now Available
The
February 2018 issue
of
KCER Watch
, the monthly environmental scan that provides timely and pertinent information related to emergency preparedness, is now available. The goal of
KCER Watch
is to facilitate the exchange of information, sharing of resources, and advancement of knowledge and expertise among ESRD and emergency management stakeholders.
Check out the ESRD NCC Information Exchange
The ESRD Network Coordinating Center (NCC) provides centralized coordination and support for the Medicare ESRD Network program. Each month, the ESRD NCC distributes an e-newsletter, known as the Information Exchange, that compiles the most important information from numerous ListServs and publications related to renal health. To sign up to receive this informative newsletter, please contact the ESRD NCC at
ncc@ncc.esrd.net
or visit the
ESRD NCC website.
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