NN&I - April 2010
18 Nephrology News & Issues April 2010www.nephronline.comNursing Update Blending a culture of caring with today's advanced technolo-gies will be the theme for the American Nephrology Nurses' Association's 41st National Symposium in San Antonio. Education sessions held by experts in their field will keep nephrology nurses informed on the newest treatments and innovations in areas such as transplant, acute care, admin-istration, and health care policy.ANNA symposium to focus on caring for patients in the technology age Compiled by Rebecca Zumoffwith John Wymer, Distinguished Professor of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla., will deliver the Janel Parker Memorial Keynote Address. Locsin will discuss how nurses can provide expert care based on for-malized models in his presentation, "Preserving humanity: technological competency as caring in nursing." Concurrent sessions from May 3 to May 5 include: Infectious diseases in chronic kidney disease patients \037 The patient-nurse partnership \037 Hemodialysis and disaster preparedness \037 Managing cultural diversity in a dialysis facility \037 Dialysis-related symptoms reported by patients \037 Generic immunosuppressants: risk for transplant \037 patients Innovations in acute care technologies and therapies \037 Encouraging graduate nurses to choose nephrology \037 At the Nephrology Nurse Day Recognition Luncheon on May 4, the 2010-2011 ANNA Board of Directors will assume their elected positions. The Conference41st National Symposium American Nephrology Nurses' Association May 2-5 Grand Hyatt San Antonio & Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center San Antonio, Texas For more information or to register, visit www.annanurse.org*Photo courtesy of the San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau / Dennis CoxProgram On May 2, there will be four preconference workshops. Topics will include cardiovascular disease and chronic kid-ney disease, recognizing and treating comorbidities, and health policy changes surrounding Medicare and health care reform. There is also a certification review course that can be used as a refresher or to help prepare for certification as a Certified Nephrology Nurse or Certified Dialysis Nurse.After the preconferences, ANNA president Donna Bednarski, MSN, RN, ANP-BC, CNN, CNP, will recognize ANNA's accomplishments and the achievements of its mem-bers at the official opening ceremonies. This will be followed by a talk by writer and inspirational speaker Anne Ryder, who will explore how to provide care compassionately while juggling the demands of a complex world during her session, "Caring in the age of technology." On May 3, author Rozzano Locsin, PhD, RN, FAAN, along ANNA Board of Directors, 2010-2011President Donna Painter, MS, RN, CNN, Corsicana, Texas President-ElectRowena Elliott, PhD, RN, CNN, BC, CNE, Hattiesburg, Miss.Immediate Past PresidentDonna Bednarski, MSN, APRN, BC, CNN, CNP, Canton, Mich.Treasurer Molly Cahill, APRN-BC, ANP-C, RN, CNN, Leawood, Kan. Secretary Sharon Longton, RN, BSN, CNN, CCTC, Southgate, Mich. Northeast Vice PresidentKim Alleman, MS, RN, FNP-BC, APRN, CNN, Lebanon, Conn.Southeast Vice PresidentJuanita (Janie) Martinez, BSN, RN, CCRN, CNN, San Antonio, TexasNorth Central Vice President Sylvia Moe, BSN, RN, CNN, Rochester, Minn. Western Vice President Alice Luehr, BA, RN, CNN, Helena, Mont. Executive Director Michael Cunningham, BS, CAE, Pitman, N.J. Nursing_NNI0410_4.indd 18 3/18/10 3:04:52 PM
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