Blogs

12:30 - 1:30 pm: Registration and Visit Exhibits

1:30 - 3:00 pm: CMS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM: OVERVIEW, ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS

Gail Wick MSHA, BSN, RN, CNN, Consultant

3:00 - 3:15 pm: Visit Vendors and Exhibits

3:15 - 4:15 pm: KEYS TO A SUCCESSFUL HEALTHCARE TEAM

Stephanie Byrd RN, MSN, CPN, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

4:15 - 5:15 pm: TRANSITIONAL CARE… THE LINKING LIFELINE

Rebecca McKee-Waddle, MSN, FNP-BC, CNN, CDE, Emory Healthcare

Naph’tali B. Edge RN,MSN,FNP-BC, MBA, Emory Healthcare

5:45 - 7:30 pm: CORNERSTONE OF CARE: CONNECTING NURSE EXPERTISE WITH IMPROVED PATIENT OUTCOMES

Gerri Lewis, BSN, RN, CNN, Administrator,Desert Cities Dialysis

7:00 - 8:00 am: Continental Breakfast, Registration and Visit Exhibits

8:00 - 9:00 am: KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION IN GEORGIA: TODAY AND THE WAY FORWARD

James Wynn MD, Medical College of Georgia

9:00 - 10:00 am: ARE WE THERE YET? ROAD MAP TO IMPROVING VASCULAR ACCESS CARE

FOR ESRD PATIENTS: CATHETERS, GRAFTS, AND FISTULAE Vandana Dua Niyyar, MD, FASN, Emory University

10:00 - 10:30 am: Visit Vendors and Exhibits

10:30 - 11:30 am: PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE— STEALING LIMBS AND LIVES IN PEOPLE

WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE Christine Beale RN, CNN, Lifeline Vascular Access

11:30 - 12:00 pm: Lunch (Provided) and Visit Exhibits

12:00 - 1:00 pm: ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY OPTIONS Janice P. Lea MD, MSc, FASN, Emory Healthcare

1:00 - 2:00 pm: THERAPEUTIC PLASMA EXCHANGE: WHEN IS IT THE TREATMENT OF CHOICE? Kelly L. Dyar RN, BSN, CNN, DaVita

2:00 - 2:15 pm: Visit Vendors and Exhibits

2:15 - 3:45 pm: EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH PATIENTS AND TEAM MEMBERS FOR

HIGHER QUALITY CARE Cynthia Watts BA, CLC, Haven Hospice

3:45 - 4:00 pm: DISCUSSION AND EVALUATION

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