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               Welcome, Introduction, and Program Overview  
              Sharon Longton, BSN, RN, CNN, CCTC
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              Management of Anemia in the Dialysis Population - 1 
				 
                George Aronoff, MD, MS, FACP | 
             
            
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				Management of Anemia in the Dialysis Population - 2 
				 
                Mary Schira, PhD, RN, ACNP, BC, CNN-NP | 
             
            
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              Panel Discussion  
                George Aronoff and
                Mary Schira | 
             
           
         
            
          
        
            
              
                
                At the completion of this activity, the participant should be able to: 
                
                
                  
                    
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												Summarize the pathophysiologic reasons for anemia in individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD), particularly in the later stages | 
                     
                    
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						Outline a plan of care to address iron deficiency anemia in the dialysis population, including pharmaceutical treatment | 
                     
                    
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						Summarize the nursing assessment and patient education that are necessary when treating dialysis patients for anemia | 
                     
                    
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						Integrate outcomes for treatment of anemia in the dialysis population into practice | 
                     
                  
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                George Aronoff, MD, MS, FACP 
                  Chief of Nephrology and Hypertension Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology 
University of Louisville School of Medicine 
Louisville, KY 
 
                   
                  Mary Schira, PhD, RN, ACNP, BC, CNN-NP 
				Associate Dean and Associate Professor, MSN Program, 
The University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing, 
Arlington, TX
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This activity
                              has been planned and produced in accordance with
                              CE guidelines and policies. From a CE symposium
                              held in April 2009 at the American Nephrology
                              Nurses' Association (ANNA) National Symposium in San Diego, California.
                                This activity provides 1.25 contact hours. 
  The American Nephrology Nurses’ Association (ANNA) is accredited as a provider
of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 
  ANNA is a Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP 00910 for 1.25 contact hours.  
 
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                        Posting Date: October 15, 2009 
                        CE Credit Eligible
                          Through: October 15, 2011 
                        CE Credit Hours/Completion Time: 1.25  
                        Target Audiences: Nephrology nurses and technicians. 
                        Method of participation: Listen to the talk, read the PubMed 
                        abstracts linked to data slides and talk references, take the post-test, read 
                      the linked abstracts in the post-test answer feedback material.  | 
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                 See individual talks.  
                   
                  
                 This ANNA National symposium was developed by ANNA and sponsored by an educational grant from Fresenius Medical Care of North America.  
                 
                
                  
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