Nephrology Nursing Perspectives

In October 2021 and under the direction of the American Nephrology Nurses Association’s Leadership Committee chaired by Gail Dewald, BS, RN, CNN, ANNA presented its second episode of the Way Into Nephrology Nursing Webinar Series. This series is designed for the student or new-to-practice nurse who is interested in learning more about nephrology nursing. Facilitated by Leadership Committee members Dr. Jami Brown and Dr. Amber Paulus, this episode provides the conversations from the inaugural episode of the series. You’ll meet some nephrology nurses and hear about the benefits available to you from a professional nursing association.

Jami Smith Brown, DHEd, MSN, RN, CNN, is an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Brown holds national certification as a certified nephrology nurse. Dr. Brown is an active member of the American Nephrology Nurses Association and other national organizations. She is the Leader of ANNA’s Educator Specialty Practice Network, serves on ANNA’s Leadership and Research Committee, and is a member of the Manuscript Review Panel for the Nephrology Nursing Journal.

Amber B. Paulus, PhD, RN, CPHQ, is a Registered Nurse and Health Services Researcher whose research endeavors focus on evaluating the quality of health care delivery, health care outcomes, and quality improvement initiatives among individuals with kidney disease and providers of transplant and dialysis services. She currently serves as the Director of Data Science at Quality Insights, driving the organizational strategy for data initiatives. Through her role at Quality Insights, she also leads research projects focused on evaluating the 5-Diamond Patient Safety program concerning several components of patient safety among dialysis providers, including emergency management, identifying barriers to home dialysis and kidney transplantation utilization, and the screening and management of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Dr. Paulus serves as the chapter president of the Old Dominion chapter of the American Nephrology Nursing Association, chair designee of the ANNA Research Committee, and is a member of the ANNA Leadership Committee.

This episode was originally published in October 2021 as the second episode of the American Nephrology Nurses Association’s Way Into Nephrology Nursing Webinar Series. This series is available on the association’s YouTube channel and at annanurse.org

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All rights reserved. No portion of this podcast may be used without written permission.

Podcast production management by Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc., for the American Nephrology Nurses Association.

Music by Scott Holmes.
http://www.scottholmesmusic.com

In September 2021 and under the direction of the American Nephrology Nurses Association’s Leadership Committee chaired by Gail Dewald, BS, RN, CNN, ANNA presented its second episode of the Way Into Nephrology Nursing Webinar Series. This series is designed for the student or new-to-practice nurse who is interested in learning more about nephrology nursing. Facilitated by Leadership Committee members Dr. Jami Brown and Dr. Amber Paulus, this episode provides the conversations from the inaugural episode of the series. You’ll meet some nephrology nurses and hear about the benefits available to you from a professional nursing association.

Jami Smith Brown, DHEd, MSN, RN, CNN, is an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Brown holds national certification as a certified nephrology nurse. Dr. Brown is an active member of the American Nephrology Nurses Association and other national organizations. She is the Leader of ANNA’s Educator Specialty Practice Network, serves on ANNA’s Leadership and Research Committee, and is a member of the Manuscript Review Panel for the Nephrology Nursing Journal.

Amber B. Paulus, PhD, RN, CPHQ, is a Registered Nurse and Health Services Researcher whose research endeavors focus on evaluating the quality of health care delivery, health care outcomes, and quality improvement initiatives among individuals with kidney disease and providers of transplant and dialysis services. She currently serves as the Director of Data Science at Quality Insights, driving the organizational strategy for data initiatives. Through her role at Quality Insights, she also leads research projects focused on evaluating the 5-Diamond Patient Safety program concerning several components of patient safety among dialysis providers, including emergency management, identifying barriers to home dialysis and kidney transplantation utilization, and the screening and management of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Dr. Paulus serves as the chapter president of the Old Dominion chapter of the American Nephrology Nursing Association, chair designee of the ANNA Research Committee, and is a member of the ANNA Leadership Committee.

This episode was originally published in September 2021 as the second episode of the American Nephrology Nurses Association’s Way Into Nephrology Nursing Webinar Series. This series is available on the association’s YouTube channel and at annanurse.org

© American Nephrology Nurses Association.
All rights reserved. No portion of this podcast may be used without written permission.

Podcast production management by Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc., for the American Nephrology Nurses Association.

Music by Scott Holmes.
http://www.scottholmesmusic.com

On August 31, 2021, Mr. David Walz, MBA, BSN, RN, CNN, FACHE, the 2021-2022 President of the American Nephrology Nurses Association, provided a “State of the Association” address. During his address, Mr. Walz updated association members and the nephrology community on the strategic planning session held during the July 2021 ANNA Board of Directors meeting.

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All rights reserved. No portion of this podcast may be used without written permission.

Podcast production management by Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc., for the American Nephrology Nurses Association.

Music by Scott Holmes.
http://www.scottholmesmusic.com

What does advocacy mean to you? In this episode, Teresa R. Villaran, MS, MSN, CNN, CCRN (Alumnus), discusses with Lillian Pryor, MSN, RN, CNN, why it is important for nurses to become advocates for their profession and patients. She encourages nurses to use their collective voice to influence and advocate for policy and health care legislation at the local, state, and federal levels. She advises nurses to “Develop your story, and make sure legislators know your name and that you are a nurse.”

Teresa R. Villaran, MS, MSN, CNN, CNE, CCRN (Alumnus), is a staff nurse with Fresenius Kidney Care. She is the President of the ANNA Bluegrass Chapter, a member of the ANNA Health Policy Committee, and serves on the Manuscript Review Panel for the Nephrology Nursing Journal. She is the current Chair of the Kentucky Nurses Association Professional Nursing Practice and Advocacy Cabinet and serves on the 2019-2021 Kentucky Nurses Association Board of Directors. She is a Board Member of the St. John’s College of Nursing Alumni Association. She has served as an advocate the past two years at the National Kidney Foundation Patient Summit. She is currently a member of the National Kidney Foundation State Chronic Kidney Disease task force/ Living Donor Protection Act coalition. She has been active this year in delivering mass COCVID-19 vaccinations for the Louisville Health Department. She attended the American Nurses Association 2021 Hill Day and The Nurse in Washington Internship as a grant through ANNA. She currently sits on the Kentucky Nurses Association task force charged with creating a Legislative and Leadership Academy to increase nurses’ confidence and competence to exert their influence through policy.

Lillian Pryor, MSN, RN, CNN, is a Renal Clinical Nurse at the Atlanta VA Medical Center in Decatur, Georgia. A member of the American Nephrology Nurses Association since 1990, Ms. Pryor has served in roles that include president-elect, ANNA director, ANNA Awards and Scholarships Committee chairperson, ANNA representative to the Kidney Health Initiative Patient Preference Task Force, and an author and peer reviewer for the Nephrology Nursing Journal. Ms. Pryor served as the 2020-2021 President of the American Nephrology Nurses Association. In addition, she is an active member of ANNA’s Dogwood Chapter in Georgia and has served the chapter as both its president and health policy representative.

© American Nephrology Nurses Association.
All rights reserved. No portion of this podcast may be used without written permission.

Podcast production management by Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc., for the American Nephrology Nurses Association.

Music by Scott Holmes.
http://www.scottholmesmusic.com

In April 2021 and under the direction of the American Nephrology Nurses Association’s Leadership Committee chaired by Nancy Pierce, BSN, RN, CNN, the association launched the Way Into Nephrology Nursing Webinar Series. This series is designed for the student or new-to-practice nurse who is interested in learning more about nephrology nursing. Facilitated by Leadership Committee members Dr. Jami Brown and Dr. Amber Paulus, this episode provides the conversations from the inaugural episode of the series. You’ll meet some nephrology nurses and hear about the benefits available to you from a professional nursing association.

Jami Smith Brown, DHEd, MSN, RN, CNN, is an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Brown holds national certification as a certified nephrology nurse. Dr. Brown is an active member of the American Nephrology Nurses Association and other national organizations. She is the Leader of ANNA’s Educator Specialty Practice Network, serves on ANNA’s Leadership and Research Committee, and is a member of the Manuscript Review Panel for the Nephrology Nursing Journal.

Amber B. Paulus, PhD, RN, CPHQ, is a Registered Nurse and Health Services Researcher whose research endeavors focus on evaluating the quality of health care delivery, health care outcomes, and quality improvement initiatives among individuals with kidney disease and providers of transplant and dialysis services. She currently serves as the Director of Data Science at Quality Insights, driving the organizational strategy for data initiatives. Through her role at Quality Insights, she also leads research projects focused on evaluating the 5-Diamond Patient Safety program concerning several components of patient safety among dialysis providers, including emergency management, identifying barriers to home dialysis and kidney transplantation utilization, and the screening and management of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Dr. Paulus serves as the chapter president of the Old Dominion chapter of the American Nephrology Nursing Association, chair designee of the ANNA Research Committee, and is a member of the ANNA Leadership Committee.

This episode was originally published in April 2021 as the first episode of the American Nephrology Nurses Association’s Way Into Nephrology Nursing Webinar Series. This series is available on the association’s YouTube channel and at annanurse.org

© American Nephrology Nurses Association.
All rights reserved. No portion of this podcast may be used without written permission.

Podcast production management by Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc., for the American Nephrology Nurses Association.

Music by Scott Holmes.
http://www.scottholmesmusic.com

In this episode, Lillian Pryor, MSN, RN, CNN, the 2020-2021 President of the American Nephrology Nurses Association, talks with Icar Noel, BS, RN, an Acute Nephrology Nurse and Team Leader RN with Fresenius Kidney Care in Philadelphia, and a leader within the American Nephrology Nurses Association.

Icar Noel, BS, RN, has been an acute nephrology nurse since 2015 and is a Team Leader Registered Nurse with Fresenius Kidney Care in Inpatient Services in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, At Fresenius, Ms. Noel guides staff members as an expert and a resource for staff members on assigned Inpatient Center treatment floors. She coordinates and schedules direct patient care staff to provide coverage of acute dialysis treatments in contracted hospitals, and she ensures efficient patient scheduling and staff utilization in accordance with Fresenius policy. Ms. Noel has been a member of the American Nephrology Nurses Association since 2018 and is the President and Treasurer of ANNA’s Keystone Chapter in Pennsylvania. She is currently working on obtaining her Certified Dialysis Nurse credential.

Lillian Pryor, MSN, RN, CNN, is a Renal Clinical Nurse at the Atlanta VA Medical Center in Decatur, Georgia. A member of the American Nephrology Nurses Association since 1990, Ms. Pryor has served in roles that include president-elect, ANNA director, ANNA Awards and Scholarships Committee chairperson, ANNA representative to the Kidney Health Initiative Patient Preference Task Force, and author and peer reviewer for the Nephrology Nursing Journal. Ms. Pryor is currently serving as the 2020-2021 President of the American Nephrology Nurses Association. In addition, she is an active member of ANNA’s Dogwood Chapter in Georgia and has served the chapter as both its president and health policy representative.

© American Nephrology Nurses Association.
All rights reserved. No portion of this podcast may be used without written permission.

Podcast production management by Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc., for the American Nephrology Nurses Association.

Music by Scott Holmes.
http://www.scottholmesmusic.com

Nephrology Nursing Perspectives provides interviews and discussions between members of the American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA) and the nephrology community. This podcast will focus on nephrology nurses' issues and nephrology nursing as a specialty nursing profession in the areas of conservative management, peritoneal dialysis, hemodialysis, continuous kidney replacement therapies, acute kidney injury, transplantation, vendors, and government and regulatory agencies.

© American Nephrology Nurses Association.
All rights reserved. No portion of this podcast may be used without written permission.

Podcast production management by Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc., for the American Nephrology Nurses Association.

Music by Scott Holmes.
http://www.scottholmesmusic.com