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When a refrigerator storing Moderna vaccines failed in Seattle in January 2021, ANNA Director Nancy Colobong Smith, MN, ARNP, CNN, rushed to help get shots in arms. Her extraordinary story, along with others shared by nurses, was featured in a recent article on nurse volunteers.
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ANNA’s Acute Care Specialty Practice Network hosted two educational webinars focused on quality assessment and performance improvement in acute dialysis settings in October 2021. Both webinars were recorded and are available for FREE viewing in the ANNA Online Library. Contact hours also are available (processing fees apply: $10 ANNA Members, $20 Standard).
Amidst a nursing shortage and the COVID-19 pandemic, nephrology nursing is having a tremendous impact on the specialty and the future, according to ANNA Executive Director Tamara Kear, PhD, RN, CNN, FAAN, in an interview with Outset Medical.
In August 2021, ANNA was approved as a new member organization of the Nurses on Boards Coalition (NOBC). NOBC is a coalition of over 24 professional associations, including AARP, American Nurses Association (ANA), and specialty nursing associations, working to increase nurses’ presence on boards with strategic influence to improve the health of communities.
Venous needle dislodgement and access-bloodline separation are potential complications of hemodialysis therapy. In 2020, ANNA convened a task force to update the information and resources developed by the 2012 ANNA Venous Needle Dislodgement Task Force. The 2020-2021 ANNA Venous Needle Dislodgement Task Force conducted a literature review, requested information from ANNA members, and tested taping techniques.
