29th Annual National Symposium

6 - 8 March 2012 - Riviera Hotel - Las Vegas, Nevada

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Workshops

Workshops presented by B.Braun, Fresenius Medical Care, and MarCor, provide opportunities for technicians to gain in-depth knowledge about each company’s products and dialysis services. Workshops begin at 8:00am and end by 4:00pm, with a break for lunch. All workshops offer a full day of education and up to 7.0 contact hours.  Space is limited - register NOW!

• B.Braun Workshop
  • New Innovation in Dialog+® 
  • Adimea™ Real Time Monitoring of Dialysis Dose
  • Improving Efficiency for Maintaining Equipment
• Machine Troubleshooting – David Carlson, CBET, Fresenius Medical Care, NA 
• Water Purification for Dialysis – Richard Benner, CWSIII, Mar Cor 
• Vascular Access Workshop
  • Maintaining Access – Gregg Miller MD, Medical Director, American Access Care
  • Vascular Access – Beyond the Basics – Birgit Bispham RN, Hemodialysis Vascular Access Manager, University of Colorado-Denver
  • Vascular Access Case Studies – Marianne Newman, Gregg Miller, Birgit Bispham

General Sessions

• What the Dialysis Machine Doesn’t Tell You – John Sweeny, BS Physics, CHT
• Future of Dialysis – Larry Jones, CEO, Innovative Dialysis Services and Brooks Rogers, VP Technical Services, Fresenius Medical Care, NA
• Benefits of Home Treatment for Patients and Centers – Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute 
• Improving the Health Care Team – Michael Morales BS, CHT, CCHT, CCNT, CBNT, Dialysis Education Services; Cindy Miller RN, CPHQ, QI Coordinator, The Renal Network; Connie Schroeder MAOM, BSN, RN, IDS Education Administrator
• Technician Empowerment: Getting Through Your Midlife Crisis – Nicole Martinez CHT, PCT/Home Program, Wade Miller CCHT, DaVita
• Time to NOTICE Infection Control – Teri Spencer RN, TB Spencer Consulting LLC  
• Green Tech Room – Rejean Quesnelle A. Sc.T., Renal Technologist, Halton Healthcare Services  
• Your Role in Keeping Patients Safe – Glenda Payne, MS, RN, CNN, Director of Clinical Services, Nephrology Clinical Solutions

Concurrent Session Tracks

Clinical

• Home Therapies: Educating Your Patients – Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
• Dealing with Difficult Patients – Diana Shelkov CHT, Englewood Hospital/FMC
• Common Survey Mistakes you DON’T Have to Make – Teri Spencer, RN, TB Spencer Consulting LLC  
• Clinical Case Studies – Wade Miller, CCHT; Teri Spencer, RN;  Diana Shelkov, CHT; John Sweeny, BS

Biomedical

• Electronics 101 & Electronics 201  – John Sweeny, BS Physics, CHT
• V Tag Violations – Danilo Concepcion CCHT, CHT, CBNT, Operations Manager, St. Joseph Hospital Renal Service
• Biofilm: The Now – “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”; The Future---? Jo-Anne Maltais, PhD, Maltais Consulting
• Future in Water Treatment for Dialysis – Jim Baker, Vice-President, AmeriWater

Professional Development

• Collaboration & Effective Communication between Nurses and Techs – TBA
• Where Can We Go From Here? – Karen Evans, RN, BSN, CHT, CBNT, City Dialysis/FMC
• Preparing for Your Next Step Glenda Payne, MS, RN, CNN, Director of Clinical Services, Nephrology Clinical Solutions
• Oops, Now What? - Heather Paradis, CHT, Director of Technical Services, Liberty Dialysis