Details
DTX22 Recorded Clinical Sessions
Up to 6.8 Contact Hours
Year: 2022
Note: Your governing body (BONENT and/or NNCC for example) will only accept credit for a session once. Additional viewings will not be valid toward your re-certification.
You must watch the videos and complete the questionnaires to earn your contact hours. You are purchasing access to the content. Contact Hours will only be awarded once you have completed the educational activities.
The Technician’s Role in Quality Improvement
Kathleen Belmonte MS, RN-CS, MBA, FKC Chief Nursing Officer & SVP, Clinical Services, Fresenius Kidney Care
Tracy J. Flitcraft BSN, RN, CNN Senior Director Clinical Quality, Great Plains and Western Groups, Fresenius Kidney Care
As a technician, you play a critical role in patient health outcomes in your organization. You spend significant time with the patient, and your observations and interactions, in collaboration with the rest of the IDT, can significantly improve your patient’s outcomes. Learn how to use your unique role to improve health outcomes, and grow your career.
Empowerment and Education Lead to Self-Care
Lacye Trevino, Urine Inspiration
As a clinical technician during unprecedented times, it is important that you not only take care of your patients but that “taking care of yourself” is at the top of your list. Just like the airplane safety instructions tell you to put on your oxygen mask before helping others, you need to put the care of yourself before anything else. Being in charge of your self-care can be empowering – this session will provide you with ways to take care of yourself – and your patients.
What Your Patients Need to Know About Transplantation
Anna Rutherford, MSW, FMCNA, Senior Methods and Systems Manager for Social Work Services
Your patient spends more time with you than with any other member of their healthcare team. When a patient is considering transplantation, you need to be able to give them accurate information as they consider their decision. This session is designed to provide this information to you – and ways you can effectively communicate with your patient
Telehealth and Dialysis
Michael Krauss, MD, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Fresenius Kidney Care, Inc.
Stephanie Meyer, RN, CNN, MBA, Director, Clinical Methods & Systems Fresenius Kidney Care, Inc.
Telehealth during the pandemic has changed the practice of health care, with the post-COVID-19 world unlikely to resemble the prior era. What is the future impact of telehealth in patient care especially in the context of the Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative?
Vascular Access Update
Neghae Mawla, MD, FASDIN, Interventional Nephrology, – Dallas Nephrology Associates
Vascular access continues to improve – and you need the most up-to-date information to improve the quality of your patient outcomes. Dr. Mawla was one of the highest-rated speakers for DTX20 – we’re glad to have him back for DTX22.
Technician’s Role in Vascular Access Selection
Danielle Rogatto, BD
Kelli Stanifer, BD
Studies indicate that the technician plays an important role in providing dialysis patients with information that they use to make meaningful decisions about their care. This session will provide further insight into how valuable you, as a dialysis technician, can be to your patient. Learn what you need to know to give even better support to your dialysis patients.
Managing Burnout on the Job
Emily Watson, MSW, LCSW, Senior Director of Social Work, Satellite Healthcare
Feeling exhausted? Struggling to connect with the purpose of your work or the people you serve? Accomplishing less than usual? You may be burned out. Learn about the symptoms and signs of burnout as well as how to address them – at home and at work – so that you can more than survive, but thrive, in challenging times.
