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March-April 2008 • Volume 35, Number 2

ARTICLES
CONTINUING NURSING EDUCATION
Relationships Between Registered Nurse Staffing, Processes of Nursing
Care, and Nurse-Reported Patient Outcomes in Chronic Hemodialysis Units

Charlotte Thomas-Hawkins, Linda Flynn, and Sean P. Clarke

Predictors of Participant Adherence and Retention in
The African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension

Deborah Brooks, Jeanne Charleston, Donna Dowie, Avril Gabriel, Yvette Baxter Hall,
Leena Hiremath, Tammy Lightfoot, Mohammed Sika, Winifred C. Smith, and Xuelei Wang


CONTINUING NURSING EDUCATION
The Self-Management Experience of People with Mild to Moderate
Chronic Kidney Disease

Lucia Costantini, Heather Beanlands, Elizabeth McCay, Daniel Cattran,
Michelle Hladunewich, and Daphene Francis


How Do Families Adjust to Having a Child with Chronic Kidney Failure?
Michael D. Aldridge

EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENTS
Sponsored by Amgen
Revisions in the Prescribing Information for Epoetin alfa:
Implications for Nephrology Nurses and Patients on Dialysis

Deborah Hayslip

CONTINUING NURSING EDUCATION
Sponsored by Watson
IV Iron Use in Patients With Higher Serum Ferritin:
Case Study on Anemia in Kidney Disease

Kristin Larson

SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT
(Volume 35, Number 2S)
Sponsored by Abbott
Improved Patient Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease: Optimizing Vitamin D Therapy
Frank A. Gesek and Jennifer S. Desmond

DEPARTMENTS

From the Editor
Nephrology RNs Make a Difference

Beth Ulrich

President's Message
Keeping Individuals with Kidney Disease Safe:
Raising Awareness of the Effects of Nurse Fatigue

Sandra Bodin

President-Elect's Message
Mentoring Generations Today for Tomorrow’s Leaders

Sue Cary

ANNA Corporate and Sustaining Members

Clinical Consult
Gadolinium and Kidney Disease: Are Your Patients at Risk?
Debra Hollister

Controversies in Nephrology Nursing
Should Patients Eat During Hemodialysis Treatments?
Helene Christner and Monica Riley

Letters to the Editor

Issues in Renal Nutrition
Nutritional Implications of Pregnancy in Dialysis: A Case Study
Lesley L. McPhatter and Joanne C. Drumheller

Calendar of Events

Pharmacology Review

Practice Issues in Nephrology Nursing
Dialyzing Children in the Adult World
Angel Krueger and Amelia Allsteadt

ANNA Chapter Presidents

Positions Available


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