| Letter from the Nephrology Note Team |
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Happy 2013 Nephrology Note Readers!
Have you set a new resolution for this year and ready to fall in love with a new career in dialysis? We certainly have! With our Core Value of Continuous Improvement, we intend to do just that by improving the newsletter with beneficial information about the dialysis industry. We want to keep you up to date with the latest studies, continuing education opportunities and help you understand why the dialysis nursing is a fulfilling career for many. Not only do we want to share the more technical side, we want to share you the personal side with stories from patients and nurses. We are always looking for ideas as well as feed back to help make this newsletter beneficial for our readers. If you have a tip, idea or a study to share, let us know by sending to davitanephrologynote@davita.com.
Happy New Year!
The Nephrology Note Team
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| Better Understanding Dialysis in Children |
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Study by the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
It's not just adults who endure dialysis. Children do also. Now, a new study by researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center aims to better understand the effectiveness of dialysis inpediatric patients.
Dialysis is used in patients experiencing kidney failure. It does what the kidneys are no longer able to do sufficiently, removing toxins and excess water from the blood.
The OU study is the first to examin what happens to a particular molecule, Cystatin C, during dialysis in children. To read and learn more about this study, click here.
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| 5th Edition of the Core Curriculum for the Dialysis Technician |
 The non-profit Medical Education Institution announced that the new 5th Edition of the Core Curriculum for the Dialysis Technician is available to help dialysis technicians learn how to provide safe, quality care to dialysis patients.
For more information on how to get your copy, click here. |
| Continuing Education: Infection Prevention in Dialysis Setting |
| The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has created a new continuing education course "Infection Prevention in Dialysis Setting" four outpatient hemodialysis healthcare workers, including technicians and nurses. For additional information, click here. |
| Events |
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April 3-7: National Student Nurses Association 61st Annual Convention Charlotte, NC
April 21-24: ANNA's 44th National Symposium
Las Vegas, NV
Sept. 8-14: Nephrology Nurses Week
For DaVita Career Fairs and Open Houses, Click Here.
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