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This month's featured article is, "Loneliness and Burnout in Nephrology Nurses: A Review of the Literature and Indications for Future Research." Nurses are crucial to the health care workforce, yet their well-being is often overlooked, adversely affecting patientcare. This article examines the intersection of loneliness and burnout among nephrology nurses, and its impact on their well-being and job performance. Loneliness, defined as inadequate social connections, is identified as a significant contributor to burnout and suboptimal well-being among nurses. Findings emphasize the importance of addressing loneliness and promoting social connectedness within the nursing profession. Strategies, such as fostering supportive relationships, creating support groups, and implementing policies to reduce emotional burdens and workload pressures, are recommended. We emphasize the need to prioritize nurse well-being for a resilient health care workforce and improved patient outcomes, and discuss its implications for nursing practice, education, and policy.

Earn 1.20 NCPD Contact Hours – for FREE – through June 30, 2024.

  ANNA has revised and updated a series of FREE educational modules addressing the nursing care needs of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The series, entitled Nursing Care of the Patient with CKD in ANY Setting, is designed to support the learning needs of nurses who care for patients with CKD. Given the magnitude of the population afflicted with CKD and the variety of settings in which these patients receive care, this series will benefit nurses caring for patients in many settings.

Nine modules are available, and each module offers nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) contact hours. The modules include:

• Introduction to CKD: An Overview of Causes, Staging, and Treatment
• CKD: Stages 1 through 3
• CKD: Stages 4 and 5 – Overview of Therapy Options
• Acute Kidney Injury: Causes, Treatment, and Outcomes
• Kidney Replacement Therapy – Transplantation
• Kidney Replacement Therapy – Home Dialysis
• Kidney Replacement Therapy – In-Center Dialysis
• Palliative and End-of-Life Care for the Patient with CKD
• CKD in the Pediatric Population

The content of the modules is FREE, and contact hours are free for Module 1: Introduction to Chronic Kidney Disease: An Overview of Causes, Stages, and Treatment. (Processing fees apply for NCPD evaluations for the other eight modules.)

Go to CKD Modules in ANNA Online Library

Modules made possible by a generous grant to ANNA for their production and promotion by CVS.