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Keeping BONENT Members Informed
Winter 2013
Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and Technology
For those dialysis professionals who were fortunate enough to be in Orlando on February 17, they were part of an excellent educational offering. This was the second BONENT Regional Education Seminar in a series of many more seminars in the future. BONENT members and non-members attended from 12 different states and Jamaica.
Thank You to the Committee The BONENT Continuing Education Programs Committee pulled off another great meeting. Peter Anas, BONENT Executive Director, was heard to say that “this went so smoothly.” RJ Picciano, BONENT President said, “I want to congratulate the Committee for this meeting and thank them for all their hard work.” The members of the Committee she refers to are John Larsen, Doreen Charles, Connie Mears, Karie Records and Sonia Wynne
Good Speakers & Valuable TopicsThe day was full of interesting and enthusiastic speakers with great topics. The hotel was great (it had a large mall attached)! Topics included new innovations in dialysis such as Citrate Dialysis and the HeRO Graft. Other topics on how to make our jobs more successful and rewarding including “Dealing with the Difficult Patient”, “Burnout” and “Managing the Vascular Access: a Surgeons Prospective”.
We would also like to thank the staff of Network 7, The Florida Network, for their assistance including a presentation on “Meeting the Challenge for Compliance with the New
Medicare Conditions for Coverage.” It made us all realize that we were in a “Brave New World” and were going to have step up our practice.
Two More Seminars to Choose From This YearBONENT’s next task is to meet or exceed the quality of the first two seminars.
The next BONENT Regional Education Seminar will be in Cleveland, OH on April 7, 2013. See page 3 and the BONENT website for details about this including speakers, hotel and registration information. As you can see, it looks like the BONENT CE Programs Committee has done it again. This should be our best meeting to date!
BONENT is planning our 4th Regional Education Seminar for Newark, NJ on August Details are being developed and will be posted on the BONENT website when they are available. Look forward to another great BONENT meeting.
Another Great BONENT Regional Education Seminar SoutheastRegionalSeminar
Mary Fenderson MSHSA, RN, CNN
Seminar Speakers
Brian Haag, MD
Lisa Hall, MSSW, LICSW
Leslie Dinwiddie, MSN, RN, CNN, FNP
Diana Shelkov, CHT
Kathleen Kawa, RN, CDN
Some attendee comments:“Best seminar ever!”
“ I’m so glad I didn’t miss this even though I had to come all the way from Wisconsin.”
“So relevant to my daily career as a PCT.”
“ I need more CEs, so I’ll also come the seminar in Cleveland.”
Certi�cation UPDATE Summer 072 Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and TechnologyCerti�cation UPDATE Winter 20132
FROM THE PRESIDENT
RJ PiccianoPresident
The BONENT Certification UPDATE is published quarterly by:
Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing & Technology
100 South Washington St. Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: 202-462-1252 Fax: 202-463-1257
Web: www.BONENT.org
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President RJ Picciano, BA, CHT, OCDT
Cuyahoga Falls, OH [email protected]
Vice President & Update Editor Carol Johnson, PhD, FNP, CPDN
Jamaica, NY [email protected]
Secretary/Treasurer Paulette C. Sheeley, RN, BSN, CHN
Rock Creek, OH [email protected]
Directors Nan S. Falk, CHT Long Beach, CA [email protected]
Zelma Griffin, BS, CHT South Holland, IL
grif�[email protected]
Dennis Schell, CHT, OCDT Maumee, OH
Lyle Smith, BSN, CNN, CPDN Umatilla, OR
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Executive Director Peter Anas
Phone: 202.462.1252, ext. #20 [email protected]
Director of Membership and Certification Laikisha Jeffries
Phone: 202.462.1252, ext. #15 [email protected]
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• Don’tforgettoanswertheonlyquestiononthe application (otherwise it’s incomplete).
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We’re Continuing Our Push on Continuing Education for You & More!It’s amazing – we’re into another year!! There are so many things going on with BONENT that we almost cannot see the days and weeks go by.
Continuing Education 2013 – Orlando, Cleveland and NewarkWe just held our second BONENT Regional Education Seminar in Orlando. The reviews by everyone that attended were excellent - wonderful speakers; topics to keep you up-to-date; reminders of things that get lost in day to day practice; great hotel for the meeting (it even had a large shopping mall attached).
There are two additional BONENT Regional Seminars planned for 2013. The first is going to be Cleveland, OH on April 7, 2013. Take a look on page 3 and on the BONENT website for details including speakers, hotel and registration. The second is going to be in Newark, NJ (across the river from NYC) on August 18, 2013. Watch the BONENT website for updates on this one.
There is a webinar on the BONENT website available for you to get Group A recertification credit with more to come.
If you have presentations that you want to offer to your fellow BONENT members, forward them to the Continuing Education Programs Committee through their Chair at [email protected].
Recertification – Helping You in Group AWe have heard how difficult it is to get group A credit to recertify. In order to help with this, we have started placing webinars on the BONENT website and we will be placing more. These will count toward group A! Secondly, I would like to announce a change, that came from what we heard Orlando. We will from today accept online credits from the NKF website at www.kidney.org.
Examinations – CHN, CHT Spanish & Bio-MedThis is what BONENT is all about! Certifying the best professionals in dialysis in the World! This year we are updating the Certified Hemodialysis Nurse (CHN) exam this year. Paulette Sheeley CHN and treasurer of the BONENT Board will be chairing this update. Any RN’s or LPN’s interested in helping in this process please contact Paulette at [email protected].
We are in the process of translating the certified hemodialysis technician (CHT) exam into Spanish to meet the needs of Spanish speaking technicians throughout the US and the World. This should be completed in the next few months.
Finally, we have started the long awaited Bio-Med Exam. We have been gathering job descriptions, evaluation tools and training materials from every source we could find. Our te0.03 insting company, has been going through this information and collating it for a group of subject matter experts that are going to meet next month to come up with a draft outline for the Bio-Med exam. Watch the BONENT website for further developments
Planning for a Big 2014So, as I said, BONENT is busy and on the move. Next year, 2014, is BONENT’s 40th Anniversary. You will see more about this in future Updates. We are planning to make this the best year for BONENT ever. As always, BONENT belongs to you the members. To make it truly yours, get involved!!! There are contacts above and if those don’t meet your needs, email me at [email protected].
3Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and Technology Certi�cation UPDATE Winter 2013
Great LakesRegionalSeminar
BONENT Members & Non Members
7.5 CE’s - all in one daySunday, April 7, 2013
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