End-of-Life issues and the patient with renal disease: an evidence-based practice project.

End-of-life issues affect everyone at some time. Individuals with chronic illness need to face these issues earlier to ensure their wishes are carried out. Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) Stage 5 have only three options: dialysis in its various forms, renal transplant, or death.

Getting to know you: a national view of acute renal care.

The American Nephrology Nurses' Association's (ANNA's) newest Special Interest Group (SIG) is Acute Care. This SIG recently developed a survey to obtain information about the practice areas from acute care ANNA members as there is a lack of data about this subset of nephrology nurses. The survey was designed to begin to explore the practice of acute care nurses and was distributed via e-mail to 1000 ANNA members who are registered acute care nephrology nurses.