Gayle Hall, BSN, RN, CNN ANNA Board of Directors

ANNA Chapters in FL First Coast Treasure Coast South Florida Flamingo Suncoast Sunshine Central North Central

ANNA Florida Chapters Text A Text B Etc. ChapterLocationPresidentZIP Codes Treasure Coast West Palm/Jupiter Diane Hubertz Hague, MSN, ARNP, CNN 329, 334, 349 South Florida Flamingo Dade/Broward Deb Hain, PhD, APRN, ANP-BC, GNP-BC, FAANP ; Sunshine Central Orlando Hayden Jones II, RN, APN 321; , 338, 347 Suncoast Tampa Bay Carolyn Watts, RN , 339, 342 First Coast Jacksonville Yanella Parra, RN 320, 322 North Central Gainesville Natalie Trachtenberg, RN 323, 324, 326, 344

Angella McNeish, BSN, RN Health Policy Advisor

ANNAs Federal Legislative Priorities Increased Fiscal Year 2016 Funding for the Nursing Workforce Development Programs at HRSAIncreased Fiscal Year 2016 Funding for the Nursing Workforce Development Programs at HRSA Biomedical Research and Patient Safety Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2015Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2015 Home Health Planning Act of 2015 Extend Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant RecipientsExtend Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Recipients

ANNAs Federal Legislative Asks Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act (HR 1130/S 598) Home Health Planning Improvement Act of 2015 (HR 1342/S 578) Increased funding for Nursing Workforce Development Programs (Title VIII).

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ANNAs State Legislative Priorities Medicaid Payment System Related Issues State Boards of Nursing Related Issues Nursing and General State Health Policy Issues

Priorities for Medicaid Payment System Related Issues 1. Monitor policies related to state Medicaid payment systems impacting CKD population. 2. Advocate for access for the CKD population to complete, quality, evidence-based care. 3. Endorse health policy initiatives that promote organ donation and increase transplantation. 4. Advocate for state legislation and funding for initiatives to prevent or slow the progression of CKD, and for patient education programs on treatment options

Priorities for State Boards of Nursing Related Issues 1. Monitor for regulation changes impacting nephrology nursing. 2. Advocate for initiatives to ensure registered nurses and advanced practice registered nurses (APRN) are able to practice to the full scope of their educational preparation and license. 3. Continue efforts to define advanced nursing practice and expand reimbursement for APRNs. 4. Advocate and support all states signing the Nurse Licensure Compact to facilitate disaster response and to protect nurses who provide telehealth support to patients in remote areas

Priorities for Nursing and General State Health Policy Issues 1. Monitor proposed state legislation potentially impacting CKD population. 2. Monitor and participate on State Kidney Coalitions. 3. Monitor and continue involvement with various public and private quality improvement initiatives. 4. Advocate for legislation, funding and other regulatory initiatives to address the nursing faculty shortage. 5. Advocate for fair and consistent work environments and removal of geographic and practice setting limitations across the country for APRNs. 6. Monitor legislation that impacts mandatory overtime. 7. Advocate for staffing decisions to be made as close to the patient as possible, by registered nurses, and based on the needs of the individual patient.

Priorities for Nursing and General State Health Policy Issues, cont 8. Advocate for the use of a patient acuity classification system. 9. Advocate for further research on nursing models of care to help guide the nephrology nurse in planning staffing models to deliver care that promotes optimal patient outcomes. 10. Advocate for restricting use of the title "nurse" to only those individuals who have fulfilled the requirements for licensure as a registered nurse as outlined in each state's nurse practice act. 11. Advocate for legislative initiatives related to nursing education to include efforts to recruit and retain nurses. 12. Advocate for legislative initiatives related to patient and personnel safety. 13. Advocate for improved patient handling techniques to protect registered nurses and other health care workers from debilitating injuries. 14. Advocate for the establishment of comprehensive prevention programs in health care settings to address work place violence.

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Nurse Licensure Compact

ANNA’s Sunshine Central presents our 6th ANNUAL ONE DAY CONFERENCE Saturday, August 8, :30am - 4:30pm VA MEDICAL CENTER 5201 RAYMOND STREET ORLANDO, FL Contact:

Kidney Disease Awareness and Education (KDAE) Visits

Nephrology Nurses Week

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