A list of the abstracts accepted for presentation at teh 2015 ANNA National Symposium appears below. Click on a title to access the full text of the abstract.

• Evaluation of Opioid Use in an Urban Outpatient Hospital-Based Hemodialysis Unit (Abazia, D., Steward, C., Pereira, A., & Cohen, B.)
• Burden and Coping Strategies among Jordanian Caregivers of Patients Undergoing Haemodialysis (Alnazly, E.K.)
• Predictors of Discontinuation of Cinacalcet (Brookhart, M.A., Reams, B.D., Dluzniewski, P.J., Do, T.P., Bradbury, B.D., & Kshirsagar, A.V.)
• Ascribing Meaning to Kidney Disease: A Qualitative Study of African Americans with a First Degree Relative on Hemodialysis (Brown, L.J., & Moloney, M.F)
• Serum Calcium Reductions Among Patients on Hemodialysis Initiating Cinacalcet (Brunelli, S.M. , Dluzniewski, P., Cooper, K., Do, T., Sibbel, S.P., Bradbury, B.)
• Incidence of Risk Factors after Transfer of Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients to Adult Providers (B. Coyne, P.J. Hollen, J. Barcia, G. Yan, & K. Brayman)
• Treatment of Hyperkalemia with ZS-9, a Novel Potassium Trap, Results in Rapid and Sustained Reduction of Serum Potassium (Cruz, P., Rasmussen, H., Lavin, P., Yang A., & El-Shahawy, M.)
• Interdisciplinary CKD Clinic Outcomes (Dixon, J., Borden, P., Kaneko, & Schoolwerth, A.)
• Secondary Hyperparathyroidism Among Incident Peritoneal Dialysis Patients (Sibbel, S.P., Dluzniewski, P., Do, T., Yue, S., Brunelli, S.M., & Bradbury, B.)
• Developing Problem Solving Guideline, Checklist and SBAR Tools for Precepting Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Nurses in the Hospital Setting (Harris, L.R.)
• Home-Dialysis Modality Decision-Making for Aging Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease (Harwood, L., & Clark, A.M.)
• Pediatric Quality of Life (Kennedy, S., & Richards, C.)
• Access to Renal Transplantation (Landreneau, K.)
• Medication Reconciliation: Improving the Process of "Med Rec" for Outpatient Peritoneal Dialysis (McKie, B.L.)
• "It Takes a Village" - Creating a Collaborative Peritoneal Dialysis Program (Messer, S., & LaSalvia, K.)
• The Lived Experiences of the African American End-Stage Renal Disease Patient Receiving Hemodialysis (Nix, E.S.)
• The Patient Symptom Experience in Stage 4 Chronic Kidney Disease: A Qualitative Study (Pugh-Clarke, K., Read, S., & Sim, J.)
• Effect of Chronic Kidney Disease Education and Coaching Among CKD Stage 4 and 5 Patients (Reddy, N.)
• Support Groups for Hemodialysis Patients in the Waiting Room Before Hemodialysis Treatment (Romach, I., Gutman, I., & Niazov, D.)
• Managing Pregnancy for a Woman on Short Daily Hemodialysis (SDHD) (Scott, K.)
• Does Hand Hygiene Surveillance Reduce Positive Blood Cultures in Dialysis Clinics? (Sheppard, P., Johnson, S., Thompson, S., Sullivan, T., Levin, N.W., Balter, P., Kotanko, P., & Levin, R.)
• The Implementation of a Foot Care Model in a Comprehensive Foot Care Model in Urban, Inner City Dialysis Facility: A Quality Initiative (Sheridan, S.,Y., & Schreeder, C.)
• Estimating the Effect of Low Dialysate Calcium on Clinical Outcomes among US Patients (Sibbel, S., Do, T., Cooper, K., Bradbury, B., & Brunelli, S.)
• Saline Delivery During Hemodialysis: Efficacy of Bolus Rinse Versus Continuous Infusion for Anticoagulation (Smith, N.C., Astudillo, M., Havens, C., Gomez, V., Madayag, P., Vinson, Z., & Chapacharis, J.)
• Nurse Manager Descriptions of their Outpatient Hemodialysis Practice Environments (Thomas-Hawkins, C., Flynn, L., & Bognar, L.)
• Nurse Manager Safety Practices in Outpatient Hemodialysis Units (Thomas-Hawkins, C., Flynn, Lindgren, T., & Weaver, S.)
• National Survey of Nephrology Nurses: The Perceived Value of Certification (Williams, H.F., & Garbin, P.)

*Abstracts appear in alphabetical order by presenter as submitted.