Tomorrow 38 nephrology nurse ANNA leaders will visit Capitol Hill to educate Members of Congress about the impact of kidney disease. Jim Twaddell, ANNA's Health Policy Consultant, reminds us that nurses are well respected at the hill. What nurses have to say matters! #HPW2023

Jodie Curtis, BA and John Drzewicki, BA are Senior Policy Advisors at Venable, and as former staffers on the Hill, they provide valuable insight to #HPW2023 attendees, explaining how to approach Hill Day visits tomorrow.

Venable Senior Policy Adivsor, James Twaddell MA, tells #HPW2023 attendees that the voices of the constituents have a real impact!

Do you know what regulatory agencies and offices impact ANNA? Deepti A. Loharikar, JD, one of ANNA's Health Policy Consultants with Venable in DC, provides information to #HPW2023 attendees regarding Medicare ESKD and Other Regulatory Issues.

Deepti A. Loharikar, JD, an ANNA Health Policy Consultant reminds #HPW2023 attendees that a main goal in regulatory advocacy is to protect the role of the nephrology nurse!

Help legislators understand what nurses really do! Regulation and policy make more sense when legislators understand how it impacts practice and/or patients. Nurses' voices matter! #HPW2023 #nursingadvocacy

#HPW2023 is underway! ANNA President Jennifer Payton has welcomed all the attendees, and they are ready to learn about how they can advocate for their fellow colleagues and patients. #nurseadvocacy #healthpolicy

Bone marrow transplant turns into lifelong friendship and #kidney donation bit.ly/34y7zDk #transplant #kidneytransplant #nephrology

"A Yale-led group of doctors has developed a new mathematical model that can predict the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients undergoing a common heart procedure." bit.ly/2YUniLS

ANNA's 50th year is almost over, so we're taking a quick look back at where we've been to see how far we've come! the 2010s - Paired Exchange Kidney Donation! #dialysis #nephrologynursing #nephrology #nurses #kidneycare

As ANNA closes out our 50th year, we're taking a look back to see how far we've come! the 1980s - The first erythropoietin-stimulating agent (ESA) was made commercially available for use in patients with ESRD in 1989 - what a fantastic and memorable way to close out the decade!

the 1970s - a new season of kidney care & saying goodbye to selection committees! 1972 legislation passed that made it so #dialysis & #kidney transplantation was paid for - this legislation transformed kidney care, along w/ the development of the ESRD Network system!