{{ (moduleVm.actions && moduleVm.changeStatus) ? moduleVm.status : '' }} The Intersection of the Medicare End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Benefit and Hospice: An Overview for Home Care and Hospice Clinicians

Activity Steps

1 Activity
2 Take Test 3Certificate

Purpose of Activity

To present registered professional nurses with guidelines and recommendations for referring patients who have end-stage renal disease to palliative and hospice care.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Outline the information presented here about ESRD.
  2. List the regulations and guidelines that apply to home health patients who have ESRD.
  3. Plan the appropriate interventions for patients who have ESRD.

Disclosures

The authors and planners of this article have no significant ties, financial or otherwise, to any company that might have an interest in the publication of this educational activity.

Price: $24.95

Credits:

  • ANCC 2.9 CH
  • DC - BON 2.9 CH
  • FL - BON 2.9 CH

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
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This activity is also provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 11749. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is also an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the District of Columbia and Florida #50-1223. Your certificate is valid in all states.
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The ANCC's accreditation status of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Department of Continuing Education refers only to its continuing nursing educational activities and does not imply Commission on Accreditation approval or endorsement of any commercial product.





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Test Code: HHCN0911A
Published: September 2011
Expires: 1/1/2026
Sources: Home Healthcare Now
Required Passing Score: 12/16 (75%)
Authors: Debra Castner MSN, RN, APN-c, CNN, Donna Bednarski MSN, RN, ANP-BC, CNN, CNP
Categories: Home Health Care , Hospice and Palliative Care , Renal
Specialties: Hospice and Palliative Care