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. There were 246 responses to the survey. While the tool was not developed and confirmed as a reliable and valid tool, it was a first attempt to describe this population of nephrology nurses. Results of this survey of acute care nurses were presented at the Acute Care SIG networking session during the ANNA National Symposium in Dallas, Texas in April, 2007 The presentation, "Getting to Know You: A National View of Acute Renal Care," was presented by Acute Care SIG Members' Mary Rose Kott, MS, RN, CNN; Sue Fallone, MS, RN, CNN; Helen Williams, BSN, RN, CNN; Maureen Craig, MS, RN, CNN, CCNS; Billie Axley, BSN, RN, CNN; and Michelle Krueger, BSN, RN, CNN. The results are highlighted here.