The CARE Award Honors Frontline Nephrology
Care Team Members for Embodying the Company's Core Values
WALTHAM,
Mass., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fresenius
Kidney Care, the nation's leading provider of kidney care services,
is pleased to announce its new annual recognition program to
honor frontline nephrology care team members for embodying the
company's core values of collaboration, proactivity, reliability,
and excellence in care. Fresenius Kidney Care will present The
Caring About Renal Excellence (CARE) Award to those who
excel in any of the five clinical pillars: quality and safety,
growth, clinical leadership, clinical excellence, and patient
experience.
In its inaugural year, Fresenius Kidney Care will present 250
nephrology nurses with CARE awards across the United States as part of Nephrology Nurses
Week. CARE winners will receive a personalized certificate and an
all-expenses-paid trip to the American Nephrology Nurses
Association (ANNA) Spring National Symposium in May 2023.
"Our nephrology care team members play a vital role in providing
our patients with superior care every day," says Fresenius Kidney
Care Chief Nursing Officer, Kathleen
Belmonte. "It is important that we continue to foster a
culture of caring and provide ongoing recognition for our
exceptional care team members. The CARE Award will be embedded into
the fabric of who we are and how we recognize our employees for
years to come."
Nephrology nurses devote their lives to providing superior care
and stay beside every patient every step of the way. Patients
living with kidney disease face unique challenges that require the
support of expert nurses to help them thrive. That dedication was
readily apparent over the last few years as care teams faced
numerous and difficult challenges caused by the unprecedented
global pandemic.
Fresenius Kidney Care is committed to furthering and growing the
nephrology nurse profession, especially as the nationwide nursing
shortage continues, by investing in our employees' and future
nurses' growth, professional development, and career advancement.
For example, the company offers a tuition reimbursement program to
help employees advance their careers, which approximately 600
employees are taking advantage of to obtain a nursing degree. And
as part of the tuition reimbursement program, regular full- and
part-time employees have the option to reduce their work hours to
20 hours per week while maintaining healthcare benefits as they
study. Additionally, in 2020, the company kickstarted the nurse
residency program, which has welcomed approximately 740 total
pre-licensed nurses since its launch.
Through Fresenius Kidney Care's collaborative partnership with
the American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA), the
company funds an ongoing membership program and provides
scholarship dollars to help ANNA provide ongoing education support
to nurses dedicated to caring for people living with chronic kidney
disease.
Nephrology Nurses Week, observed September 11 through 17 this year, celebrates the
dedication, compassion, and commitment of nurses who make a
difference in the lives of people living with kidney disease. ANNA
launched Nephrology Nurses Week to give employers, patients, and
others the opportunity to thank nephrology nurses for their
life-saving work and to help recruit new nurses to the field of
nephrology.
Fresenius Kidney Care will also present CARE awards to patient
care technicians and biomedical technicians during National
Dialysis Technician Recognition Week in October, as well as
dietitian and social worker team members in the coming
months.
About Fresenius Kidney Care
Fresenius Kidney Care, a division of Fresenius Medical Care North
America (FMCNA), provides kidney disease education, dialysis
treatment, and support services to more than 200,000 people with
kidney disease every year whether in their own homes or at more
than 2,600 facilities nationwide. Fresenius Kidney Care's dedicated
teams help address the physical and emotional aspects of kidney
disease through personalized care, education, and lifestyle support
services. For more information about Fresenius Kidney Care,
visit www.FreseniusKidneyCare.com.
About Fresenius Medical Care North America
Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA) is the premier
healthcare company focused on providing the highest quality care to
people with renal and other chronic conditions. Through its
industry-leading network of dialysis facilities and outpatient
cardiac and vascular labs, Fresenius Medical Care North America
provides coordinated healthcare services at pivotal care points for
hundreds of thousands of chronically ill customers throughout the
continent. As the world's largest fully integrated renal company,
it offers specialty pharmacy and laboratory services, and
manufactures and distributes the most comprehensive line of
dialysis equipment, disposable products, and renal pharmaceuticals.
For more information, visit the FMCNA website.
Media Contact:
Fresenius Medical Care
Scott
Sayres
Corporate Communications
Scott.Sayres@FreseniusMedicalCare.com
+1 (940) 297-5678
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