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• Introducing SPARK! Online CE Education & Mentoring for Nurses & Technicians
  05/15 – Jennifer Ravert, RN
• Why I gave up using buttonhole needles after 19 years
  05/08 – Kamal Shah
• Reflections on the 2025 NKF Spring Clinicals: Addressing Home Dialysis Burnout and Supporting Independence
  05/01 – Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
• Memories of Henning Sondergaard
  04/24 – David Rosenbloom
• Train Dialyzors, Not Care Partners!
  04/17 – Henning Sondergaard

Pipeline Technology

• PeritoneX by Relavo Medical
• Archimedes by Simergent Promises Quieter, Less Painful APD
• AWAK is now Singapore-based Vivance

Living Well with Home Treatments

• Dawn Raven - Former Pro Basketball Star, Model/Actor and Kidney Patient
• Zoe Ricard is “Flipping” from PD to Home HD
• Tanesha Nicole did Home Dialysis Before Her Transplant

Industry Updates

• Vantive is Supporting ASN’s Centers of Excellence in Home Dialysis Program
• Apply for the ASN Home Dialysis Scholarship 2025-6 Program by May 31, 2025

Advocacy for Better Dialysis

• Ask your Members of Congress to Help More Patients Access Home Dialysis.

What's New in Home Dialysis Research

Each month, we gather recent research abstracts about home dialysis. Visit our Journal Watch to learn more:

• Glucose Exposure: Incremental vs. Full-dose PD
• Peritonitis with Manual vs. Device-connected PD
• Can a PD Phone App Reduce Hospitalization?
• A Nomogram to Predict Low PD Adequacy
• Mechanism of AGE Damage to Peritoneal Membranes
• Expanded HD (HDx) vs. Online Hemodiafiltration (HDF)
• Cost of Home HD vs. Standard In-center HD in Dollars and Lives in France

Featured Link: SPARK - Preventing Home Dropout Nurse CE Education & Mentoring Courses

https://mei.org/spark-series/ Want to learn how to train for PD or home HD success? Set expectations to help patients succeed? Integrate home therapies into life? Help patients make the “Flip” from PD to home HD? You’ve come to the right place!