National Kidney Foundation of Michigan

Leading the fight against kidney disease

The Council on Renal Nutrition (CRN) functions as a professional council within the framework of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and networks with other organizations to support the National Kidney Foundation’s goal of making lives better for those with chronic kidney disease through education, outreach and research in the field of nutrition as it pertains to prevention, eradication and treatment of kidney and urologic diseases.

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CRN Spring 2025 Meeting- In Person

Thursday, May 15, 2025

Join us at 5th Tavern Restaurant- Bloomfield location from 6:30 – 9:00pm for an evening of catching up with colleagues as we discuss a PERC education webinar over dinner. CRN has a room reserved at 5th Tavern. OR just come for the food and fun! Not required to watch the PERC webinar.

2025 FAQ and Information

Target Audience: Renal RDs and Renal professionals

Purpose Statement: A meeting to enhance the clinicians’ ability to make appropriate nutritional recommendations for their patients with CKD. This meeting is intended for clinicians who nutritionally assess patients diagnosed with renal disease.

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss meal planning for individuals and families facing CKD
  • Explore cultural needs of CKD patients and their families and CKD friendly food planning to meet these needs

This is not a traditional meeting with speakers.

  • There is NO fee for registering for this event. We just need to keep track of attendees for seating purposes at the restaurant.
  • Attendees pay their own meal/drink costs.
  • Once registered attendees will get a coupon to waive the fee of the PERC webinar.

 

PERC Webinar Description:

Heart of the Home: Counseling Skills for Various Styles of Eating
As the CKD epidemic sweeps the globe, many younger patients are being affected. Many of these patients have families to consider and diet counseling not only needs to meet individual needs but needs for the patients’ families. It is a significant burden for families to plan and prepare food for the CKD patient alone and this should be recognized by RDN’s. CKD is also affecting more diverse populations than before, with the onset of western-style dietary influences and the dietitian needs to be well versed in meal and food planning for many different ethnicities and cultural preferences. This session will address the real “heart” of dietary planning for the CKD patient – meal planning and lifestyle needs to meet our patients’ holistic needs.

NOTE: If you participated in the live symposium “2024 Spring Clinical Meetings” and claimed credit for the session “Heart of the Home: Counseling Skills for Various Styles of Eating” held on May 17, 2024, you should not claim credit for this enduring activity.

Faculty – TBA

Planning Committee

Karen Greathouse, RDN, FNKF, C.C.T.D. 

Quanta Duncan, RDN

Nicolle Piernak, RDN

Kristen Nonahal, RDN, CSR, FNKF

Disclosure & Disclaimer Policies

Declaration of Disclosure

It is the policy of the National Kidney Foundation to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all CME/CE activities. Any individuals who have control over CME/CE content are required to disclose to learners any relevant financial relationship(s) they may have with commercial interests supporting this activity or whose products or devices are discussed in this activity.

If, on the basis of information disclosed, a perceived conflict exists, resolution will be achieved based on NKF’s Disclosure and COI Policy. 

 

Unlabeled/Investigational Use

During their presentations, faculty may discuss an unlabeled use or an investigational use not approved for a commercial product. Each faculty member is required to disclose this information to the audience when referring to an unlabeled or investigational use.

 

Disclaimer

The faculty and National Kidney Foundation (NKF) do not recommend the use of any pharmaceutical, diagnostic test, or device outside of the labeled indications as approved by the FDA. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Information contained in this NKF educational resource is based upon current data available at the time of publication. Information is intended to help clinicians become aware of new scientific findings and developments. This NKF educational resource is not intended to set out a preferred standard of care and should not be construed as one. Neither should the information be interpreted as prescribing an exclusive course of management.

Variations in practice will inevitably and appropriately occur when clinicians take into account the needs of individual patients, available resources, and limitations unique to an institution or type of practice. Every healthcare professional making use of information in this NKF educational resource is responsible for interpreting the data as it pertains to clinical decision making in each individual patient.

 

Method of Participation

Participants will attend the live conference and submit an online evaluation. Participants will be able to download their certificate upon completion of the online evaluation. Credits will be awarded based on sessions attended.