Upstate Medical University: Upstate Nurse To Receive National Kidney Foundation Honor

Press release from Upstate Medical University:

October 28, 2021

Cheyenne Fasce, a registered nurse who has worked in acute and chronic adult and pediatric dialysis and has helped to develop and grow Upstate’s Outpatient Pediatric Dialysis, will be honored with a top nursing award from National Kidney Foundation (NKF).

Fasce has been named as the recipient of the Foundation’s Council for Nephrology Nurses and Technicians’s Carol Mattix Award. The annual award honors an individual who has made significant contributions to the care of dialysis patients.

Fasce will receive the award during the NFK’s spring clinical meetings in April 2022.

Fasce works closely with Child Life Specialists as well as other departments at Upstate to obtain grants and funding for materials, games, and activities to keep her patients entertained and distracted during long treatments and training appointments; as well as securement devices for catheters to promote safety and positive body image, free of charge to the patient.

She is currently pursuing her master of science degree in nursing. Fasce's goals after finishing her degree are to continue as an APRN in Pediatric Nephrology/Adult Nephrology with an aim to increase access to home dialysis access and resources for rural and underserved/financially limited patients.

This press release was produced by Upstate Medical University. The views expressed here are the author’s own.