critically dangerous and can be life threatening (1). The treatment of the chronic kidney disease starts with analyzing the causes of chronic kidney disease (6), and this absence of kidney’s function is known as the end stage of chronic kidney disease or renal failure (kidney failure) and this absence is the most common stage for needing a kidney transplant (1). Furthermore, patients with kidney failure will need to choose the next stage of treatment. However, deciding the type of treatment depends on a
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become detrimental that we create care plan base on that. According to Keskin and Engin (2011) because patients with chronic renal failure have to deal with so much physiologically: dieting, fluid limitations, limitations in bodily functions, time limitations, and sexual dysfunction that it often lead to severe depression. Research has found that 20-30% of patients with renal failure experience depression. Severe and untreated depression decreases quality of life and increased mortality in patients
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S.W had many contributing factors that played into the development of her Acute Kidney injury. The first one was the original virus that caused an insult to her kidney by depleting the fluid volume in her circulating system. However her preexisting conditions had already caused damage to her kidneys, which made them more susceptible to this insult. Dirkes (2013) defines a AKI as an a very sudden decline the in the function of a kidney. This sudden decline causes disruptions in acid base balance,
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Introduction Hemodialysis is a way of removing wastes, salt, and extra water from your blood. It also helps keep healthy mineral levels in your blood. It is done when your kidneys cannot keep your blood clean. During hemodialysis, your blood travels outside of your body to a machine (dialyzer). A filter in the machine cleans the blood. It is usually done 3 times a week. Visits last 3–5 hours. What happens before the procedure? You will need a procedure to make an opening (vascular access). This is
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factors predisposing Mr. K. G. for acute renal failure? Possible predisposing factors for Mr. K.G. include his past medical history of hypertension and diabetes mellitus type 2, which can cause renal ischemia and cell injury (Moore, 2013). His myocardial infarction two years ago is also a predisposing factor because it has reduced his cardiac output, which could result in hypoperfusion of the kidneys. Mr. K.G.’s age also puts him at risk since after age 40, “renal blood flow gradually diminishes at a
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Kidney failure: Choosing the best treatment Introduction The kidneys filter the waste from the blood and regulate other functions of the body. When your kidneys fail, you need a treatment that does the work your kidneys normally do. If you have kidney failure you should make some decisions about your treatment. You may choose not to receive any treatment. If you choose to receive treatment, your options include hemodialysis, which uses a machine to filter the blood out of your body; Peritoneal
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Nursing is such a rewarding, fast growing career that makes it an amazing job. Education is an important part of advancing in the healthcare profession. Education is a step forward to better outcomes on patient care and providing proper care to our patients. Nurses have the ability to make independent decision making due to the complexities of their jobs. One of the largest differences in these degrees is the years of education required to complete the program and the knowledge based education taught
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BSN prepared full time (1.0) FTEE staff nurse in the hemodialysis clinic. In addition to her required roles and responsibilities she has cross trained to be responsible for the peritoneal dialysis patients on a prn basis. Ms. Costa applies the nursing process and care management principles within a collaborative, interdisciplinary practice setting while continuously demonstrating sound evidence based practice and critical thinking in the delivery of patient care. With the help of the interdisciplinary
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bachelor degrees. A survey conducted on 187,423 nursing jobs regarding level of education employers were seeking. The survey concluded that 51% of the jobs were for either associate or bachelors degrees, while 37% was only bachelor preferred. Than means a total of 88% of the jobs were open for bachelor degree nurses. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing believes that, bachelor degrees are the minimum educational requirement for professional nursing practice”. Creditability to professional
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Nurses Association (ANA) prompting the publishing of a paper focusing on their position which stated, that the baccalaureate degree should be the minimum level of education for entry into nursing practice (ANA, 1965). Taylor (2008) acknowledged that “by taking this initiative, the ANA was attempting to move nursing education away from hospital based, diploma programs of the day into colleges and universities, thus changing the education of nurses for an apprenticeship to science-based practice”. (p
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