KidneyViews
Welcome to the non-profit Medical Education Institute's Home Dialysis Central blogspot! This page is an umbrella under which Home Dialysis Central staff and guests can share their perspectives about home therapies and what we need to do to raise their profile and enable more people to use them. We'd like your comments as well! Bookmark our site and like us on Facebook! Help us tell the world about home dialysis.
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Fostering Interdisciplinary Team Collaboration to Support Home Dialysis Patients
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it is imperative for home social workers and home RNs to work closely together to bridge the gap of fewer contacts by the social worker.
Published on 07/28/2022 by Shaun Boyd, LCSW and Joseph Kessler, MSN, RN, CPDN
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Permission to Thrive Chapter 6: Participate in Life
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I would self-isolate without even realizing I was doing it by not answering the phone or returning texts.
Published on 07/21/2022 by April McGraw, RN, CNN
Tags: Making dialysis better,
An Anemia Saga
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I have suspected that if I had received treatment for the anemia early in my CKD diagnosis, I might never have crashed into dialysis.
Published on 07/14/2022 by Nieltje Gedney
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Chronic Disease Patients: Send These Dos and Don'ts to Your Visitors When You Are Admitted
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Over the years, I have come up with some Dos and Don'ts for visitors to the hospital when someone with a chronic condition is admitted.
Published on 07/07/2022 by Kamal Shah
Tags: Making dialysis better,
How to Advise Your Pet Lovers on Home Dialysis
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Whether you are a pet lover or can’t imagine having any pet, it’s important to share accurate, evidence-based facts about the benefits and risks of living with pets while doing PD or home HD.
Published on 06/30/2022 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
View from the Chair: Dialyzors' Experiences of Options Education
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Has your nephrologist or anyone at your clinic adequately educated you on all your options, home dialysis, nocturnal, in center or transplant?
Published on 06/23/2022 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Permission to Thrive—Part 6: Manage Your Emotions & Anxiety
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Do you tend to get emotional when it’s time to go to a treatment such as a dialysis or chemotherapy?
Published on 06/16/2022 by April McGraw, RN, CNN
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Pregnancy and CKD: Making it Possible, and the Legacy of Dr. Susan Hou
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It took a strong woman to pioneer research in the field of women’s health and certainly Dr Susan Hou was one.
Published on 06/09/2022 by Alicja Rydzewska-Rosołowska
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Dispelling PD Myths: Abdominal Surgery and Obesity
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Dr. Rob Quinn from Canada talked about the myth that patients with prior abdominal surgery or who are obese should not be offered PD.
Published on 06/02/2022 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Fistulas, grafts and catheters (including PD), Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Muscle Relaxants Mess with Dialyzors!
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Muscle relaxants have often been associated with altered mental status, fall, and fracture in the general population—and patients on hemodialysis are at particularly high risk of these unfavorable outcomes.
Published on 05/26/2022 by Nieltje Gedney
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,