Dialysis

Psychosocial Both of these dialysis options have similar and different psychosocial issues associated with them. Psychosocially, dialysis requires constant thinking and planning ahead (Griva et al., 2014; Hardy et al., 2014; Lai, Loh, Mooppil, Krishnan & Griva, 2012; Lew & Piraino, 2005). Most people on dialysis are able to maintain jobs however for this to occur it requires considerable help from health care professionals, family and their workplace (Griva et al., 2014; Hardy et al., 2014; Lai…

necessary steps need to be taken to manage and maintain kidney function. There are two paths that can be taken when managing kidney function upon the onset of symptoms indicating renal failure. They are having a full kidney transplant or regular dialysis and depending on the severity and the current living circumstances will determine what specific course must be taken to correctly manage the situation. The Kidneys The kidneys work hard having to filter around 110-140 liters of blood to produce…

failure is a “slow progressive, irreversible loss in kidney function” (Silvestri, 2011). Chronic renal failure causes damages to all the major organs in the body. People affected by this disease usually have to get new kidneys from a donor or go to dialysis to be able to function. Many factors can cause the kidneys to shut down. Diabetes mellitus is considered one of the leading causes of renal failure. Other problems like hypertension, chronic obstruction of the kidney, frequent infections and…

Chronic Renal Failure Chronic renal failure is an illness that involves the gradual loss of kidney function to the point that the nephrons lose their filtration abilities. Chronic kidney disease is increasing in prevalence in the United States, and this is causing significant financial and social implications. One major issue is that the disease has poor outcomes, and there is a need for the development of new interventions. Studies illustrate that there is a high prevalence of the earlier…

1. The Karo syrup experiment started with our dialysis tubing bag with Karo syrup in the bag and the initial weight was 11.09 ounces. We left in a beaker of tap water for 45 minutes and the final weight was 17.98 ounces. The dialysis had a semipermeable membrane and the water soaked through the bag of the syrup. This created a solution of water and syrup 2. The plant takes up water by osmosis and starts to swell. The cell wall prevents it from bursting. Animal cells don’t have a cell wall so…

Ambulance 57 being dispatched to transport a 75-year-old male patient to their dialysis appointment. My partner and I rush to the ambulance and quickly arrive at the nursing home. We speak to the RN at the nurses’ station and obtain a full medical history of the patient. I notice that he had lived in the nursing home for almost 10 years and had recently been diagnosed with end stage renal failure and was going to his first dialysis appointment. As I enter the room and introduce myself I noted…

Kidney disease gets the cuffed catheters. This is more of the permanent kind of catheters for kidney disease. Dialysis catheters usually have at least two lumens attached to two ports (blue and red colored). The red port identifies the “arterial” lumen that draws blood from the body (proximal/side opening[s]) and the blue port identifies the “venous” lumen for return of blood from the dialysis machine to the patient (the distal opening[s]) (UpToDate.com 1). The hemodialysis machine is colored…

Grade Insurance The article I chose for my grade insurance paper is “Albuterol and Insulin therapy in hemodialysis patients. http://www.nature.com/ki/journal/v38/n5/index.html. The reason I chose this article is because we have been going over potassium and action potential in class I have been extremely interested in potassium, part of this is because hyperkalemia is one of the few electrolyte imbalances we can start treatment for in a pre-hospital setting. The article was very informative and…

All the support group members will be notified on the dynamics of the group from the beginning, middle and end stage. Members will gain a sense of knowledge and a learning reinforcement that will be powerful to members that are on dialysis. Members will share their testimonies and interventions that will be utilized to measure all progress. As the social worker, I will facilitate each group session and enforce the quality of life intervention that will empower all member to take pride in their…

Acute Kidney Injury Case Study 1. AKI can be prerenal, intrarenal, and postrenal. Prerenal is a decrease in blood flow to the kidneys and this leads to a decrease in glomerulus perfusion and filtration. During prerenal, Azotemia occurs and is the accumulation of nitrogenous waste in the blood. This results in a reduction in sodium excretion, increased sodium and water retention, and decreased urine output. Intrarenal has direct damage to the kidney. Nephrotoxins can cause structures to…