Andrea Sands 6/21/10 Professor Noahleen Betts The kidneys are important organs in your body to help filter waste. Sometimes organs may fail and cause further problems within your body. There are treatments available for kidney failure including dialysis and a kidney transplant. Both treatments do involve life changes and the patient must stay healthy. It is important to learn about your body and learn the signs and symptoms of when something goes wrong. The kidneys keep your body regulated by
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critical condition would be to begin dialysis. The patient was against this idea due to the dedication with dialysis and having treatments three days a week. The patient was actively participating in her own care and felt comfortable enough to voice her opinion about her treatment options. The nurse as well as the healthcare provider supported this decision‚ even though dialysis is the only effective treatment for this patient’s condition. After discussing dialysis with the patient and the family members
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Chapter 47: Nursing Management: Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. After the insertion of an arteriovenous graft (AVG) in the right forearm‚ a 54-year-old patient complains of pain and coldness of the right fingers. Which action should the nurse take? a. Teach the patient about normal AVG function. b. Remind the patient to take a daily low-dose aspirin tablet. c. Report the patient’s symptoms to the health care provider. d. Elevate the patient’s arm on pillows
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“Dialysis is the artificial process of eliminating waste (diffusion) and unwanted water (ultrafiltration) from the blood.” (Christian Nordqvist). To reach this goal‚ the patients at the MSJMC are treated for three sessions a week‚ three (3) to four (4) hours
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Osmosis Abstract The basic principles of Osmosis and Diffusion were tested and examined in this lab. We examined the percent increase of mass and molarity of different concentrations of sucrose in the dialysis bag emerged in distilled water and the potato cores emerged in concentrations of sucrose. The data reinforces the principles of Osmosis and Diffusion‚ and in a biological context‚ we can simulate how water and particles move in and out of our own
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Express Yourself Tennille C. Mcleod College Reading 12:00pm Class My name is Tennille C. Mcleod. I am a 38 year old returning nursing student to Sojourner Douglass College. I have spent the last 16 years in the Dialysis/Renal medical field. When I graduated from high school I was unsure of which way I wanted to go with my life. I joined the US Army Reserves. I completed 8 years of service with the army and once I returned home to the civilian world I decided to pursue
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gradients on the rate of osmosis. Osmosis is the cellular transport of water‚ this study was conducted to show the significance of the rate at which this occurs. Dialysis bags were filled with three different concentrations of sucrose solutions and two with water. They were then completely immersed in water with the exception of one dialysis bag‚ which was filled with water and immersed in a sucrose solution. The weight of the bags were then monitored and recorded at regular 15-minute intervals. The
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the arm and hands are either not available or are exhausted due to failure of fistulas previously created in the arms. A fistula takes many weeks to mature‚ on average perhaps 4–6 weeks. During dialysis treatment‚ two needles are inserted into venous column of the fistula‚ one draws blood to the dialysis machine and the other one to return it to venous circulation. While inserting the needles orientation of the normal flow is taken into account. The "arterial" needle draws blood from the "upstream"
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Renal Failure Kidneys are unable to remove accumulated metabolites from the blood which leads to altered fluid‚ electrolyte‚ and acid-base balance The cause may be a primary kidney disorder or secondary to a systemic disease May be acute or chronic Acute Abrupt onset and with prompt intervention is often reversible Chronic Develops slowly‚ is the end stage‚ and is not reversible Azotemia Nitrogen (protein) waste in the blood Acute Renal Failure A rapid decline in renal function with
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patients that are not receiving dialysis cannot consume a high protein diet or their blood
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