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    Renal Nursing

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    School of Nursing & Allied Health Sciences SEMESTER: 2 INTAKE: JANUARY 2012 NBNS3504 COURSE: BACHELOR OF NURSING SCIENCE WITH HONOURS COURSE TITLE: RENAL NURSING MATRICULATION NO: 871001305396001 IDENTITY CARD NO. : 871001305396 TELEPHONE NO. : 0166695545 E-MAIL : annbukutty0110@gmail.com LEARNING CENTRE: PPW Melaka CONTENTS NO | TITLE | PAGES | 1 | INTRODUCTION * URINARY SYSTEM * WHAT DO NORMAL KIDNEYS DO? | 3 | 2 | RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY * HEAMODIALYSIS

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    renal autoregulation

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    Renal autoregulation: new perspectives regarding the protective and regulatory roles of the underlying mechanisms Rodger Loutzenhiser‚1 Karen Griffin‚2 Geoffrey Williamson‚3 and Anil Bidani2 1Smooth Muscle Research Group‚ University of Calgary‚ Alberta‚ Canada; 2Department of Internal Medicine‚ Loyola University Medical Center and Edward Hines‚ Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital‚ Maywood‚ Illinois; and 3Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering‚ Illinois Institute of Technology‚ Chicago

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    The Renal Diet

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    The Renal Diet 1.The kidneys: * The kidneys are a pair of bean-shaped organs that lie on either side of the spine in the lower middle of the back. Each kidney weighs about ¼ pound. * It is important to keep the kidneys in good working order to allow them to work at an optimum level. * The main function of the kidneys is to remove waste products and excess water from the blood. The kidneys process about 200 l’s of blood every day and produce about 2 l’s of urine. * The kidneys

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    Chronic Renal Failure

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    1 RENAL FAILURE Prof. Stroehlein 2 OBJECTIVES  Identify patients with Actual /Potential Acute or Chronic Renal Failure and respond with appropriate care  Describe alterations in body functions related to Renal self care deficits.  Discuss and interpret diagnostic tests related to Renal self care deficits.  Discuss social‚ economical‚ cultural factors that impact an individuals self care.  Use effective teaching and therapeutic communication skills with parents ‚patients families

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    Chronic Renal Failure

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    Chronic renal failure is a worldwide public health problem. Millions of Americans are affected by this disease each year. It is a common condition in which there is progressive loss of kidney functioning. The loss of function usually takes months or years to occur‚ sometime not appearing until kidney function is less than one-tenth of normal. The kidneys have the important job of filtering‚ wastes and excess fluids from your blood‚ which are then excreted in the urine (Huether‚ 2012). When the kidneys

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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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    Living Renal Donation

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    The Benefits‚ Risks‚ Gifts‚ Sacrifices and Curious Events That Lead to Living Renal Donation Kidney organ donation is a hot topic these days due to the fact that so many End-Stage Renal Failure Patients are dying while waiting for a living or deceased transplant. The big questions‚ should healthy adults become living kidney donors to complete strangers? Should a healthy adult family member become a living kidney donor to a friend or family member? If a loved one is an organ donor upon their

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    Renal Disorders Case Study

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    |Chapter 44 | | | |Management of Patient with Renal Disorders | | | | | | | |Submitted by: | |Inac‚ Sarah Gaile T.

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    Renal Calculi Case

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    complaining of severe left flank pain. He is in extreme distress‚ is very pale and is complaining that the pain is making him want to vomit. The examining physician suspects that he has renal calculi. How do renal calculi form‚ how are they diagnosed and what complications might arise if Mr Jagger remains untreated? Renal calculi‚ also known as kidney stones‚ occur when glomerular filtrate passes through the nephron‚ where urine is concentrated with stone-forming salts (Bagga et Al.‚ 2013). Ions in

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    renal failure study notes

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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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