A hemodialysis orientation unit
| Autor: | Maureen Seymour, Marcia Clark, Ann Potts, Christopher R. Blagg, Joseph W. Eschbach |
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| Rok vydání: | 1983 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment Hemodialysis Home Unit (housing) Patient Education as Topic Orientation (mental) medicine Humans Patient participation Intensive care medicine Aged business.industry Home hemodialysis Middle Aged Care facility Self Care Hemodialysis Units Hospital Dialysis unit Female Hemodialysis Dialysis (biochemistry) business Hospital Units |
| Zdroj: | Nephron. 33(2) |
| ISSN: | 1660-8151 |
| Popis: | A separate dialysis unit was created within an existing large dialysis unit for the purpose of segregating all new hemodialysis patients into an environment that would provide optimum instruction about self-care. An educational curriculum was presented to each patient during each dialysis over the first 2 months of dialysis. Depending upon medical condition and response to the curriculum, patients were transferred either to the home hemodialysis training unit with or without a helper, to the limited care facility, or to the general dialysis area for medically unstable patients. An orientation unit not only improves patient participation in self-care, but appears to increase the number of patients interested in dialyzing at home. |
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