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Nursing Issues in Renal Replacement Therapy: Organization, Manpower Assessment, Competency Evaluation and Quality Improvement Processes
Author(s) -
Graham Patricia,
Lischer Eileen
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
seminars in dialysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1525-139X
pISSN - 0894-0959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-139x.2011.00835.x
Subject(s) - renal replacement therapy , medicine , intensivist , nephrology , intensive care medicine , nursing , critically ill , quality management , acute kidney injury , intensive care , operations management , management system , economics
For the patient with acute kidney injury, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is a treatment option that has application for the hemodynamically unstable critically ill patient. The decision to initiate a continuous renal replacement modality depends not only on the physician, either the nephrologist or intensivist, but also on the availability of specially trained nursing resources. This article will explore the nursing collaborative model of care at a large university‐based research and teaching Medical Center in Southern California. The focus will be on nursing issues in CRRT including organization of educational programs, manpower assessment, competency evaluation, and quality improvement processes.