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- Nephrologists and nephrology nurses face ongoing challenges related to the technology, costs, and ethical implications of hemodialysis treatment.
- There have been discussions since the beginning of dialysis about guidelines for determining which patients should receive this life-sustaining therapy.
- A survey was conducted to gauge nephrology nurses' knowledge and acceptance of clinical guidelines established in 2000, as previous research focused mainly on nephrologists.
Article Abstract
Nephrologists and nephrology nurses have struggled with the technological, financial, and ethical concerns surrounding the life sustaining treatment of hemodialysis for as long as this treatment as been available. One of the overriding issues for the nephrology community has been appropriate utilization of this technology and the appropriate restraint for prescribing dialysis. Since the inception of dialysis, there has been discussion of guidelines for deciding who should receive and who should not receive this therapy. In 2000, a clinical guideline was developed to assist in directing the care of patients. The knowledge and acceptance of this guideline by nephrologists has been researched in the past. However, there is no data of knowledge and acceptance of the guideline by nephrology clinical nurses or nephrology nurse practitioners. A survey was conducted to begin to ascertain this information in order to better understand the perspectives of nephrology nurses.
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