ANNA Journal articles from April 1996

ANNA Journal archives from April 1996

Dream content and subjective sleep quality in stable patients on chronic dialysis.
April 1, 1996... When a patient says, "I've been dreaming more and more lately" or "I've suddenly stopped dreaming" or "I suddenly started having nightmares," can this kind of information be diagnostically useful? Yes. There are known changes in dreaming that...

Patient education: a continuing repetitive process.
April 1, 1996... The goal of educating patients is to improve patient health outcomes by promoting healthy behavior and involving patients in their care (Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations [JCAHO], 1994). Education of dialysis...

Perceived well-being in predialysis uremic patients.
April 1, 1996... In order to improve the care of patients with end stage renal failure approaching the need for dialysis treatment (predialysis patients), we must evaluate these patients' perceived well-being. Well-being, reflecting the lived experiences of...

Epoetin alfa - focus on clinical practice guidelines; case study of the anemic patient.
April 1, 1996... Within the past decade, escalating health care costs and considerable variations in health care delivery have prompted the proliferation of clinical practice guidelines for both diagnostic and therapeutic modalities (Pryor and Fortin, 1995;...

Pregnancy complicating the nursing care of a teenager with chronic renal failure.
April 1, 1996... Patient Profile C.J. is a 17-year-old female who was in her third year of high school when she developed renal failure secondary to IgA nephropathy, also referred to as Berger's Disease. She was diagnosed in July 1990 with a kidney...

Protein binding of drugs during dialysis.
April 1, 1996... Q: In our dialysis unit, we do not have intravenous (IV) infusion pumps, and if IV medications are administered during the treatment, they must be given through the arterial chamber. If we give a drug that is not dialyzable primarily due to...