ANNA Journal articles from August 1998

ANNA Journal archives from August 1998

Vancomycin resistant enterococcus in a hospital-based dialysis unit.
August 1, 1998... Objectives: After reading this article, the reader will be able to: 1. Increase awareness of VRE in the environment. 2. Recognize the history of the emergence of VRE. 3. Identify concepts used to decrease prevalence of VRE. The...

Recommendations for tracking arteriovenous access complications using a charting-by-exception model.
August 1, 1998... Vascular access revision is the single most common reason for hospitalization for hemodialysis patients incurring high monetary and social costs. With an annual growth rate of 9.4% in the end stage renal disease (ESRD) population numbering...

Nephrology nurses' perceptions of barriers and facilitators to using research in practice.
August 1, 1998... The primary goals of nursing research are to expand the knowledge base for nursing practice and to improve the quality of patient care (see Figure 1). In order for this to happen, relevant research findings need to be incorporated into...

Children and adolescents of parents undergoing dialysis therapy: their reported quality of life.
August 1, 1998... End stage renal disease (ESRD) affects not only the individual with the disease but also family-members. While the quality of life (QOL) of individuals with ESRD has been studied extensively, there has been limited research regarding the...

A protocol for administering intravenous iron dextran in peritoneal dialysis patients.
August 1, 1998... While the use of intravenous (IV) iron dextran has been widely studied in the hemodialysis (HD) population (Fishbane, Frei, & Maesaka, 1995; Macdougall et al., 1996; Senger & Weiss, 1996; Sepandj, Jindal, West, & Hirsch, 1996), there is...

Zenapax: transplant's first humanized monoclonal antibody.
August 1, 1998... Acute allograft rejection remains an important clinical problem in transplantation, occurring in up to 60% of recipients, most often within 3 months of transplantation. Acute rejection is associated with a lower 1-year and decreased long-term...