ANNA Journal articles from August 1999

ANNA Journal archives from August 1999

Governance of ANNA.(American Nephrology Nurse Association)
August 1, 1999... The first quarter of the ANNA year has passed, and the Board of Directors has completed its first meeting. Three Board meetings are held each year in order to conduct the business of the association. The Board of Directors is entrusted with the...

Hearing The Silence of Patients Who Did Not Receive an Anticipated Organ Transplant: "Being Second in Line".
August 1, 1999... In the United States, there are approximately 32,902 end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients who are waiting for cadaveric renal transplantation (USRDS, 1998). Every day someone on the transplant waiting list receives a long-awaited call that a...

Hearing The Silence of Patients Who Did Not Receive An Anticipated Organ Transplant: "Being Second in Line".
August 1, 1999... Research Critique This is a very interesting and provocative descriptive study that begins to examine the many issues that affect kidney transplant candidates and their families. The purpose is clear: "to understand the lifeworld of ESRD...

Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease in ESRD.(end stage renal disease)
August 1, 1999... Bilateral nephrectomy was commonly practiced 20-30 years ago in end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients beginning chronic dialysis. Nephrectomy was done to assist in the control of blood pressure and in preparation for future kidney...

An Analysis of Body Weight and Hemodialysis Adequacy Based on the Urea Reduction Ratio.
August 1, 1999... The fractional reduction of blood urea nitrogen concentration caused by a dialysis treatment is known as the urea reduction ratio (URR), a specific indicator of dialysis adequacy (Owen, Lew, Liu, Lowrie, & Lazarus, 1993). The goal of...

An Analysis of Body Weight and Hemodialysis Adequacy Based on the Urea Reduction Ratio.
August 1, 1999... Research Critique Examination of the role excessive weight plays in virtually all chronic diseases approaches a universal conclusion: it is a bad thing to have. While this is neither profound nor surprising, it does point to the need to...

The Relationship Between Dialysis Adequacies and Sleep Problems in Hemodialysis Patients.
August 1, 1999... Sleep is a universal phenomenon with a vital biological role. Most healthy adults sleep 7.5 hours per night. Two percent of adults sleep less than 5 hours, and 2% of adults sleep more than 9 hours per night (Foulks, 1993). Difficulty sleeping...

Limitations of Ferritin as a Marker of Anemia in End Stage Renal Disease.
August 1, 1999... Anemia is a major and predictable complication in patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD). The introduction into clinical use of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) a decade ago led to improved anemia management and reduced the need...

Aluminum Toxicity in the 1990s.
August 1, 1999... Patient Profile During the summer of 1997, Mr. R., a 70 year-old white male, was admitted to my medical center complaining of abdominal fullness and pain, anorexia secondary to early satiety, a bitter taste in his mouth, a 20-pound weight...

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infection.
August 1, 1999... Q: In our unit we have several patients who have had methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. In spite of being treated, the patients still are referred to as being "MRSA." Are they still considered to be infectious even...

Managing Anemia Using Laboratory Trend Analysis.
August 1, 1999... Case Study of the Anemic Patient Optimal clinical management of patients receiving Epoetin alfa requires an in-depth knowledge of the laboratory parameters used to monitor and titrate therapy. Although laboratory values are monitored...

The Three Cs: Change, Conflict, and Challenge.
August 1, 1999... During a Special Interest Group (SIG) networking session at the ANNA National Symposium in Baltimore in April, ANNA Past President Nancy Gallagher presented a topic, "The Three Cs: Change, Conflict, and Challenge." The objectives of the...

Helping Families and Children Cope with Chronic Disease.
August 1, 1999... A literature search shows that there has not been much research in the area of family, sibling, or patient coping with chronic illness. In each of the 10 professional articles reviewed, the nursing conclusion was a call for more research. Many...

Parents' perceptions of helpful vs. unhelpful types of support in managing the care of preadolescents with chronic conditions.
August 1, 1999... Garwick, A.W., Patterson, J.M., Bennett, F.C., & Blum, R.W. (1998). Parents' perceptions of helpful vs. unhelpful types of support in managing the care of preadolescents with chronic conditions. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine,...

Prevalence and impact of disabling chronic conditions in childhood.
August 1, 1999... Newacheck, P.W., & Halfon, N. (1998). Prevalence and impact of disabling chronic conditions in childhood. American Journal of Public Health, 88(4), 610-617. Abstract: The purpose of this study was to "provide a current profile of children...

Children, coping, and the stress of illness: A synthesis of the research.
August 1, 1999... Ryan-Wenger, N.A. (1996). Children, coping, and the stress of illness: A synthesis of the research. JSPN, 1(3), 126-138. Abstract: The purpose of this study was to see if the current studies on strategies for children coping with chronic...

Behavioral responses of healthy Chinese siblings to the stress of childhood cancer in the family: A longitudinal study.
August 1, 1999... Wang, R., & Martinson, I.M. (1996). Behavioral responses of healthy Chinese siblings to the stress of childhood cancer in the family: A longitudinal study. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 11(6), 383-391. Abstract: The purpose of this...

Nursing Negligence: Analyzing Malpractice in the Hospital Setting.(Review)
August 1, 1999... Nursing Negligence: Analyzing Malpractice in the Hospital Setting Janet Pitts Beckmann First Edition, 1996 Sage Publications 2445 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 E-mail: order@sagepub.com 282 pages; paperback, $28.95; hardcover $59.95 ...

Living on Medicine: A Cultural Study of End-Stage Renal Disease Among Aboriginal People.(Review)
August 1, 1999... Living on Medicine: A Cultural Study of End-Stage Renal Disease Among Aboriginal People Jeannie Devitt and Anthony McMasters First Edition, 1998 IAD Press PO Box 2531 Alice Springs, NT Australia, 0871 192 pages, soft cover, $19.95 (Australian)...

Computer-Aided Qualitative Data Analysis: Theory, Methods and Practice.(Review)
August 1, 1999... Computer-Aided Qualitative Data Analysis: Theory, Methods and Practice Udo Kelle First Edition, 1995 Sage Publications 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 224 pages; $74.95 hardcover; $24.95 softcover The idea for this book emerged...

The Human Becoming School of Thought.(Review)
August 1, 1999... The Human Becoming School of Thought Rosemarie Rizzo Parse First Edition, 1998 Sage Publications 2445 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 E-mail: order@sagepub.com $48.00 hardcover; $22.95 softcover In her introduction to this book, Parse...

Will Nephrology Nursing Survive Managed Care?
August 1, 1999... At its inception, managed care was designed to provide patients with quality, affordable services while eliminating the over-utilization that was causing health care expenditures to astronomically increase. In an effort to manage costs,...