ANNA Journal articles from June 1997

ANNA Journal archives from June 1997

Back to the future in nursing?(Editorial)
June 1, 1997... I remember as a new graduate being a part of a new approach to patient care: "team nursing." I had been exposed to "functional nursing" while working in a medical-surgical area as a nurses' aide while in college. Team nursing was a revolution...

Patient's perceptions of why, how, and by whom dialysis treatment modality was chosen.(includes research critique)
June 1, 1997... Since Congress enacted the United States Medicare End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Program in 1973, there has been rapid growth in both the ESRD population and, subsequently, in program costs. This legislation extended financial coverage under...

Quality of life of individuals with end stage renal disease: perceptions of patients, nurses, and physicians.(includes research critique)
June 1, 1997... Although health care professionals have become increasingly concerned about the quality of life (QOL) of their patients, it is not clear whether patients' perceptions of their own QOL are congruent with those of their health care providers. In...

Continuous venovenous hemofiltration: a cost-effective therapy for the pediatric patient.
June 1, 1997... During continuous venovenous hemofiltration (CVVH), one of several continuous renal replacement therapies (CRRT), large amounts of plasma water (400-1000 ml/hour) and all solute dissolved in it are removed from the patient's circulation by a...

The pediatric nephrology nurse as clinical care coordinator.
June 1, 1997... Nurses trained in pediatric nephrology provide care to a patient population with diverse needs within the context of a family unit. We propose that the term clinical care coordinator (CCC) be used to describe the nurse who is an independent...

Crit Line: instrument to aid fluid removal during hemodialysis.
June 1, 1997... L.B. is a 56 year-old Caucasian male admitted to the outpatient chronic hemodialysis unit with ESRD due to diabetic nephropathy. He was previously on peritoneal dialysis for a period of less than one year. Though serum chemistries were...

Cognitive function in dialysis patients: case study of the anemic patient.(includes Educational Supplement Post Test)
June 1, 1997... Nurse-patient interactions frequently center on the exchange of information that can decrease morbidities while maintaining or improving quality of life. Optimal adaptation to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) depends on patients' working with...

Management of Diabetes: Perspectives of Care Across the Life Span.
June 1, 1997... It is a well known fact that diabetes mellitus is the most common endocrine disorder in this country; and, nursing professionals practicing either in dialysis or transplantation have seen a growing percentage of patients admitted to their...

The Textbook of Medical Physiology, 9th ed.
June 1, 1997... New discoveries and applications in the dynamic field of medical physiology make revisions of this ninth edition of the Textbook of Medical Physiology not only necessary, but also, an exacting challenge. Guyton, who single handedly wrote the...

Replacement of Renal Functions by Dialysis, 4th ed.
June 1, 1997... This comprehensive volume on dialysis therapy is the fourth edition of a classic medical text originally edited by Drukker, Parsons and Maher, published in 1978. The editors contend that earlier editions of this book have established its...

"Every patient deserves a nurse:" cliche or commitment?
June 1, 1997... "Every patient deserves a nurse." What does this statement really mean? Why does every patient deserve a nurse? As the noose of diminishing finances tightens around health care's neck, nephrology nurses, individually and collectively will need...