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Tag Archives: education
Dialysis and Stages of Kidney Disease
Update 05-30-14: I found this graphic at “KidneyBuzz”. Very well done. CLICK HERE to see it. I came across this great graphic illustrating the stages of kidney disease. Unfortunately I can’t tell who created and published it so I can … Continue reading
Posted in CKD, dialysis, dietary restictions, ESRD, exercise, kidney, New Patient
Tagged CKD, dialysis, diet, education, ESRD, hemodialysis, kidney
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Something Different Than Just Dialysis
I found this article, titled “Making a Diagnosis is Less Important than Asking these 2 Questions” by Dr. Frank Lipman and wanted to pass it along. He makes the point that “Even though you may have been given a diagnosis, always … Continue reading
Posted in activism, CKD, dialysis, ESRD, kidney, patient care, Patient-Centered Care, thoughts
Tagged CKD, dialysis, education, ESRD, kidney, patient care, patient-centered care, treatment
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Dialysis and Nutrition Labels
The National Kidney Foundation is involved with the FDA on some proposed changes to nutrition labels that will benefit kidney patients. Read about it by CLICKING HERE. As it stands, there’s a great deal of information on a nutrition label … Continue reading
Posted in dialysis, diet, dietary restictions, fluid control, kidney, National Kidney Foundation. NKF, New Patient
Tagged CKD, control, dialysis, diet, dietitian, education, ESRD, kidney, nutrition
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Dialysis and HealthPortal
It’s really important that you take a part in your health information tracking. Don’t just take the lab results you’re getting from the provider and toss them aside. Keeping track of the data will help you maintain control of the … Continue reading
Posted in dialysis, dietary restictions, dry weight, ESRD, Home dialysis, kidney, patient care, Social Work
Tagged dialysis, education, ESRD, kidney, patient, patient care, patients, treatment
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Dialysis and The Doctor Says
I found a great blog written by a nephrologist in Bradenton, Florida. He’s got some very good information for kidney patients. Take a look at his blog by CLICKING HERE. DevonTexas © 2013
Posted in dialysis, dry weight, fluid control, kidney, New Patient, patient care
Tagged dialysis, education, ESRD, hemodialysis, kidney, patient, patient care, treatment
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Dialysis and Patient-Centered Care
Scroll to the bottom for an update if you’ve already read this previously posted article. I wrote previously about Patient-Centered Care (PCC) and this will be a continuation of that topic, sort of a Part 2. In the previous post, I … Continue reading
Posted in CKD, dialysis, patient care, Patient-Centered Care
Tagged dialysis, education, ESRD, hemodialysis, kidney, medical, patient care, patient-centered care, patients, treatment
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Dialysis and Education
The Dialysis Patient Citizens opened a new Education Center. Here’s the link to the page for it. I look forward to reading and contributing to it. In case you’re not aware of Dialysis Patient Citizens, they are the leading advocacy … Continue reading
Posted in dialysis, New Patient, Transplant
Tagged dialysis, Dialysis Patient Citizens, education, ESRD, patients
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National Kidney Fund Cares
The National Kidney Fund (NKF) has several programs for kidney and dialysis patients. I thought you should know about these. The NKF has a Peer Support system that allows patients to be mentored by other patients who have completed a … Continue reading
Posted in CKD, dialysis, ESRD, New Patient
Tagged Chronic Kidney Disease, CKD, dialysis, education, ESRD, kidney, kidney diet, kidney-friendly, patient
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Dialysis and AMA
Eileen Boyle, MSW, authored an article in the August issue of RBT+ (a digital magazine published by RenalBusiness.com) about keeping patients in their prescribed treatment for the entire duration. The point is that all too often patients don’t stay for … Continue reading
Posted in cramping, cramps, dialysis, dry weight, fluid control, New Patient, Patient-Centered Care
Tagged Against Medical Advice, AMA, cramping, dialysis, education, ESRD, patient-centered care, treatment
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