Hemodialysis will be prescribed but before beginning, we will need to undergo an extensive blood work-up. This will assess different levels in your blood so that we can see how progressed the kidney disease is (Daugirdas, Blake, & Ing 2006: 109)
Physical Reaction. The client's psychological and emotional well-being has had major impact on his physical well-being, which is normal (Stein & Wild 2007: 100)
There are many factors that will need to be addressed pertaining to your health. Patients who are undergoing hemodialysis can face a plethora of emotional issues that is caused by their illness and every patient needs assistance in psychological adjustment (Sullivan 1975)
Blood tests can indicate whether or not the kidneys are functioning properly or if they are failing to eliminate waste. Urine tests can also show how quickly bodily wastes are being eliminated, and whether or not the kidneys are leaking abnormal amounts of protein (Walser & Thorpe 2004: 38)
Any advanced practice nurse, who wished to carry out clinical research - just like other researchers or physician - need to keep in mind that patients also play important role as the part who provide chance to work together with the staff. Nurses may need to explore patients' history and medical background, for example "patients' compliance, substance abuse, and an assessment of the patient's ability to comprehend study procedures" (Counts and Holmes, 2002)
¶ … Hemodialysis on End Stage Renal Disease Patients and the Increasing Role for the Nurse It is a difficult condition of a kidney failure when one's kidney could no longer carry out the proper metabolism system to eliminate waste products. Kidney is the essential organ that is responsible in waste elimination, including others like detoxification process of drugs and toxic materials, also in controlling water balance, salt balance, blood pressures and secrete hormones (Crawford, 2002)
Nurses are required to be more independent and able to help themselves, as they need to teach the patients to do so. Many follow up actions related to the maintenance of patient's condition can be researched through literature review (Thorogood) such as integrated programs of any hemodialysis-related studies from journals, details in effects of chronicity, and related diet advice for the patients to follow