Nephrology

I would welcome the opportunity to continue my career at UHL NHS Trust and I would like to be considered for the post of “Research Support Officer” at Renal Research, Nephrology/Kidney Transplantation Department. I have an extensive experience in working within healthcare sector in a supportive role of administration assistant and clinical assistant. I have a passion and experience in providing caring for both patients and work colleagues in compliance with Trust Values and Behaviors. I have…

It is one thing to develop improved standards but ensuring that they are adequately met means there must be proper education taking place about the new standard expectations. From Nephrology Nursing Journal common themes that were identified pertaining to a patient safety survey were, “underreporting of events, inadequate and unsafe staffing, long work hours, cumbersome documentation systems, infection control practice failures, compliance…

Autobiography The need to be a caregiver and ultimately a nurse stems from a innate desire to nurture others. Our society constantly looks to nurses as sources of understanding, trustworthiness, and hope. An individual must be capable and caring in order to grow in the field of nursing. The scope of practice for nurses is not limited to skills that provide a service, but extend beyond the call of duty into teaching prevention, treating holistically across the lifespan, and advocating for the…

After watching the video, it was clear that a lot went wrong in a very short amount of time. The lack of professional communication was the first thing I noticed. This was demonstrated by both Doctors arguing, interrupting each other and by not allowing time for proper feedback. The Doctors also failed to be efficient in their communication with each other. They spoke very quickly and aggressively at each other. It was also evident that there was a lack of interdisciplinary communication…

The authors of this article discuss a literature review regarding opportunities to align health information technology with the collaborative care model to improve the quality of care for patients with chronic diseases. Bauer and her colleagues stress that traditional care models hinder the use of technology. Health information technology can assist in accomplishing the goals of the collaborative care model by sharing electronic health records, as well as utilizing mobile health and…

imperfections, and putting them on display, he shows scornful hatred for authority, he also is considered ill-mannered and tenacious. Through all this cockiness, his cunning intelligence shines through. He is a certified diagnostician that specifies in nephrology as well as infectious diseases. (IMDB, 2004) Between himself and his team of doctors, they have been accountable for cures of patients that had distinctive medical situations.…

The nursing paradigm is a framework that encompasses person, environment, health, and nursing. These core concepts shape the care received by a patient within a healthcare setting. How a nurse personally defines each of these philosophies correlates directly to the type of care exhibited towards the patient. Each patient is a multifaceted person that requires individualized care. When defining person within my philosophy of nursing, I would define person as a whole meaning the patient, their…

Works Cited Chochinov, Harvey Max, Thomas Hack, Thomas Hassard, Linda J. Kristjanson, Susan Mcclement, and Mike Harlos. "Understanding the Will to Live in Patients Nearing Death." Psychosomatics 46.1 (2005): 7-10. PubMed. Web. 11 Feb. 2016. Dr.Chochinov conducts a study of the effects cancer has on patients’ feelings about death. Dr. Chochinov mentions the emotional distress associated with the severity of the medical outcome. Dr. Chochinov asserts depression and anxiety as causing a…

If dialysis is not done it can lead to a heart attack or another type of bodily dysfunction such as undergoing end stage renal disease. Majority of diabetic patients that do begin dialysis are late in the process and have a 32% mortality rate (Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation). Diabetes type II is mainly permanent or a lifelong disease with a life expectancy of 5 to 9 years (National Center for Biotechnology Information, 2008). It can be treatable but not curable. It is only treatable in the…

Braden Manns an associate professor and clinical professor in nephrology at the University of Calgary found that by paying living organ donors 10,000 dollars it could boost donor percentages. It may only boost percentages by 5 percent but Manns says, “We need to figure out a way to solve that problem. We shouldn’t throw…