Hemodialysis

TOPIC Every day, more and more people require a new organ. Whether it’s a new lung, heart, kidney, liver, brain or any of the other myriad of minor organs, anyone could need one due to an injury or disease. There is, however, a solution for people in need of an organ. Patients in need of an organ are placed on a wait list for an available organ provided my donors. “Unlike relatively simple tissues such as bones and skin, to give a heart, the donor must be declared brain dead and the family must…

There have been many medical technology advances in the past century to save lives like the dialysis machines. Most important medical technology is the technology that saves lives when nothing else can help. Life support helps people when the doctors can’t. Life support is a type of technology that has helped increase life expectancy. A dictionary meaning of life support is artificially substitution for essential body functions. Life support may help them live for a short period or long period…

Introduction Leadership is required in every position across all domains of nursing practice. Leadership and management skills co-exist as symbiotic set of skills. Exerting good management skills is part of being a good leader, and leadership skills are crucial for good management (CNA, 2008). Relatively, nursing management is an obvious function of nurse managers in nursing administration. The terms nurse administrator and nurse manager are used interchangeably. Both positions need basic…

TERMINOLOGY CLINICAL CLARIFICATION • Systemic illness due to microbial infection that can lead to acute organ dysfunction or failure and associated with host immune response to infection CLASSIFICATION • There is a disease continuum with increasing severity if not treated or not responsive to treatment o Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) - Documented or suspected infection with systemic manifestations of infection - Clinical response to a nonspecific insult of either infectious or…