Federal officials on Wednesday updated guidance meant to improve the delivery of nursing home dialysis, a service many providers have been adding to attract new residents and improve quality of life ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . When Mark Kaszirer, LNHA, gets a call from a hospital looking to place a patient who needs short-term ...

Acute kidney injury, acute kidney diseases and disorders, and chronic kidney disease are discussed in this second article in a series about the renal system. Abstract This article, the second in a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Nursing home patients on dialysis are higher-acuity compared to the broader ESRD population. The objective of ...

(BPT) - When Fallon Bell was 19, she was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, the same disease that her mother and aunt lived with. Chronic kidney disease, or CKD, is when a person’s kidneys no ...

As our population ages and the number of individuals with complex medical conditions increases, so does the number of people who suffer with kidney function failure: end stage kidney disease (ESRD).

Dr. Peirce invited Kuhn to co-lecture on Renal Replacement Therapy for second-year medical students. The session, held in Fall 2023, featured hands-on props including dialyzers, dialysis needles, ...

A change in Medicare coverage for specific medications needed during dialysis has left nursing homes and their patients receiving in-house treatment for kidney failure in a serious bind. Starting Jan.

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This module is aimed at NMC-registered nurses who have gained a minimum of two years' experience in caring for patients with renal disease and wish to enhance their knowledge and skills further.