| davita patient care technician training: Core Curriculum for the Dialysis Technician Medical Education Institute, 2017-10-25 The Core Curriculum covers physiology, chemistry, psychology of renal failure, life on dialysis, and technology including water treatment, safe cannulation, and equipment. It helps teach new dialysis technicians and nurses to be capable and compassionate care providers who understand what to do¿and why. |
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| davita patient care technician training: The Dialysis Handbook for Technicians and Nurses Oscar M. Cairoli, 2014-03-17 This is the Pocket Format from the original large size publication. Basic handbook to help nurses and technicians in the dialysis field. It contains functions of the kidney, access for hemodialysis, blood chemistries, signs and symptoms, potential problems in hemodialysis, secondary problems of renal failure, diagnostic studies, dialysates and dialyzers, hemodialysis equipment, water systems, history, dialysis definitions and acronyms, and other useful information. Excellent resource for the new dialysis nurse or technician. Helpful to have for review.Written by Oscar Cairoli with over 37 years of clinical and management experience in this very technical field. |
| davita patient care technician training: Automated Peritoneal Dialysis Claudio Ronco, 1999-01-01 While continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) has been the standard peritoneal procedure since the seventies, different schedules of automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) have emerged during the eighties. Today, APD is considered a valuable tool in the management of ESRD patients, together with CAPD and hemodialysis. However, despite its frequent use, APD has not yet been well assessed, and most pathophysiological and clinical studies on PD refer to CAPD. In this book, major experts in the field therefore discuss and evaluate the insights gained on APD up to now, presenting a comprehensive review of all experimental, technical and clinical aspects related to the various treatments grouped under the definition of APD. The recent developments presented are divided into four sections: membrane permeability, transport mechanisms and kinetic modeling applied to APD; prescription and adequacy of different APD treatment schedules; dialysis machines and solutions for APD, and, lastly, different clinical aspects such as the possibility to maintain APD program and residual renal function. Physicians involved in ESRD care, renal fellows and scientists both in the academic world and in the hospital setting will undoubtedly profit from this timely publication. |
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| davita patient care technician training: Dialysis Therapy Allen R. Nissenson, Richard N. Fine, 1993 A comprehensive reference covering all aspects of the clinical management of adult and child dialysis patients. This edition includes seven new chapters including one on EPO use in dialysis patients and one on the HIV positive patient. |
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| davita patient care technician training: Dialysis Technology National Association of Nephrology Technicians/Technologists, 2003-01-01 Edited by Philip Varughese CHT and Jim Curtis CHT, this manual has been developed to assist technicians in preparation for certification examinations. The Third Edition, contains many new chapters. Chapters include basic dialysis theory, the patient, membrane technology, dialyzers, dialysis procedure, heparin therapy, renal nutrition, water treatment, dialyzer reuse, medications, safety, machine functions, computers in dialysis, required basic knowledge, DOQI guidelines, peritoneal dialysis, transplantation and proper monitoring & disinfection of dialysis delivery system. Technicians will find the outline format an asset to learning. |
| davita patient care technician training: Hemodialysis Technology Claudio Ronco, G. La Greca, 2002-01-01 This publication is a collection of the papers presented at the 'First International Course on Hemodialysis Technology', Vicenza, June 2002: It covers a wide range of topics, including aspects of vascular access and new forms of monitoring access function. Moreover, anticoagulation strategies and antimicrobial treatment are debated, with special emphasis on temporary catheters and prosthetic devices.Membrane composition and structure, their methods of sterilization and performance are discussed by experts and manufacturers, bringing together in a unique way science, theory and manufacturing procedures. The same synthesis is achieved with respect to hemodialyzers, adsorbent devices, dialysis techniques and machines. A new issue is the possibility of computer-assisted data collection and management: This subject is discussed by experts in electronic data management, together with managers of large dialysis networks, concentrating on matters of quality assurance and continuous quality improvement programs.Special attention is given to dialysate and water purity since this is the starting point for newer dialytic techniques such as online hemodiafiltration. Moreover, the results obtained from the IDOPPS study are incorporated into the discussion of different practice patterns and anemia management. Finally, future trends are explored including automatic sensors and biofeedback monitors.Covering various aspects of hemodialysis technology, this book will be a helpful tool for physicians and nurses, both for education and information. |
| davita patient care technician training: Arranging Your Life When Dialysis Comes Home Linda Gromko, Jane McClure, 2009-10 Arranging Your Life When Dialysis Comes Home helps kidney patients and their families create a home dialysis space that is safe, comfortable, and easy to use. Written by a family doctor who helps her husband with home hemodialysis - and by an interior designer - the book helps readers manage storage issues, use designer tricks to keep costs down, and make their dialysis space feel more like home than an ICU! The book examines critical issues of caregiver support, and the prevention of caregiver burn-out. |
| davita patient care technician training: Medicare Meltdown Rosemary Gibson, Janardan Prasad Singh, 2013-04-16 Medicare affects everyone. If you are a boomer, you are counting on Medicare to protect you from the cost of health care when you retire. If you have turned 65, you already depend on Medicare. If you are a Gen-X or Gen-Y, you are contributing to Medicare from your paycheck. Will Medicare continue to exist as we have known it? Will it be there when you need it? How much will it cost? As the future of Medicare is debated in Washington, Rosemary Gibson and Janardan Prasad Singh shine a light on a rarely-seen side of this storied program: the business of Medicare. Medicare is known as an entitlement for the nation’s seniors. It is also the largest entitlement-based program for any business sector in the US economy. Its beneficiaries include hospitals, doctors, drug companies, device manufacturers, Wall Street investment banks, private equity firms, hedge funds, and others that rely on the $600 billion that Medicare spends a year. The ties that bind Wall Street and Washington in the healthcare industry are strong, and they will play an outsized role in determining Medicare’s future. Gibson and Singh reveal how the industry’s interests are often at odds with those of seniors and boomers. While some politicians point to the culture of dependence of the public on Medicare, the authors suggest that policymakers turn their attention to the culture of dependence of the healthcare industry on Medicare, which is the predominant force pushing the program toward a fiscal cliff. The amount of waste in the Medicare program is equivalent to the entire economy of New Zealand. For Medicare to be sustained, this culture of dependence -- and the habits it breeds, namely waste, excessive pricing, and overuse of unnecessary services -- should be the first priority for the chopping block. By parings back the excess, the authors argue, Medicare can be sustained for future generations. This is essential reading for anyone interested in how Medicare works, how it could work better, and where it will go if reforms are not made. |
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| davita patient care technician training: The Fearless Organization Amy C. Edmondson, 2018-11-14 Conquer the most essential adaptation to the knowledge economy The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth offers practical guidance for teams and organizations who are serious about success in the modern economy. With so much riding on innovation, creativity, and spark, it is essential to attract and retain quality talent—but what good does this talent do if no one is able to speak their mind? The traditional culture of fitting in and going along spells doom in the knowledge economy. Success requires a continuous influx of new ideas, new challenges, and critical thought, and the interpersonal climate must not suppress, silence, ridicule or intimidate. Not every idea is good, and yes there are stupid questions, and yes dissent can slow things down, but talking through these things is an essential part of the creative process. People must be allowed to voice half-finished thoughts, ask questions from left field, and brainstorm out loud; it creates a culture in which a minor flub or momentary lapse is no big deal, and where actual mistakes are owned and corrected, and where the next left-field idea could be the next big thing. This book explores this culture of psychological safety, and provides a blueprint for bringing it to life. The road is sometimes bumpy, but succinct and informative scenario-based explanations provide a clear path forward to constant learning and healthy innovation. Explore the link between psychological safety and high performance Create a culture where it’s “safe” to express ideas, ask questions, and admit mistakes Nurture the level of engagement and candor required in today’s knowledge economy Follow a step-by-step framework for establishing psychological safety in your team or organization Shed the yes-men approach and step into real performance. Fertilize creativity, clarify goals, achieve accountability, redefine leadership, and much more. The Fearless Organization helps you bring about this most critical transformation. |
| davita patient care technician training: Buttonhole Cannulation M. Misra, S. Toma, T. Shinzato, 2015-08-14 The buttonhole method for the cannulation of the arteriovenous fistula was discovered more than 40 years ago and was soon adopted on a wide scale due to its obvious benefits of decreased puncture pain and extension of the life of the arteriovenous fistula. Following reports of complications such as a higher incidence of access-related infections, the method has lately been the subject of intense scrutiny; recent research has focused on the mechanisms of buttonhole access-related infections and newer techniques that may have bearing on the future use of the buttonhole method. This book presents an easily accessible overview of information relevant to the subject, including history, benefits and the latest research results related to the buttonhole cannulation method. It aims to rekindle an awareness of the advantages of this method and to encourage a critical analysis of possible techniques to overcome current barriers that prevent a wider spread of the technique. |
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| davita patient care technician training: Interventional Nephrology Alexander S. Yevzlin, Arif Asif, Loay Salman, 2013-12-05 Interventional Nephrology: Principles and Practice describes a very direct approach to clinical problems encountered by the community of care providers who treat chronic kidney disease and dialysis patients. Practical scenarios faced on a day-to-day basis are presented by experts in the field utilizing the latest scientific information. In addition to internal medicine residents, nephrology fellows and practitioners, this comprehensive and useful resource is a must-have for the allied health professionals taking care of patients with hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis access problems. |
| davita patient care technician training: Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis G.R. Catto, 2012-12-06 For more than a generation haemodialysis has been the principal method of treating patients with both acute and chronic renal failure. Initially, developments and improvements in the system were highly technical and relevant to only a relatively small number of specialists in nephrology. More recently, as advances in therapy have dem onstrated the value of haemofiltration in the intensive therapy unit and haemoperfusion for certain types of poisoning, the basic principles of haemodialysis have been perceived as important in many areas of clinical practice. In this volume, the potential advantages of bicarbonate haemo dialysis are objectively assessed, the technical and clinical aspects of both haemofiltration and haemoperfusion discussed and the con tinuing problems associated with such extra corporeal circuits analysed. All the chapters have been written by recognized experts in their field. The increasing availability of highly technical facilities for appropriately selected patients should ensure that the information contained in the book is relevant not only to nephrologists but to all practising clinicians. ABOUT THE EDITOR Dr Graeme R. D. Catto is Professor in Medicine and Therapeutics at the University of Aberdeen and Honorary Consultant Phy sician/Nephrologist to the Grampian Health Board. His current inter est in transplant immunology was stimulated as a Harkness Fellow at Harvard Medical School and the Peter Bent Brighton Hospital, Boston, USA. He is a member of many medical societies including the Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland, the Renal Association and the Transplantation Society. |
| davita patient care technician training: The Cost of Bad Behavior Christine Pearson, Christine Porath, 2009-07-09 Why incivility at work is a bigger problem than you suspect In an accessible and informative style, Pearson and Porath examine the toll that bad behavior can have on otherwise well-functioning companies. And they reveal strategies that successful organizations are using to stop incivility before it takes hold. Whether it's a standoffish coworker or an arrogant boss, incivility at the office doesn't just affect the moods of a few employees; it hurts an entire company. Consider these statistics: 12 percent of all employees say they've left jobs because they were treated badly. Fortune 1000 executives spend roughly seven weeks per year resolving employee conflicts. And an astonishing 95 percent of Americans say they've experienced rudeness at work. Christine Pearson and Christine Porath examine the devastating toll that bad behavior can have on otherwise well-functioning companies. Combining their own scientific research with stories from fields as diverse as criminology, education, and psychology, they show how to spot the roots of incivility, rip them out, and create a culture of respect. They urge managers to stop making excuses, set a zero-tolerance policy, and lead by example. Bestsellers like The No Asshole Rule and The Power of Nice have shown the hunger for more civility at work; now The Cost of Bad Behavior shows exactly what to do about it. |
| davita patient care technician training: Nephrology Nursing Certification Review Guide Donna Bednarski, 2021-05 The 2021 edition of the Nephrology Nursing Certification Review Guide, Sixth Edition, is an excellent resource to assist professionals in preparing for the Certified Nephrology Nurse (CNN), the Certified Dialysis Nurse (CDN), and the Certified Nephrology Nurse - Nurse Practitioner (CNN-NP) exams. The review guide includes comprehensive case studies and more than 275 questions covering multiple areas within the specialty, a practice test answer key with rationale, as well as references and additional readings, and sections on critical thinking related to test taking. Focus areas include Concepts of Kidney Disease (new in this edition), Chronic Kidney Disease, Hemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis, Transplantation (expanded in this edition), Acute Care, and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (expanded in this edition). This resource can be used in conjunction with other primary sources, such as the Core Curriculum for Nephrology Nursing, Seventh Edition, as a study guide for the nephrology nursing certification exams. |
| davita patient care technician training: Pediatric Dialysis Bradley A. Warady, 2004 The provision of optimal dialysis therapy to children requires a thorough understanding of the multi-disciplinary manner in which the pediatric patient is affected by renal insufficiency. Knowledge of the technical aspects of peritoneal dialysis, hemodialysis and continuous renal replacement therapy must be complemented by attention to issues such as anemia, renal osteodystrophy, hypertension, growth, cognitive development, nutrition, nursing care and the psychosocial adaptation of the child and family to chronic disease. The inaugural edition of Pediatric Dialysis provides a comprehensive review of these and other related topics with a singular emphasis on the unique aspects of their application to children. With authoritative, clinically relevant, well-referenced chapters written by a host of recognized international experts who emphasize key aspects of contemporary management, Pediatric Dialysis has been designed to serve as a primary resource to all clinicians involved in the care of the pediatric dialysis patient. |
| davita patient care technician training: Procuring Interoperability National Academy of Medicine, The Learning Health System Series, 2023-09-03 Realizing the promise of digital technology will depend on the ability to share information across time and space from multiple devices, sources, systems, and organizations. The major barrier to progress is not technical; rather, it is in the failure of organizational demand and purchasing requirements. In contrast to many other industries, the purchasers of health care technologies have not marshaled their purchasing power to drive interoperability as a key requirement. Better procurement practices, supported by compatible interoperability platforms and architecture, will allow for better, safer patient care; reduced administrative workload for clinicians; protection from cybersecurity attacks; and significant financial savings across multiple markets. With funding support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, this National Academy of Medicine Special Publication represents a multi-stakeholder exploration of the path toward achieving large-scale interoperability through strategic acquisition of health information technology solutions and devices. In this publication, data exchanges over three environments are identified as critical to achieving interoperability: facility-to-facility (macro-tier); intra-facility (meso-tier); and at point-of-care (micro-tier). The publication further identifies the key characteristics of information exchange involved in health and health care, the nature of the requirements for functional interoperability in care processes, the mapping of those requirements into prevailing contracting practices, the specification of the steps necessary to achieve system-wide interoperability, and the proposal of a roadmap for using procurement specifications to engage those steps. The publication concludes with a series of checklists to be used by health care organizations and other stakeholders to accelerate progress in achieving system-wide interoperability. |
| davita patient care technician training: How to Make a Killing: Blood, Death and Dollars in American Medicine Tom Mueller, 2023-08-01 “Inspiring and deeply distressing.” —Ezekiel J. Emanuel, author of Which Country Has the World’s Best Health Care? How did a lifesaving medical breakthrough become a for-profit enterprise that threatens many of the people it’s meant to save? Six decades ago, visionary doctors achieved the impossible: the humble kidney, acknowledged since ancient times to be as essential to life as the heart, became the first human organ to be successfully replaced with a machine. Yet huge dialysis corporations, ambitious doctor-entrepreneurs and Beltway lobbyists soon turned this medical miracle into an early experiment in for-profit medicine—and one of the nation’s worst healthcare catastrophes. With powerful insight and on-the-ground reporting, New York Times best-selling author Tom Mueller introduces an unforgettable cast of characters. Heroic patients, including a Hollywood stuntman and body double, risk their lives to blow the whistle on how they’ve been mistreated. An unpaid activist living in a south Georgia trailer park fights to save patients from involuntary discharge from their lifesaving care. Industry insiders put their careers on the line to speak out about the endemic wrongs and pervasive inequality they’ve witnessed—and about dialysis executives who dress as musketeers and Star Wars characters to exhort their employees to more aggressive profit-seeking. Mueller evokes the scientific ingenuity and optimism of the 1950s and 1960s, when the burgeoning field of organ transplant and early dialysis machines offered long-awaited hope for lifesaving care. That is, until a New York salesman had himself dialyzed on the floor of the House, and Congress made renal disease the only “Medicare for All” condition—opening the financial floodgates for Big Dialysis. Of the thousands caught in a web of corporate greed, a disproportionate number are Black and Latino, highlighting the stark racial divides already endemic to American medicine. How to Make a Killing reveals dialysis as a microcosm of American medicine and poses a vital challenge: find a way to fix dialysis, and we’ll have a fighting chance of fixing our country’s dysfunctional healthcare system as a whole, restoring patients, not profits, as its true purpose. |
| davita patient care technician training: The Chapter 800 Answer Book Patricia C. Kienle, 2021-09-30 Provides explanation of elements of USP Hazardous Drugs' Handling in Healthcare Settings and best practices to comply with the requirements and recommendations of the USP General Chapter--Pref. |
| davita patient care technician training: Pediatric Kidney Disease Denis F. Geary, Franz Schaefer, 2017-02-16 The new edition of this valuable clinical resource offers a state of the art, comprehensive review on every clinical condition encountered in pediatric nephrology. International experts present the latest knowledge on epidemiology, diagnosis, management, and prognosis in one concise, clinically focused text, in which care has been taken to couple just the right amount of need-to-know basic science with practical clinical guidance that will enable the reader to make efficient, informed decisions. The topics covered include: disorders of renal development, glomerular disorders, the kidney and systemic disease, renal tubular disorders, tubulointerstitial disease, urinary tract disorders, acute kidney injury, hypertension, chronic and end-stage renal disease, and renal replacement therapy. The full-color, highly visual, meticulously crafted format will ensure that the practitioner is able to source and apply information with remarkable ease. |
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| davita patient care technician training: 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design Department Justice, 2014-10-09 (a) Design and construction. (1) Each facility or part of a facility constructed by, on behalf of, or for the use of a public entity shall be designed and constructed in such manner that the facility or part of the facility is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, if the construction was commenced after January 26, 1992. (2) Exception for structural impracticability. (i) Full compliance with the requirements of this section is not required where a public entity can demonstrate that it is structurally impracticable to meet the requirements. Full compliance will be considered structurally impracticable only in those rare circumstances when the unique characteristics of terrain prevent the incorporation of accessibility features. (ii) If full compliance with this section would be structurally impracticable, compliance with this section is required to the extent that it is not structurally impracticable. In that case, any portion of the facility that can be made accessible shall be made accessible to the extent that it is not structurally impracticable. (iii) If providing accessibility in conformance with this section to individuals with certain disabilities (e.g., those who use wheelchairs) would be structurally impracticable, accessibility shall nonetheless be ensured to persons with other types of disabilities, (e.g., those who use crutches or who have sight, hearing, or mental impairments) in accordance with this section. |
| davita patient care technician training: Oxford Handbook of Dialysis Jeremy Levy, 2009-03-26 This handbook covers all aspects of dialysis treatment and the care of patients with renal failure in a clear, compact but detailed format. |
| davita patient care technician training: A Clinical Guide to Nutrition Care in Kidney Disease Laura Byham-Gray, Karen Wiesen, 2004 A complement to Guidelines for Nutrition Care of Renal Patients, 3e and Renal Care: Resources and Practical Applications Features practical and authoritative guidelines for all stages and treatments of renal disease Addresses the National Kidney Foundation's Disease Outcome Quality Initiative (NKF KDOQI) Guidelines Provides practical nutrition intervention sections Examines useful case studies Offers helpful hints to treat common patient problems Includes the latest information on Medical Nutrition Therapy Represents a consensus formed by clinical practitioners on the basis of current scientific literature and experience A Clinical Guide to Nutrition Care in Kidney Disease can also be used as a study tool for the CSR exam |
| davita patient care technician training: The Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics Corey Foster, Neville Mistry, Parvin F. Peddi, Shivak Sharma, Established for over 40 years as the bible of the medical ward, The Washington Manual® of Medical Therapeutics is now in its Thirty-Third Edition and builds upon that proud tradition—with even more of the current information you need, delivered in a timesaving, quick-reference style. Its portability, comprehensiveness, and ease of access makes it a favorite on-call resource for housestaff and faculty around the world. In this edition, color has been added for better navigation, new decision support algorithms have been added, and an improved templated and bulleted format facilitates a quicker answer. With this edition you now have the capability to upload this content to your handheld device and receive updates to the information throughout the activation period. Plus, you have access to eight medical calculators that include: GFR - Cockcroft-Gault Method (Adult) Urea Reduction % (Hemodialysis) Transtubular Potassium Gradient Osmolal Gap Anion Gap Serum Osmolality Reticulocyte Index Body Mass Index (BMI) The Washington Manual® is a registered mark belonging to Washington University in St. Louis to which international legal protection applies. The mark is used in this publication by LWW under license from Washington University. Available in North America Only |
| davita patient care technician training: Transplantation Nursing Secrets Sandra A. Cupples, Sandra Ann Cupples, Linda Ohler, 2003 Transplantation Nursing Secrets serves as a reference guide for nurses caring for solid organ transplant candidates, recipients and living donors. Each chapter is written by a clinician who is an expert in the care of this complex patient population. The book focuses on the pre- and post-operative periods and also addresses long-term issues such as infection, rejection, nutrition, healthy lifestyles, drug interactions and psychosocial adaptation. Information contained in each chapter reflects current practice based on literature reviews, outcomes of research and professional experiences. The goal of this book is to share best practices and pearls of knowledge accumulated by experienced transplant nurses, pharmacists, social workers and dieticians. Readers will gain insights into the multidisciplinary, comprehensive team approach necessary in the care of transplant candidates, recipients, and living donors. Engaging, interactive Q & A format Concise answers with valuable pearls, tips, memory aids, and secrets 25 succinct chapters written for quick review All the most important, need-to-know questions and answers in the proven format of the highly acclaimed Secret Series(R) Thorough, highly detailed index |
| davita patient care technician training: Handbook of Dialysis John T. Daugirdas, Peter G. Blake, Todd S. Ing, 2012-02-20 The revised, updated Fourth Edition of this popular handbook provides practical, accessible information on all aspects of dialysis, with emphasis on day-to-day management of patients. Chapters provide complete coverage of hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, special problems in dialysis patients, and problems pertaining to various organ systems. This edition reflects the latest guidelines of the National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) on hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis adequacy and on nutrition. New chapters cover chronic kidney disease management in predialysis patients, frequent daily or nocturnal hemodialysis, and hemodiafiltration. Chapters on venous and arteriovenous access have been completely revised. Each chapter provides references to relevant Web sites. |
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| davita patient care technician training: Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board , 2009-09 Includes the decisions and orders of the Board, a table of cases, and a cross reference index from the advance sheet numbers to the volume page numbers. |
| davita patient care technician training: CNN Exam Secrets Study Guide CNN Exam Secrets Test Prep, 2018-04-12 ***Includes Practice Test Questions*** CNN Exam Secrets helps you ace the Certified Nephrology Nurse Exam, without weeks and months of endless studying. Our comprehensive CNN Exam Secrets study guide is written by our exam experts, who painstakingly researched every topic and concept that you need to know to ace your test. Our original research reveals specific weaknesses that you can exploit to increase your exam score more than you've ever imagined. CNN Exam Secrets includes: The 5 Secret Keys to CNN Exam Success: Time is Your Greatest Enemy, Guessing is Not Guesswork, Practice Smarter, Not Harder, Prepare, Don't Procrastinate, Test Yourself; A comprehensive General Strategy review including: Make Predictions, Answer the Question, Benchmark, Valid Information, Avoid Fact Traps, Milk the Question, The Trap of Familiarity, Eliminate Answers, Tough Questions, Brainstorm, Read Carefully, Face Value, Prefixes, Hedge Phrases, Switchback Words, New Information, Time Management, Contextual Clues, Don't Panic, Pace Yourself, Answer Selection, Check Your Work, Beware of Directly Quoted Answers, Slang, Extreme Statements, Answer Choice Families; A comprehensive content review including: Acute Hemodialysis Complications, Causes of Hemolysis, Dialyzer Reactions, Prerenal Failure, Indications for Urgent Dialysis, Stages of Chronic Kidney Disease, Risk Factors for Kidney Disease, Infectious Causes of Renal Failure, Ace Inhibitors, Pathophysiology of Proteinuria, Aluminum Toxicity, Evaluating Bony Metabolism, Phosphate Binders, Management of Hypercalcemia, Anemia of Chronic Kidney Disease, Goals of Therapy, Standards and Governing Bodies, Barrier Precautions, Common Blood Borne Pathogens, Psychological Stages of Adjustment, Benchmarks and Outcomes, Basic Chemistry, Water Homeostasis, Creatinine and Renal Disease, Countercurrent Flow, Ultrafiltration, Types of Dialyzers, and much more... |
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DaVita Inc. provides kidney dialysis services through a network of 2,675 outpatient centers in the United States, serving 200,800 patients, and 367 outpatient centers in 11 other countries …
myDaVita Sign In | DaVita Kidney Care
Sign into your myDaVita account. Manage Your Kidney Care with myDaVita. Get kidney-friendly recipes, cookbooks, and more tools and resources to help you live well with kidney disease.
DaVita Health Portal | DaVita
Experience the convenience and freedom that dialyzing at home could provide. Learn about home dialysis by speaking with a DaVita representative. If you already treat at home, use the DaVita …
Find a Dialysis Center | Tools | DaVita Kidney Care
Use Our Find a Dialysis Center Tool to find the DaVita Kidney Care dialysis center that best fits your needs or speak with a placement specialist: (800)424-6589
GFR Calculator (Glomerular Filtration Rate) – DaVita Kidney Care
The DaVita GFR Calculator uses the CKD-EPI Creatinine (2021) equation. The National Kidney Foundation and American Society of Nephrology recommend using this equation to estimate …
Diet & Nutrition | DaVita Kidney Care
Learn more about the diet and nutrition information available from DaVita Kidney Care.
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Find the DaVita Kidney Care dialysis center that best fits your needs. Careers For Physicians
About | Compassionate, Quality Healthcare | DaVita Inc.
At DaVita, we’re driven to deliver differential, equitable and holistic care to our patients throughout their entire kidney disease journey. Learn how we are making strides to transform kidney care …
