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Follow two of our teammates as they share their ups and downs as a Facility Administrator. |
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Upcoming Events With DaVita
Tour DaVita - Connecticut - Sept. 17-21, 2011
https://www.tourdavita.org/index.php
ANNA Fall Meeting - Atlanta, GA - Sept. 24-26, 2011
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Sigma Theta Tau 41st Annual Convention - Grapvine, TX
Oct 29-31, 2011
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Assessing the Adequacy of Dialysis: Urea Kinetic Modeling (Part 2 of 3)
Urea kinetic modeling or Kt/V is the mathematical equation used to evaluate the amount of dialysis a patient is receiving by looking at the removal of urea during the treatment. Depending on a patient's treatment modality (conventional 3 times/week hemodialysis, short daily hemodialysis, or peritoneal dialysis) and method to measure BUN removal during dialysis, Kt/V is expressed as "single pool" or spKt/V, "equilibrated" or eKt/V, "standard" or stdKt/V and total Kt/V. This article explains the different terminology.
Read More...about Urea Kinetic Modeling.
Missed the first part in our three part series? Click Here to access Part One: How Much Dialysis is Enough.
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Patient Talk with Ameil C. | |
 This quarter we are featuring one of DaVita's patients, Ameil C., who dialyzes at one of our Georgia clinics. Click Here to read more about Ameil.
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A Day in the Life of ... a Nurse
By Heather C., RN, North Star Division
Donning a white gown and taking a breath, I wait for my morning coffee to take effect before stepping through the thick glass threshold leading to the treatment room.
Like stepping onto an anthill, the clinic floor seems alive with chiming alarms, patients beginning or ending treatments and cheery, bustling teammates. There's a family member at the front desk with questions about a medication change, a new patient to be greeted and the silently blinking telephone light conceals a physician waiting to give orders.
It's 10 a.m. and my shift as a dialysis nurse is just beginning.
Want to know more about Heather? Click Here to read more about her experience.
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Nurses Clown Around for National Clown Week
By Zack S, Staff Writer with Claremont Daily Progress
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Laura N. is a registered nurse making a decent living at the DaVita Claremore Dialysis Clinic - but really, she wants to be a clown.
A big wig, white makeup, red nose, clown school-registered clown.
It's called an Auguste clown. Those are the happy kind, Neal said.
Celebrating National Clown Week, which President Richard Nixon created in 1971 for the first week of August, Neal and other nurses at the dialysis clinic donned comically large glasses, noses and colorful hair this week as they cheered up patients who spend 12 hours a week connected to kidney dialysis machines.
"People are so sick and it's just doing something that makes them laugh and enjoy life," Neal said.
She and nurse Dottie Z. surrounded patient Charles M. in his chair Tuesday, handing him a smile-on-a-stick as they tossed around balloon dogs. They prodded secretary Tina W. to put on her red nose.
Nearby patients and staffers laughed.
Laura N. hopes to attend clown school - there are several around the country - and learn what is actually a millennia-long tradition that could bring her to walk a tightrope, perform acrobatic stunts and even do the cheap tricks she might show off at birthday parties.
Coworkers say it was her idea to have staffers wear clown outfits. They even issued a fake press release to notify patients.
Tina W. said she hopes other offices pick up on the idea.
The goal: A town full of clowns every first week in August.
Full Article can be Read Here
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Stem Cell Therapy Holds Promise to Kidney Disease
By Denise M., HealthDay Reporter | |
Researchers may be one step closer to harnessing the power of stem cells to help treat, and potentially cure, kidney disease.
Two new studies, both published in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, demonstrate that kidney cells can be reprogrammed to morph into other types of kidney cells needed to repair damage.
Click Here to read more.
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Contest |
Heather Caro, RN, considers 3 things as her job duty. What are they?
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