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Care of the Patient With

Critical Renal Needs

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At the end of this chapter, the student will be able to:
1 Identify nursing assessment skills needed to care for the patient with critical
renal needs.
2 Discuss common laboratory and diagnostic tools used to confirm renal
failure.
3 Relate the use of commonly used medications to the care of the patient in
renal failure.
4 Differentiate between the different types of dialysis relating the nursing care
involved with each.
5 Describe differences between acute and chronic renal failure including
causes, prognosis, treatment, and nursing care.
6 Recall the symptoms of uremia according to body systems.

7 Identify ECG/EKG changes with hyperkalemia and treatment involved in re-
ducing the potassium level.

8 Given a case study, prioritize collaborative and nursing care of the patient re-
quiring dialysis.

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