The results of a survey shared in the Nephrology Nursing Journal found that many nephrology nurses are feeling the effects of burnout, depression and anxiety thanks to the pandemic. In addition to the stressors experienced by dialysis nurses, nephrology employers have reported difficulty in retaining and recruiting nurses and other staff.
Nurses reported workload was the main driver behind their feelings of stress and many had reported to a supervisor that their workload was too high.
Source: Nephrology News & Issues
Researchers found that patients who had the direction and angle of the buttonhole tract marked on their forearm skin reported feeling less pain and anxiety around the procedure.
Source: Nephrology News & Issues
84% of AKI survivors report that the incident negatively affected their mental and physical health, according to research. In addition to AKI’s effect on the patient’s physical and mental health, over half of patients reported worries that AKI would affect their work and families.
Source: Nephrology News & Issues
Researchers found of the “2563 fully vaccinated patients, the estimated proportion with an undetectable antibody response increased from 6.6% at 14-30 days after vaccination to 20.2% at 5-6 months after vaccination.”
Source: Renal & Urology News
Men with chronic kidney disease are more likely than women to begin dialysis, according to research. There was, however, no difference between the sexes when it came to kidney transplant or death before initiating dialysis. Researchers pointed out it’s important to consider treatment differences between women and men.
Source: Renal & Urology News
Among patients in intensive care, AKI from COVID is deadlier than in those patients who have pre-existing renal dysfunction. Dialysis only mildly increases odds of survival, research shows.
Source: Medscape