Analysis of Hemodialysis Impact, Challenges, and Medical Measures

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of hemodialysis, a critical medical procedure for individuals with kidney issues. It begins with an introduction explaining the rationale behind the research, followed by a literature review that defines hemodialysis, its processes, and its importance in managing end-stage renal disease. The report delves into the challenges faced by patients undergoing hemodialysis, as well as the issues encountered by dialysis staff nurses, including technological advancements and patient care difficulties. It then explores medical measures to overcome these challenges, such as support systems and communication strategies. The report concludes with potential outcomes of the research, emphasizing the importance of staff training, routine screenings, and the need for renal transfers to improve patient outcomes. Overall, this report highlights the complexities of hemodialysis and offers insights into improving the quality of care for patients.

Assessment 2
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INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Rationale.................................................................................................................................4
Literature Review.............................................................................................................................4
Potential outcomes of research...............................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
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INTRODUCTION
Dialysis is needed by an individual when kidneys face issues to eliminate enough fluid as
well as waste from blood to keep an individual in a healthy state. This normally happens when an
individual is having simply 10 to 15 percent of their kidney work left. In this, person can have
symptoms that include queasiness, spewing, growing and weariness (Darvishi, Otaghi and Mami,
2020). In this with the help of physician suffered individual can take suggestions related to begin
dialysis. Healthy kidneys effectively clean blood and eliminate additional liquid as pee. They
likewise make substances that keep body solid. Dialysis replaces a portion of these capacities
when kidneys at this point do not work in an effective manner. It has been evaluated that there
are two distinct sorts of dialysis that are hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. In this report
formative discussion has been conducted on a specific research problem for nursing clinical issue
with their speciality practice area.
Research aim
“ To analyse the impact of hemodialysis”
Research Objectives
 To evaluate the concept of hemodialysis.
 To determine the issues that a person faces in hemodialysis.
 To identify the medical measures to overcome the challenges that of hemodialysis faced
by person.
Research Questions
 What is the concept of hemodialysis?
 What are the issues that a person faces in hemodialysis?
 What are the medical measures to overcome the challenges that of hemodialysis faced by
person?
Rationale
Kidney Diseases contributes a huge extent to the worldwide weight of non-transmittable
infections. It has been evaluated that haemodialysis administrations acts as primary methodology
of renal substitution treatment through which effective care and support can be provided tThe
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point of this investigation was to decide the difficulties and results of patients who were on
haemodialysis.
Literature Review
Concept of hemodialysis
As per the view point of Reye and et. al., 2020 hemodialysis is defined as a medical process in
which removal of waste products and fluid is being done from the blood. It has been determined
that it is an, appropriately working kidneys forestall additional water, squander, and different
pollutions from amassing within an individual body. Hemodialysis process helps in controlling
pulse and managing the degrees of synthetic components in the blood. These components may
incorporate sodium and potassium. Individuial kidneys even enact a type of nutrient D that
improves the assimilation of calcium (Finkelstein and Foo, 2020). It has been evaluated that at
the point when an individual or patient kidneys faces issues out these capacities because of
sickness or injury dialysis can help keep the body running as regularly as could be expected
under the circumstances. Without dialysis, salts and other side-effects will amass in the blood,
poison the body, and harm different organs. Furthermore, it has been underlined that
hemodialysis is the most widely recognized kind of dialysis. This cycle utilizes a counterfeit
kidney (hemodialyzer) to eliminate waste and additional liquid from the blood. Within this the
blood is taken out from the body and sifted through the fake kidney. The separated blood is then
gotten back to the body with the assistance of a dialysis machine. To get the blood to stream to
the counterfeit kidney, your primary care physician will do a medical procedure to make a
passageway point into patient veins. In addition to this, it has been determined that, hemodialysis
acts as a successful treatment for those with end stage renal sickness. In this, it essential for
dialysis staff nurse to make sure that, diet and liquid limitations should be followed by patients.
Thus, according to the above mentioned analysis it has been evaluated that hemodialysis is an
effective treatment that assumes control over suffering individual kidney capacities if those
organs quit tackling their work. It has been evaluated that there are two kinds of dialysis that are
hemodialysis in this individual blood is gotten through a channel outside body, cleaned, and
afterward got backed. This is done either at a dialysis office or at home.
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Issues that dialysis staff nurse faces in hemodialysis
As per the view point of Rubin, 2020 hemodialysis medical caretakers or nurses face a quickly
changing medical services scene, moving patient socioeconomics, dynamic innovation, and a
large number of regular difficulties. In addition to this, it has been identified that there are
number of issues occurs on daily basis that affect the work of dialysis staff nurse in the process
of providing care to patients in the process of hemodialysis. This has been determined that
dynamic advancements in technology, rapid growth in information technology plays major issue
that affects daily basis operations of dialysis staff nurses during providing effective care of
patients in hemodialysis (Finderup, Jensen and Lomborg, 2020). Furthermore, it has been
underlined that the quick development in data innovation has just had an expansive effect on
medical care conveyance. Advances in computerized innovation have expanded the uses of
telehealth and telemedicine, uniting patient and supplier without actual nearness. There are
number of technological changes takes place in clinical analysis and treatment by methods in
hemodialysis that are creating number of challenges. Thus, according to the above mentioned
analysis it has been evaluated that dialysis staff nurses are continuously facing number of
challenges related to hemodialysis. In this, it is essential to develop their skills in order to
effectively navigate or overcome these challenges and to provide effective care and support to
patients.
Medical measures to overcome the challenges that of hemodialysis faced by person
As per the view point of Yerram and Misra, 2020 there are number of challenges that can be
faced by a person during the process of taking hemodialysis. In this, it is essential to undertake
Support is a central concept in nursing and can be described both as an interaction between nurse
and patient, and as an action of nurses. It has been defined that by offering support as an
interaction between the patient and the natural network of family and friends is one of the
effective measure through which proper care can be provided to person (Chan and et. al., 2020).
Along with this it has been defined that it is essential to maintain communication that takes place
through the communication of information, emotional alliance, practical help, and affirmation. It
has been defined that the support into information support, affirmation support, emotional
support, and instrumental support. It has been determined that with the help of utilization of
electronic clinical records forces huge difficulties to the medical caretaker.
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Potential outcomes of research
Present study evaluates the challenges and outcomes of patients on haemodialysis. In
addition, to this report also include the concept of haemodialysis as well as issues of
haemodialysis that has been faced by individuals or dialysis staff nurse in process of
haemodialysis. Furthermore, this report involves the measures through issues of haemodialysis.
This report determines that haemodialysis is an effective medical solution or a process through
which cleaning of blood can be done with the help of dialysis machine and special filter. It has
been identified that, in this it is essential to provide wellbeing training and advancement to the
dialysis staff with exceptionally supported measures in regards to utilization of nearby
technologies, routine screening and checking blood pressing factors and blood sugars, and
consistence with meds as a preventive technique against kidney infections. It's an ideal
opportunity to begin performing renal transfers inside the country to give leave focuses to
patients on persistent haemodialysis. Furthermore, it has been underlined that this examination is
conducted on haemodialysis, issues and measures to overcome the challenges of haemodialysis.
Summary of the main emphasise
Present report has been conducted on the process of haemodialysis and the issues that can
be faced by dialysis staff nurse as well as patients. Present report also includes the medical
measures through which these challenges can be overcome by dialysis staff nurses. It has been
determined that these nurses continuously face the challenges in their speciality area that keeps
on affecting their work on regular basis. In this, with the help of various measures these
challenges can be overcome in an effective manner.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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