Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37526/1526-744x.2022.49.2.99
J. Colaneri
Quality assessment and process improvement (QAPI) is an essential component to ensure the safety and quality of patient care in an acute dialysis unit. This article details the Structure-Process-Outcome model of quality analysis and suggests involving the entire acute care team in quality improvement processes, gathering data from environmental and infection control rounds and direct staff observations, as well as holding monthly quality improvement meetings with a standard and timed agenda. QAPI should be integrated into the fabric of the unit, and its processes should be seamless and automated.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37526/1526-744x.2022.49.2.95
David F. Walz
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37526/1526-744x.2022.49.3.273
L. Wright
While the previous survey focused primarily on operational challenges, the purpose of this new survey was "to better inform clinicians, policy makers, and the public about the prevalence, rationale, and scope of vaccine mandate policies instituted (or not) by solid organ transplant centers" (p. 1). The most common reasons given for a vaccine mandate were organ stewardship responsibilities (64%), the responsibility to promote the public health (52%), and the desire to reduce the risk of transmission to health care workers (40%) and to other patients and family members (40%). Additionally, "despite evidence of hypo- responsiveness to COVID-19 vaccination in patients with end-stage kidney disease, very few centers with a vaccine mandate required additional testing to prove sufficient immune responsiveness to COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of active listing" (p. 4). Discussion The authors noted that despite widespread agreement concerning the efficacy of vaccination in decreasing the risk of severe illness and death in recipients of solid organ transplants, their "study confirms the challenges and complexity in deciding whether a transplant center should mandate COVID-19 vaccination for actively listed waitlisted candidates" (p. 4).
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37526/1526-744x.2022.49.1.11
David F. Walz
{"title":"President's Message: Continuing to RISE the House of ANNA","authors":"David F. Walz","doi":"10.37526/1526-744x.2022.49.1.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37526/1526-744x.2022.49.1.11","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54363,"journal":{"name":"Nephrology Nursing Journal","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82758305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37526/1526-744x.2022.49.3.209
B. Ulrich
{"title":"From the Editor-in-Chief - Mentoring: Needed Now in Nursing More Than Ever","authors":"B. Ulrich","doi":"10.37526/1526-744x.2022.49.3.209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37526/1526-744x.2022.49.3.209","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54363,"journal":{"name":"Nephrology Nursing Journal","volume":"58 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84881965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37526/1526-744x.2022.49.4.311
Angie Kurosaka
{"title":"President's Message: The Importance of the Nurses' Voice","authors":"Angie Kurosaka","doi":"10.37526/1526-744x.2022.49.4.311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37526/1526-744x.2022.49.4.311","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54363,"journal":{"name":"Nephrology Nursing Journal","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76554452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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