Good Assessment and Documentation Skills Can Lead to ...

Good Assessment and Documentation Skills Can Lead to Improved Clinical

Outcomes for Patients

Lynda K. Ball, MSN, RN, CNN

Objectives

1. Identify sources of non-dietary sodium that can potentially increase a patient's blood pressure.

2. Discuss how oxygen needs impact a dialysis patient's treatment.

3. Describe the impact of good physical assessment to achieve/exceed benchmark clinical quality indicators.

4. Explain how good documentation can legally protect staff.

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Evaluating the Patient

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Prescription

Definition: ? A written order, especially by a physician, for

the preparation and administration of a medicine or other treatment.

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In Dialysis....

? Dialyzer size ? Bath (e.g., 2 K+, 2.5 Ca++) ? Time ? Blood flow rate ? Needle gauge ? Medications ? Standing orders

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NURSING ASSESSMENT

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Evaluating the Patient

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Source: Jazz Communications 7

Nursing Considerations

? Assessment of patients on hemodialysis:

Pre-dialysis Intradialytic Post-dialysis

? Sodium modeling ? Essential laboratory values ? Anemia management ? Hematocrit-based blood volume monitoring ? Morbidities and mortalities related to volume retention ? Patient education ? Correct weight documentation pre- and post-dialysis

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