Clinical Skills Update: Chronic Kidney Disease
10.50
CPD
Hours
10.50
RCNA
Points
Event Type:
Duration:
Cost:
Relevant To:
Seminar
Two Days
$473.00
General Description
This program is for nurses who are occasionally required to care for people with either acute or chronic kidney disease. A quick and efficient learning experience, this seminar offers nurses an opportunity to further their knowledge of current care of renal patients.
This program will teach you vital information relating to the nursing care of a person with renal failure and kidney disease.
If you have identified a professional need to improve your understanding of Kidney Disease as part of your planned learning activities, then this program will offer you an opportunity to gain continuing professional development (CPD) hours related to this topic.
Need for Program
Chronic kidney disease continues to be a pervasive threat to the health and well-being of Australians and is a significant cause of death. The rise in incidence of type 2 diabetes and hypertension are both major causes of the condition. Treatment of chronic kidney disease is sophisticated, lifelong and requires up-to-date holistic nursing skills. There is a need for education that enhances and ‘tops-up’ nurses’ knowledge of current best- practice care of a person with chronic renal disease. This program earns 10.5 CPD hours.
Aims and Objectives
This program offers nurses an opportunity to further their knowledge about current best-practice care of a person who has chronic renal disease.
At the conclusion of this program nurses should be able to:
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Describe the difference between chronic and acute renal failure
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State when renal replacement therapy is indicated and describe in detail the different methods of renal replacement
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Discuss why malnutrition occurs in renal disease and what can be done to assist a malnourished patient
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List several drugs used in renal management including their indication for use and their common side effects
8:30am - Registration and Refreshment
9:00am - The Impact of Chronic Renal Impairments
Renal disease is a significant cause of ill health within the Australian population. According to Kidney Health Australia:
1 in 3 adults are at increased risk of developing CKD and approximately 1.7 million Australians may be affected by early- stage kidney disease and don’t know it.
This is an astonishing statistic and has huge implications for the nursing workforce in terms of educational preparedness to identify those with the disease, prevent further deteriorations and to care for those who are known to have CKD.
This interesting introductory session sets the scene for the program and includes:
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What are the causes of chronic renal failure?
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How is chronic renal failure diagnosed?
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How does it differ from acute renal failure?
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What are the new classifications for chronic renal disease?
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What is the basic nursing care for patients with chronic kidney disease?
10:30am - Morning Tea & Coffee
11:00am - Acute Renal Impairment and Its Consequences
In order to understand chronic renal failure, we need first to understand the acute phase of the disease. In this session we will review the causes of acute kidney failure and review what happens when this stage progresses to chronic renal impairment. In particular, we will address the following questions:
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How does acute renal failure develop?
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What are the main causes of the disease?
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How does acute renal failure progress?
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What is the basic nursing care of patients with acute renal failure?
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What is involved in the progress to Continues recovery?
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What are the significant causes of mortality
12:30pm - Lunch Break
1:30pm - Choices for Living with End-Stage Disease -- Renal Replacement Therapy
Care of a person with chronic renal disease is lifelong and demanding. It requires commitment and adherence to relatively strict lifestyle regimes. The next few sessions will systematically review the different types of renal replacement therapies available and explain how they work and the nurses’ role in administering them.
“Every day about 6 Australians commence expensive dialysis or transplantation to stay alive”... The best available evidence we have on cost per person per year on dialysis is:
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hospital haemodialysis - $79,072
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satellite haemodialysis - $65,315
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home haemodialysis - $49,137
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peritoneal dialysis - $53,112
Source: Kidney Health Australia
The remainder of this afternoon will focus mainly on dialysis care and includes:
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When is peritoneal dialysis an option and why is it selected as the preferred treatment?
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What are the complications associated with dialysis?
2:45pm - Afternoon Tea & Coffee
3:00pm - Session Three Continues
The evolution of infections continues to challenge all health staff. This session will look at some of the current causes of concern in regard to infectious diseases.
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What is meant by, and how do you care for vascular and peritoneal access?
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What is the role of anti-coagulants in care?
A video will be available for viewing at the close of this session.
3:45pm - Close of Day One of Seminar
9:00am - Choices for Living with End-Stage Disease -- Renal Replacement Therapy Cont.
“About 50% of all organs transplanted from deceased donors are kidneys”
-Kidney Health Australia
This first session of day two looks at the role that kidney transplantation has as a mechanism for renal replacement. It explains how the decision is made to determine when transplantation is appropriate. It looks at the process of transplantation from selection of the donor to surgery and beyond. FInally, it looks at the holistic aspects of nursing care that are involved in successful transplantation.
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When is renal transplantation considered?
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What does transplantation involve?
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What are the complications of organ transplantation
A video will be available for viewing during the morning tea break.
10:30am - Morning Tea & Coffee
11:00am - Assessment and Management of Fluid and Electrolyte Disturbances
“Most people with CKD will die from cardiovascular causes before requiring dialysis or transplantation”
-Kidney Health Australia
This session will look at normal fluids and electrolyte levels and what happens when they are imbalanced due to compromised renal function.
A video will be available for viewing during the lunch break.
12:30pm - Lunch Break
1:30pm - Nutritional Requirements When Renal Disease is Present
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Why is malnutrition such a common problem?
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What nutritional goals need to be achieved?
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When to restrict and when to supplement.
Source: Kidney Health Australia
The remainder of this afternoon will focus mainly on dialysis care and includes:
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When is peritoneal dialysis an option and why is it selected as the preferred treatment?
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What are the complications associated with dialysis?
2:30pm - Afternoon Tea & Coffee
2:45pm - Drugs and Dosage: What Changes and Why?
This final session reviews common medicines associated with renal disease.
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What drugs are commonly used in renal disease?
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Why are dosage alterations needed?
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What must be remembered when prescribing medicines for the elderly?
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What drugs cause specific problems?
3:45pm - Close of Program and Evaluations
Bobbee TerrillBobbee is currently employed in the Department of Nephrology at the Monash Medical Centre. She is a highly experienced renal nurse who has worked in this specialist area for more than 25 years. Bobbee has taught renal nursing at several hospitals in Melbourne, where she is highly regarded as a nurse educator. In addition, Bobbee is past state president of the Renal Society of Australasia (RSA) and is the ANF representative for Standards Australia committee for haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis equipment. Bobbee has also represented the RSA on the committee of the World Foundation for Renal Care. Bobbee is the author of the successful book entitled:
“Renal Nursing: A Practical Guide” which is an excellent Australian book.
This book has been internationally successful.
Presenting in: WA, QLD, NSW, VIC, SA,
