Episode 5: Nurses & Kidney Care
In Episode 5, guests Terri Murrray, RN and Jonathan Armenti, RN join us for a discussion about the role of nurses in dialysis and kidney transplantation in the care of patients with kidney disease. They discuss their journeys to their current careers, challenges faced by our patients, the hardest parts of their jobs, and recommendations on how we can improve kidney care. Nephrons: Elinor Mannon (http://twitter.com/elinormannon), Sam Kant (http://twitter.com/kantsmd), Matthew Sparks (http://twitter.com/nephro_sparks), Samira Farouk (http://twitter.com/ssfarouk)Guests: Terri Murray, Jonathan ArmentiLinks from the Show:1:42 The experience of being a dialysis nurse (https://www.kidneynews.org/view/post/professional-12/testimonials-from-nephrology-nurses--our-stories.xml)5:47 Role of the transplant coordinator (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1799275/)8:59 Challenges faced by patients receiving dialysis (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41581-020-0315-4) 14:43 Care coordination for (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8664747/)patients receiving dialysis (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41581-020-0315-4) 16:12 Improving care for patients with kidney transplants (https://journals.lww.com/transplantjournal/Fulltext/2017/04002/Practical_Recommendations_for_Long_term_Management.1.aspx) 16:44 Importance of social support in kidney transplantation (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6425471/) 18:06 Living kidney donation awareness (https://unos.org/transplant/living-donation/) 19:21 Building trust with patients (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0969733012468463?casa_token=z0zEMFpFHTkAAAAA%3ARDQb6XaTSwXu0aIBwt-QFmNE1Yhhwyg66d8jqtg1Rvj2IvTR1P9jSzdDTB55858PtH6E7pkQ3Gty) 19:55 Empathetic validation in patient-provider communication (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10497323211056312) 22:55 The emergence of home dialysis (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/health/kidney-renal-dialysis-elderly.html) 24:35 The focus on patient reported outcomes (https://academic.oup.com/ckj/article/14/6/1504/6104565) 27:50 Social support: imperative for patients receiving dialysis (https://academic.oup.com/ndt/article/22/3/845/1900225) 31:32 Nutrition in kidney disease (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0085253815550461)