Tip of the week: Monitor at-risk residents to prevent permanent kidney damage
Contemporary Long-Term Care Weekly, March 5, 2009
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Contemporary Long-Term Care Weekly!
Prerenal azotemia, the most common form of kidney failure seen in hospitalized patients, is a very serious condition that can cause permanent renal damage and failure. Being aware of the resident’s risk factors, prevention of dehydration, and close monitoring are always best. Regularly monitor the at-risk resident’s laboratory values. Other nursing measures are the following:
- Monitoring input and output; never hesitate to order input and output as a nursing measure
- Carefully evaluating fluid I&O every 24 hours and comparing with dietitian’s recommended fluid intake
- Monitoring weight
- Monitoring vital signs
- Monitoring level of consciousness
- Encouraging fluids
This is an excerpt from HCPro’s book The Long-Term Care Nursing Desk Reference, written by Barbara Acello, MS, RN.
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Contemporary Long-Term Care Weekly!
Related Products
-
Hospital Safety Center
Improve compliance with hospital safety standards from The Joint Commission, OSHA, and other regulators with this...
-
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance
Learn Life Safety Code tips and interpretations for healthcare facilities with this in-depth monthly resource.
-
Medical Environment Update
Timely medical compliance news from OSHA, CDC, EPA, and other regulatory agencies!
-
20 Essential Inservices for Survey Prep:
This book and CD-ROM makes staff training easy with ready-made inservices focused on some of the most common areas cited by...
-
CNA Training Advisor: Lesson Plans for Busy Staff Trainers
Finally-a staff training program that really works!
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- Q/A: Billing telemetry daily monitoring
- Credentialing monthly: What is the role of the credentials committee in addressing unprofessional conduct?
- 2010 ICD-9 code updates now available online
- Master modifiers to ensure accurate reimbursement
- H1N1 hits Maine facility
- Radiologist indicted for fraudulently signing reports
- Don’t be scared into silence: Affiliation letter safeguards allow you to disclose more
- National Quality Forum creates standardized set of data for electronic health records
- New report reveals $47 billion in Medicare fraud
- Understand the H1N1 Flu and how to code it
- E-mailed
-
- Credentialing monthly: What is the role of the credentials committee in addressing unprofessional conduct?
- Q/A: Billing telemetry daily monitoring
- New report reveals $47 billion in Medicare fraud
- Radiologist indicted for fraudulently signing reports
- Revised MS.1.20 'huge improvement', out for comment again
- H1N1 hits Maine facility
- Briefings on Outpatient Rehab Reimbursement and Regulations, December 2009
- Hand hygiene rates improved through variety of reinforcement styles
- Press Ganey report: Patient satisfaction increasing across the country
- Residency Program Alert, December 2009
- Searched