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Development Of A Bundle For Hemodialysis Infection Control, Lora Susan Lewis
Development Of A Bundle For Hemodialysis Infection Control, Lora Susan Lewis
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Hemodialysis patients are at high risk of acquiring a blood stream infection (BSI), the second leading cause of death in this population. The purpose of this project was to create a clinical practice guideline (CPG) based on current evidence-based practice (EBP) that would bring a cohesiveness to the policies and provide an auditing tool to monitor infection control practices. Current literature supports the bundle approach, a small set of EBPs combined as a group of recommended interventions that apply to a specific patient population with the goal of improved delivery of care. The hemodialysis bundle project incorporated the theory of …
Informal Caregivers' Lived Experiences Caring For A Black Man Receiving Hemodialysis, Tanikka Joy Greene
Informal Caregivers' Lived Experiences Caring For A Black Man Receiving Hemodialysis, Tanikka Joy Greene
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Numerous quantitative studies have assessed caregiver burden in multiple chronic diseases, but an identified gap and underrepresentation exists in the literature regarding studies using an inductive approach that allow informal caregivers to describe the lived experiences of caring for Black men receiving hemodialysis. The transactional model of stress and coping and the stress process model guided this study. The key research questions centered on the experiences, psychological, physical, and financial limitations associated with caregiving. This phenomenological study used a purposive sample of 15 unpaid primary caregivers over the age of 18 caring for a Black male on hemodialysis from Mecklenburg …