| Theme | Integration of Nursing Task on the Times of High Technology | |
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| Title | The speciality of dialysis nursing on the times of high technology | |
| Publish Date | 1999/10 | |
| Author | Hisamitsu Satou | Department of Nursing, Masuko Institute for Medical Research |
| [ Summary ] | The high technology used in dialysis treatments has given a major role to the clinical engineer. At the same time, it has made it possible to reduce nursing tasks and increase the number of patients per nurse. On the other hand, it seems that nurses have lost the chance to communicate and watch patients carefully. I think that this is due to ignorance on the part of health care provider and over dependence on medical equipment. Nowadays, there are two directions by which the dialysis nurse should approach this situation. The first is to learn enough about the abilities and limits of high technologye quipment. The second is to widen the nurses view of patients. That means that the nurse should understand not only the physical side of patient care but also the mental and social side.In order to really understand patients, it is necessary to integrate the separate information. I belive that this is related to improving the speciality of dialysis nursing. |
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