| Theme | The Upbringing of the Dialysis Team | |
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| Title | The post graduate education in the general hospital | |
| Publish Date | 2001/10 | |
| Author | Kikuko Iwanaga | Department of Nursing, Nagasaki University Hospital Renal Care Unit |
| [ Summary ] | Postgraduate education plays an important role in dialysis nursing in general hospitals. In this article, post graduate education in national university hospitals is discussed. Most hemodialysis patients in university hospitals are high risk patients. A high degree of knowledge and highly developed skills are requested for nephrology nursing. The hemodialysis unit is a kind of central service in university hospitals. The mean number of the hemodialysis was performed was over 1,905 each year and the mean number of full time nurses is 2.1 in bugeted national university hospitals. Each nurse must take care of 2 to 15 hemodialysis patients including serious cases. The duty of nurses is usually not only on daily shifts but also night shifts in case of needing emergency hemodialysis. Postgraduate education is not adequate in university hospitals at the present time. The author will refer to the present condition and the direction for the future of nephrology nursing in university hospitals. |
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