Quality in practice: setting a standard for the insertion of fistula needles.
Nursing research, involving haemodialysis patients completing mood diaries, conducted at St. James' Hospital in Leeds, has indicated that consecutive problematic haemodialysis sessions can significantly affect a patient psychologically (1,2). In response to these findings a nursing standard was set at the Lincoln Haemodialysis unit, a satellite unit of Leicester General Hospital Department of Nephrology, to identify pain on needle insertion.
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Intensive Care Unit at Papworth Hospital, Cambridge.
Chamberlain
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Pammenter
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Smith
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Warwick
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D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009731:Nursing Audit; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D010147:Pain Measurement; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*