title: Palliative nursing care for the patient experiencing end-stage renal failure.
abstract: Caring for the patient with end-stage renal disease poses many challenges for the bedside nurse. Yet, how do we care for patients who continue to seek hemodialysis with a guarded prognosis? A discussion about palliative care and specific interventions used to help improve quality of life for the end-stage renal patient is provided. A case example accompanies this article, and highlights the interventions used successfully for one such patient.
authors: Adjuvant Therapies, Inc., Lake, MI, USA.
authors: K K
authors: KK
authors: Kuebler
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives; D003693:Delirium / Q000451:nursing; D003863:Depression / Q000451:nursing; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010146:Pain / Q000451:nursing; D010166:Palliative Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000451:nursing