Preventing and Managing PD Complications and Emergencies

$25.00

This course is part of the SPARK Patient Safety at Home three-part series.

Objectives

  • Identify red flags that could make PD unsafe for a patient.
  • Explain wet vs. dry contaminations and why one is a higher risk than the other.
  • Differentiate between three causes of PD catheter dysfunction.
  • Describe the connection between intraperitoneal pressure and leaks.
  • Define the “two hit” hypothesis for encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis and strategies to reduce risk.

Audience

Nurses and dialysis technicians (This course can also serve as a home dialysis orientation for nephrologists and administrators.)

Contact Hour Approval

This continuing nursing education activity was approved by Medical Education Institute, approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP-17088, for 1 contact hour.

  • Nurse Planner – Steffanie Gissal, BSN, RN
  • Authors – Jennifer Ravert, RN and Dori Schatell, MS

Conflicts of Interest

No conflicts of interest were disclosed.

Refund Policy

Continuing eduation activities are nonrefundable.


This class is part of our Self-guided Program to Advance Renal Knowledge (SPARK) series of online CE learning + professional mentoring education classes for nurses and dialysis technicians.  Our goals are to help dialysis nurses and technicians stay up-to-date with their training and certifications—and to attract new interest in nephrology as a career. This activity was funded, in part, by an unrestricted educational grant from Fresenius Medical Care.

 

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