| Abstract [eng] |
Every year the number of patients suffering from end stage renal failure increases both in Lithuania and the world. End stage renal failure is a significant medical and social issue causing a number of complicated goals for the healthcare system. Therefore a lot of attention is being paid towards the improvement of haemodialised patients’ care: quality of haemodialysis, patients’ education, anemia and hypertension control, nutrition etc. It is a relevant issue since patients’ education is important in all healthcare facilities, moreover, a role of nursing staff is to educate healthy and ill people. Nurses help healthy individuals in disease prevention and advise ill patients on how to use medicines correctly, explain about treatment regimes, introduce to important dietary aspects, help to adjust to new life conditions, advise on disease control and management. TOPIC: importance of haemodialised patients‘education in their disease management. PURPOSE: to determine importance of haemodialised patients‘education in their disease management. GOALS: 1. To analyze a role of nursing staff in haemodialised patients‘education. 2. To evaluate the knowledge of nursing staff on chronic renal failure. 3. To evaluate haemodialised patients‘ knowledge on chronic renal failure. 4. To determine the scope and directions of education. METHODS: 1. Theoretical review; 2. Survey. The research has been carried out at the Santariskiu clinic Center of Nephrology, Department of dialysis and kidney transplantation and Department of Nephrology; and at the B. Braun Avitum dialysis center. The research included 40 nurses and 104 haemodialysed patients. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: 1. The role of nursing staff in qualified patients‘ education in disease management is essential. 2. The vast majority of nurses have a significant amount of knowledge on the disease, resulting in qualified and effective patients‘ education and disease management. 3. Heamodialysed patients have insufficient knowledge on their disease. 4. Having analyzed the knowledge of nursing staff and patients, the following education directions have been recommended: diet, arteriovenous fistula care, patients‘ relatives‘ education and increased blood pressure control. |
