Life
Impacts
Impacts
Kidney failure affects this daily activity that determines how rested a person feels.
What is sleep?
This feeling is shown by “putting yourself in the patient’s shoes.”
What is empathy?
Limiting this mineral helps reduce swelling because it attracts water in the bloodstream.
What is sodium?
This sleep disorder affects up to 1 in 4 dialysis patients and increases mortality risk.
What is Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS)?
Dialysis staff must begin this life‑saving action unless a patient has a DNR.
What is CPR?
People on dialysis often must limit these two things they consume to avoid swelling and fluid overload.
What are food and fluids
Patients who ask “Am I going to die?” are expressing this emotional burden.
What is fear or anxiety?
Patients should avoid high‑potassium foods like bananas, oranges, and this popular breakfast drink.
What is orange juice?
These tiny insects may hitchhike on clothing and require special cleaning procedures in the clinic.
What are bedbugs?
This device must be available in every dialysis clinic to treat cardiac arrest.
What is an AED (defibrillator)
Patients may struggle with this aspect of life due to scars, catheters, or muscle weakness.
What is body image?
The clinic may be a patient’s only outlet, so staff should allow them to do this safely and respectfully.
What is vent?
These medications must be taken with meals to prevent phosphorus from being absorbed.
What are phosphate binders?
This painful condition can occur when too much fluid is removed too quickly during dialysis.
What are muscle cramps?
Cardiac arrest accounts for this percentage of deaths in hemodialysis patients.
What is 29%?
Dialysis schedules and fatigue can interfere with this major part of adult life, causing financial stress.
What is employment or work?
Many new dialysis patients lose this because they feel their independence has been washed away “like a tidal wave.”
What is hope?
A serum albumin level below 4.0 may indicate this dangerous condition related to poor protein intake.
What is protein malnutrition?
Patients who scream or seem confused may need evaluation for depression or this mental health crisis.
What is suicidal ideation?
Patients who start dialysis with this type of vascular access are more likely to survive the first 90 days.
What is a fistula or graft
Hormonal changes and treatment demands make this major life goal more difficult for both men and women on dialysis.
What is having children or fertility?
Without this belief in their future, patients struggle to learn and cope.
What is hope?
This mineral becomes unbalanced when kidneys can’t activate vitamin D, leading to mineral bone disorder.
What is calcium?
This term describes organ damage caused by pulling fluid too fast during dialysis, leading to low blood pressure.
What is organ stunning?
A first serum albumin level below 3.5 g/dL predicts this serious outcome.
What is death?