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What are some good ethical issues to write about in home nephrology

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

Write about? For homework?

What have you thought of?

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

Moved to the Nursing Student Assistance forum.

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Transplant age, and being picky on who does dialysis at home

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What is "home nephrology"? Adopting a nephrology resident to keep at home as a pet?

What reading have you done on home treatment of chronic renal disease or renal failure to give yourself some background in this topic?

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
What are some good ethical issues to write about in home nephrology
Welcome!

We ask that all students post what their research has revealed. I am not sure how to help....what is home nephrology?

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I have been a Nephrology nurse for 7 years. I teach patience to do hemodialysis at home. So I am definitely very educated on nephrology, I am just not certain of any ethical issues in that department.

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I have been a Nephrology nurse for 7 years. I teach patience to do hemodialysis at home. So I am definitely very educated on nephrology, I am just not certain of any ethical issues in that department.

Traditionally medical ethics have been based on 4 pillars - autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice.

Ethical issues arise when you are not able to respect all 4 pillars.

Can you not think of an issue where respecting a patient's autonomy would result in harm to a patient. What about when a CKD patient doesn't follow the recommended diet?

What about a conflict between beneficence and justice? Is it possible to provide dialysis to every person who needs it?

Should every patient who needs dialysis receive it? Should any consideration be given to the patient's quality of life in deciding whether to provide dialysis? Should a patient in a persistent vegetative state be given dialysis? Who should make this decision?

If you google ethics nephrology, I'm sure you will see a lot of papers on medical ethics and nephrology.

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Thanks so much this helps

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