Vitamin D is needed during Dialysis – initially only 29 pcnt tested, extensive education raised it to 32 pcnt
Implementing Evidence-Based Vitamin D Protocol in the Dialysis Clinic: An Educational Approach
Nephrol Nurs J . May-Jun 2020;47(3):239-265.
Chigozie Uko 1 2 3, Rose Utley 4 5
Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and even more pronounced in patients with kidney failure who are undergoing peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis. This project was a nurse practitioner-led quality improvement project conducted in an outpatient hemodialysis unit that focused on determining if educating providers and hemodialysis unit clinical staff on vitamin D guidelines increased the awareness and monitoring of patients on hemodialysis. The number of patients screened for vitamin D levels increased from 29% to 100%,
and 70% of patients tested were deficient in vitamin D . While the follow-up monitoring yielded a result of only 32%, we recommend processes and structures for long-term sustainability, such as periodic re-education, reminders and prompts for conducting needed follow-up, continued outcome monitoring, and champions to support the ongoing processes and structures.
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