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Diabetes and Kidney Failure: How Individuals with Diabetes Experience Kidney Failure
(Vol 32/No. 4. On-line test expires: 10/20/2007)
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  AUTHOR
Eleanor F. Ravenscroft, MSN, RN, CNeph(C)
 Eleanor F. Ravenscroft, MSN, RN, CNeph(C), is a full-time PhD student, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Canada, and is a member of the Greater Puget Sound chapter of ANNA.
  OUTLINE

This qualitative study using interpretive description explored the question “How do individuals with diabetes experience kidney failure?” Data consisted of transcripts of in-depth interviews with seven participants diagnosed with both diabetes and kidney failure, and with a minimum of 2 years of dialysis experience. Inductive analysis identified diagnosis, illness intrusion, interactions with health care providers, learning to manage, finding a balance, and accepting illness as the dominant themes within the participant narratives.
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  CE RELATED INFORMATION
This offering for 2.0 contact hours is being provided by the American Nephrology Nurses’ Association (ANNA), which is accredited as a provider and approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center-Commission on Accreditation (ANCCCOA). This educational activity is approved by most states and specialty organizations that recognize the ANCC-COA accreditation process. ANNA is an approved provider of continuing education in nursing by the California Board of Registered Nursing, BRN Provider No. 00910; and the Kansas State Board of Nursing, Provider No. LT0148-0738. This offering is accepted for RN and LPN relicensure in Kansas

  EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

Goal:
To explore the perceptions of patients with diabetes experiencing kidney failure.

 Objectives:
1. State the results of a literature search on the experience of patients having both Diabetes Mellitus and End Stage Renal Disease.
2. Describe the study done to elicit perceptions from patients with diabetes about their kidney failure.
3. Give an interpretation of the findings of this limited study on the experience of kidney failure in those with diabetes mellitus.
AUTHOR DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
Eleanor F. Ravenscroft MSN, RN, CNeph(C), has no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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