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Patients’ Perceptions Concerning Choice Among Renal Replacement Therapies: A Pilot Study
 (Vol 33/No. 4. On-line test expires: 08/31/2008)
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  AUTHOR
Kandace J. Landreneau, PhD, RN, CCTC
 Kandace J. Landreneau, PhD, RN, CCTC, is Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, San Francisco, CA. She is a member of the Northern California Chapter of ANNA.
Peggy Ward-Smith, PhD, RN
 Peggy Ward-Smith, PhD, RN, is Associate Professor, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO.
  OUTLINE

Purpose: The purposes of this pilot study were to determine which replacement therapy group would be most appropriate for exploring the concept of choice and to refine the research question.
Methods: This exploratory, descriptive study used a phenomenological method.
Results: Four themes were derived: (1) uncertainty of long-term health, (2) lack of choice, (3) no memory of making a choice, and (4) lack of information about renal replacement therapies.
Conclusions: No participant remembered actually making a choice regarding their renal replacement therapies.
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  CE RELATED INFORMATION
This offering for 1.4 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 concept of choice perceived by patients receiving renal replacement therapies.

 Objectives:
1.Summarize the perceptions of queried patients about their perception of having a choice of renal replacement therapies.
2.Analyze the findings of a study of patients receiving renal replacement therapies and their involvement in the choice of that therapy.
3. Recommend future research to determine patients involvement in the choice of renal replacement therapy to be used.
AUTHOR DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
Kandace J. Landreneau has no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Peggy Ward-Smith has no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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