Hazel is in renal failure. She weighs 98 pounds and is 5?5? tall, and has shaky movements. She lives alone in an elderly-adult housing apartment. She has no transportation to the clinic for dialysis that has been ordered three times per week. Hazel has been admitted to a skilled nursing facility to enable treatment. She typically eats less than 25% of each meal
Describe hemodialysis.
The blood is diverted through an access to the client's circulatory system, which routes blood through the artificial kidney, or dialyzer, for removal of wastes, fluids, and electrolytes, and then the blood is returned to the client's body. Hemodialysis is usually done 3 times a week for 3-5 hours at a time.
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