bethcrosby, Author at The Kidney Quality Improvement Partnership

National Kidney Federation (UK) Social Distance lanyards

Added: 03/07/2020
News

The National Kidney Federation (NKF) are selling highly visible lanyards so other members of the public are aware that the person wearing this is highly vulnerable and to be considerate with social distancing. If you would like to pre-order a lanyard for £1 please visit https://www.kidney.org.uk/news/social-distancing-lanyards NFK have also been collecting COVID-19 patient’s stories around experiences on shielding and isolation during the pandemic. They have shared…

Barnsley NHS Foundation Trust: Acute Kidney Injury and Fluids (a training video and quiz)

Added: 01/07/2020
Videos

Dr Steve Lobaz, Consultant in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine and Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) & Fluid Lead at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has created an online training video for Barnsley Hospital on AKI and Fluids. The link is attached below. The Vimeo link is: https://vimeo.com/418486976/afa0c880b4 To access the quiz at the end of the training video, follow this link: https://forms.gle/yW1Mga1LCZ3CES2Z7.

Managing Anxiety during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Added: 30/06/2020
Blog

…with pre-planning, self-soothing and attention to changes in our body we can exert some control over anxiety and limit the extent of our reaction Amanda Bevin, Renal Counselor, Kent and Canterbury NHS Foundation Trust Anxiety within the general population at present is running high, and understandably our renal dialysis community who are vulnerable and shielding may be experiencing distress as they continue to attend their renal…

Covid 19 Pandemic effects on Renal Dialysis Patients in 2020

Added: 30/06/2020
Blog

Letting it go – put the thought on a leaf; the leaf on a stream or river and watch it float off downstream until it is out of sight Amanda Bevin, Renal Counselor, Kent and Canterbury NHS Foundation Trust In early March 2020 the UK was catapulted into a completely different way of living and working, no more so noticeable than in the NHS, and specifically…

What a difference a week makes…..: Keith’s experience part 3, haemodialysis patient, UK.

Added: 26/06/2020
Blog

In my last blog added on 17th June I posted a feeling of exclusion, now following the latest unshielding guidance that has changed dramatically. I have been snuggled safe in a nest, I am now told from 1 August, it’s time to fledge and leave the safety of the nest (I am allowed test runs from July). But keep distancing, and actually keep the nest, and…