Effect of Guidelines on Nurses’ Performance Provide Care for Children on Hemodiafiltration at Hemodialysis Unit

Abstract

Hemodiafiltration (HDF) is a safe and highly efficient renal replacement therapy that allows diffusive and convective clearance of uremic toxins across a wide molecular weight range. Advances in technology with the availability of dialysis machines that allow controlled Ultrafiltration (UF) and smaller dialysis filters and lines have enabled the use of HDF as a safe technique of routine renal replacement therapy even in small children (Chan et al., 2015 and Fischbach et al., 2016). The study aimed to assess the effect of guidelines for HDF on nurses’ performance to provide care for children on HDF at HDUs through assessing nurses’ performance and designing and implementing and evaluating the effect of guidelines on nurses’ performance to provide care for children on HDF at HDU. The study was conducted at three Pediatric Hemodialysis Units. Subjects included a purposive sample composed all available (50) nurses who provide care for children undergoing hemodiafiltration, in the previously mentioned settings regardless, to their age, qualifications, and years of experience, working in the previously mentioned settings.