Journal of Nephrology & Therapeutics

Melanie McCabe

Publications

• Research Article
  Transplant Education Practices and Attitudes in Dialysis Centers: Dialysis Leadership Weighs In
  Author(s): Amy D. Waterman, Christina Goalby, Shelley S. Hyland, Melanie McCabe and Katrina M. DinkelAmy D. Waterman, Christina Goalby, Shelley S. Hyland, Melanie McCabe and Katrina M. Dinkel
  
  When senior leadership endorses quality improvement priorities, their staff is more likely to comply. To honor Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’s (CMS) mandates, dialysis clinic managers must ensure that transplant education takes place within their centers. We surveyed 131 dialysis clinic managers in End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network 12 (the Heartland Kidney Network) to understand their transplant attitudes, knowledge, active educational programs, and perceived barriers to transplant. Few reported that there was a designated transplant educator (40%) or formal transplant education program (33%) available at their dialysis centers. Transplant education most commonly occurring with all patients included educators (53%) or physicians (49%) discussing transplant with the patient, giving them handouts or brochures (40%), the transplant cen.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0959.S4-007

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