ABSTRACT
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recently published their 2023 standards of care for diabetes, which include a new section with standard of care guidelines to assist clinicians in managing and preventing chronic kidney disease (CKD) and related complications in patients with diabetes. The newly added Section 11, Chronic Kidney Disease and Risk Management: Standards of Care in Diabetes - 2023, makes a number of screening and treatment recommendations for patients with diabetes who are at an increased risk of developing CKD.
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Diabetes Mellitus , Renal Insufficiency, Chronic , Humans , United States , Diabetes Mellitus/therapy , Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/complications , Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/therapyABSTRACT
The Northwest Kidney Center (NWC) in Seattle, Washington, has been a leader in nephrology care for almost 60 years, opening the first hemodialysis unit in the United States in 1962. In February 2020, one of their patients was the first reported death from COVID-19 in the United States. On April 6, 2020, as a part of NNJ Extra - the Nephrology Nursing Journal's podcast series, Beth Ulrich, EdD, RN, FACHE, FAONL, FAAN, Editor-in-Chief of the Nephrology Nursing Journal, talked with the leaders of the Northwest Kidney Centers - Suzanne Watnick, MD, the Chief Medical Officer, and Liz McNamara, MN, RN, Vice President of Patient Care Services and the Chief Nursing Officer, who discussed dealing with the onset of COVID-19 at NWC, how their team worked together to provide care for their patients and support for their staff members, and the lessons they learned that can benefit others.
