This document summarizes an evidence-based project recommending peritoneal dialysis as a treatment option for eligible dialysis patients. The author conducted a literature review finding evidence that peritoneal dialysis has better quality of life outcomes and lower mortality rates than hemodialysis. A plan is proposed to educate nephrologists and nurses on these findings and incorporate decision aids to help patients choose dialysis treatment. Measurable outcomes include improved quality of life, lower mortality, and fewer hospitalizations for patients choosing peritoneal dialysis.
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Evidence-Based PD Change Improves QOL
1. Evidence-Based Project, Part 4: Recommending an Evidence-Based
Practice Change
Lourdesee Luty
Acute Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Program, Walden University
Nurse 6052C-6, Essentials of Evidence Based Practice
Dr. Christine Frazer
February 11, 2022
2. From wakehealth.edu
Mission
To improve health, elevate hope and advance healing----for all
Vision
To be the first and best choice for care
Culture Commitments
We create a space where all Belong
We Work as One to make great things happen
We earn Trust in all we do
We Innovate to better the now and create the future
We drive for Excellence----always
School of Medicine
Innovations
Improving health through collaborative innovation between industry and the
faculty and staff of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
3. Opportunity
Change in the way information is presented to new dialysis patients!
Description
Peritoneal dialysis is not presented fairly as a strong choice for dialysis.
Scope
• Nephrologist must establish patient eligibility for PD and emphasize decreased mortality based on EBP.
• Nephrology nurses must reinforce education and answer patient questions
• Adjusted mortality decreased by nearly 15% in patients receiving hemodialysis and by nearly 20%
in patients receiving peritoneal dialysis between 2009 and 2018 (USDHHS, 2021).
Stakeholders
• Patient, physician, nurses, educators, organization
Risks
• Patient not a candidate ex. Contraindications, AKI
• Patient overwhelmed, information overload
• Time constraints
• Resistance to change
4. MD identifies PD eligible
patient in acute setting
MD talks to patient about
benefits and risk
Patient starts HD in acute
setting, dialysis nurse present
Dialysis nurse educates
patient about HD and PD, use
Ottawa personal decision
guide with patient, answers
questions, refer concerns to
MD
Patient make informed
decision. Improved QOL
IDEA
(Ottowa Research Institute, 2019)
5. PLAN
Assess the situation
Form a group of experts,
collect EBP literature,
collaborate with MD, nurse
leaders, the medical director
(knowledge creation)
Present to organization EBP
findings (organizational
adoption)
Podium lectures
(dissemination)
Workshops (dissemination)
Determine resources
(organizational adoption)
Write procedures and policy
to incorporate education in
dialysis
initiation. (Implementation)
Have technical
support encode
education process as
a choice in HER
(implementation)
6. Dissemination
-Peer review journals gather studies and determine validity
Rapid critical appraisal (RCA), they will review each study to determine
* its level of evidence.
* how well it was conducted.
* how useful it is to practice.
(Fineout-Overholt et al., 2010)
-Clinical workshops
This topic is specific to the nephrology group
Setting specific target
Group shares common interest
7. Measurable Outcomes
• Improved quality of life
• Decreased mortality rate in ESRD patients
• Decreased hospitalizations
Bing.com
8. Lessons Learned
Not all evidence is good evidence
The process of synthesis: seeing similarities and differences across the body of
evidence (Fineout-Overholt et al., 2010). Aids in the search and filtering process
RCA is conducted along with an RCA checklist that's specific to the research design
of the study being evaluated-and before any data are entered into an evaluation
table (Fineout-Overholt et al., 2010). Used as a guide
Time is relevant to information, something practiced 10 years ago may outdated and
found obsolete with EBP.
Reading the charts and graphs are important and knowing what to look for
9. • The peer-reviewed articles
met the requirements
necessary to provide support
of my theory that PD therapy
has better QoL than HD.
• While most of the articles
had a large enough sample
size to gather data from, the
one that was limited was very
regionally specific. The
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10. • The Critical Appraisal Tool
Worksheet was very thorough
and precise to the information
needed.
• The Appraisal tool took a
large amount of information
and broke things down to an
understandable level.
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11. Resources
Budhram , B., Sinclair, A., Komenda, P., Severn, M., & Sood, M. M. (2020, October 19). A comparison of patient-
reported outcome measures of quality of life by dialysis modality in the treatment of kidney failure: A systematic review.
Canadian journal of kidney health and disease. Retrieved December 19, 2021,
from https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33149924/
Chuasuwan, A., Pooripussarakul, S., Thakkinstian, A., Ingsathit, A., & Pattanaprateep, O. (2020). Comparisons of
quality of life between patients underwent peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis: A systematic review and meta-
analysis. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-020-01449-2
Fineout-Overholt, Ellen, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN, et al. Evidence-Based Practice Step by Step: Critical Appraisal of the
Evidence: Part I. Am. J. Nurs.. 2010;110(7):47-52. doi:10.1097/01.NAJ.0000383935.22721.9c.
Fineout-Overholt, Ellen, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN, et al. Evidence-Based Practice, Step by Step: Critical Appraisal of the
Evidence: Part II: Digging deeper-examining the "keeper" studies. Am. J. Nurs.. 2010;110(9):41-48.
doi:10.1097/01.NAJ.0000388264.49427.f9.
Fineout-Overholt, Ellen, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN, et al. Evidence-Based Practice, Step by Step: Critical Appraisal of the
Evidence Part III. Am. J. Nurs.. 2010;110(11):43-51. doi:10.1097/01.NAJ.0000390523.99066.b5.
Hiramatsu , T., Okumura, S., Asano, Y., Mabuchi, M., Iguchi, D., & Furuta, S. (2019, December 12). Quality of life
and emotional distress in peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis patients. Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis : official peer-
reviewed journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society
for Dialysis Therapy. Retrieved December 19, 2021, from https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31671240/
12. Resources Cont.
The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. (2019). Patient decision aids. Retrieved from https://decisionaid.ohri.ca/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2021). Kidney Disease Statistics for the United States. National Institute of
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Retrieved February 11, 2022, from https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-
information/health-statistics/kidney-disease
Wang, J., Zeng, J., Liu, B., Cai, B., Li, Y., & Dong, L. (2020). Outcomes after transfer from hemodialysis to peritoneal dialysis vs
Peritoneal Dialysis as initial therapy: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Seminars in Dialysis, 33(4), 299–
308. https://doi.org/10.1111/sdi.12896
Editor's Notes
Hello Dr. F and Collegues. My name Lourdesee Luty. This is Evidence-based project 4, my recommending an evidence-based practice change. While I am in this AGNP Program at Walden University, I am a Certified Nephrology Nurse working in dialysis at the acute setting.
I work at Atrium Health Hospital. This organization has a mission and vision statement and cultural commitments that line with my beliefs. It is a learning hospital with a school of medicine and has a great innovations program. The innovations statement, "Improving health through collaborative innovation between industry and the faculty and staff of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center says it all.
As a dialysis nurse, I have initiated many very first treatments for patients. I feel there is not enough education and discussion physicians have with the patient when it is determined the patient needs dialysis. Yes, education is given, but only for the hemodialysis treatment and the process of what is currently happening. There is limited information given on the other options a patient has like PD and home hemodialysis or even transplant. It is in the scope of the nephrology team to ensure the patient truly understands why it is important to dialyze at home than in the centers. All the stakeholders listed should be made aware. There are risks just the same as with all new things. Resistance and time are the most frequent. What nurse wants extra work?
Most people have a history of kidney disease and failure in the family so they have a Nephrologist following them to monitor kidney function. As a proactive measure, the physician has a fistula place in the arm of the patient in preparation for imminent dialysis initiation. Instead of that, anticipate the start with tenckhoff catheters used for PD instead of a fistula. And in the acute setting, introduce and inform patients earlier of availability to do PD. Then during emergent dialysis starts with the dialysis nurse, the nurse can begin answering questions and reinforcing education to the patient. During the course of a treatment, the nurse can initiate a personal decision guide with the patient to help fill in the gaps.
The idea can be introduced and implemented by gathering a group of people in the organization and presenting the findings in a for of podium lectures and workshops. This can attract the correct specialty of people that work in this field. Presenting this to one's organization and seeking interest to incorporate the practice can lead to new policies and procedures.
Sharing peer reviewed journals for this information and clinical workshops is the best choice. The workshops can include the professional opinion and expertise of those that attend in a form of a discussion.
Measurable outcomes include less hospitalizations, decreased mortality rate and improved QoL. The less I see the patient in the acute setting dues to complications of ESRD the better.
The main lesson learned is that not all evidence is good evidence, I am certain I read it somewhere but cannot remember exactly where. I have learned how to filter a large body of information and compress the findings to what I need with the help of filter parameters.
The peer reviewed articles were very dense just going in and reading everything. At first glance, the journals all sounded exactly what I wanted. The limitation to the search made some of the findings small because there was enough current dats relevant to the time frame.
As I stated in the previous slide, the article were very dense and full of information. I found the critical appraisal tool helpful in compartmentalizing the journals into smaller and more manageable parts. When I sought out the information for each category it was easier to understand.