High Dependency Nursing Care - Acid-base Balance

High Dependency Nursing Care - Acid-base Balance

This session provides definitions of renal, intra-renal, pre-renal and post-renal conditions. Nursing assessment methods for renal function are discussed.  Analysis of compensatory systems in maintaining acid-base balance are applied to the nursing care and management of a client in high dependency settings. Internal and external respiration is discussed and applied to acid-base balance maintenance. Theory is applied to the complex nursing care and management of a patient in high dependency throughout this session.

The main concepts explored in this session are:

• Renal, intra renal, pre-renal, post-renal conditions and care
• Nursing assessment of kidney/renal function
• Compensatory systems in maintaining acid-base balance
• Nursing care and management of a client in high dependency
• Internal and external respiration

James McVeigh is an authorised nurse practitioner in high dependency nursing. Jim is the coordinator of the Heart Failure Service at the Prince of Wales hospital, Sydney, Australia. He was a founding member of the Australian Nurse Practitioner Association. Jim is the Chair of the Cardiac Nurses Working Group within the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Jim’s postgraduate qualifications are: Coronary Care Certificate, Bachelor of Health Science (Nursing) and a Master of Clinical Nursing.

Speaker name: James McVeigh
Recorded: 17 Apr 2010
Listening time: 52 Mins
Conference: Basic High Dependency Nursing
Session in Conference: Acid-Base Balance-ABG Interpretation
State: Melbourne Victoria Australia

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