Course
Understanding AKIs and How to Treat Them
Contact Hours Awarded: 2
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Course Overview
Author: Sylvia K. Baird
RN, BSN, MM, DNP
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a complex medical condition that has many facets and affects the renal system in multiple ways. An AKI impacts the patient’s length of stay, increases the cost of care, and utilizes resources. AKI manifests itself in many diagnoses, which include a temporary condition that resolves without harm, a short-term condition with minimal harm, an insidious insult to kidney function, plus acute or chronic injury that leads to permeant kidney damage. Due to the inconsistencies in an AKI’s definition, assessments, treatment plans, and poor-quality outcome monitoring and reporting, the condition is an unquantified healthcare crisis that is impacting the population across the continuum.
Course Outline
- Introduction
- Defining AKI
- Incidence
- Identification of AKI
- Risk Factors
- Diagnostic Studies
- Kidney Function
- Nephrotoxicity and Kidney Function Affected
- Treatment of AKI and the Role of the Nurse
- Complications of AKI
- Implementation and Evaluation of Quality Indicators
- Summary
- Case Studies
- References
Accreditation Statement
Nursing CE Central is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
In this course we will discuss the nurse’s role in identifying and treating AKIs. It will take the average learner 120 minutes to complete.
Course Objectives
After completing this course, the learner will be able to:
- Explain complexity of AKI definition, determining the presence of AKI, treatment, and complications.
- Explain how the variation in consensus-driven AKI impacts standards and published outcomes.
- Describe AKI and a nurse’s role in caring for the patient.
Target Audience
- Registered Nurses (RN)
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN)
- Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN/LVN)
Requirement for Completion
- Enrollment in the course by the learner
- Read and learn all course materials
- Complete the course evaluation
- Attest and testify learning of the course materials
Accreditations + Approvals
- American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) (P0614)
- California Board of Registered Nursing (CEP 17418)
- Kentucky Board of Nursing (7-0090)
- Louisiana State Board of Nursing (58)
- New York State Department of Education (IC 208)
- Florida Board of Nursing (50-23983)
Conflict of Interest Statement
Nursing CE Central nor any of the authors, planners, content experts or any contributors have a commercial interest nor were influenced by commercial interests in the creation of this course, financially or otherwise.
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Course Expires on: July 28, 2024
Course Offering: #113