PROCESS

First, you will be assigned as one of a team of 3 students who are portraying dialysis center nurses. You will pick one of three expert roles within the team.

• Clinical practice expert – the team member who serves as the clinical practice, evidence-based guidelines expert.
• Diversity expert – the team member who serves as the cultural, ethnic, and diversity expert.
• Patient education expert – the team member who serves as the patient education expert.

Once you've selected an expert role to play, you may pursue your role individually until you have collected the information needed to prepare the materials as a team for completion of this task. You are encouraged to share the resources you accumulate during your search with your team members, as this will facilitate completion of the group patient education materials and PowerPoint presentation. Here are the individual components of each expert role:

Clinical Practice Expert – Using journal articles and web resources, research the clinical aspects of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, hemodialysis, and renal transplantation. Answer the following questions. Your answers should be of sufficient detail – somewhere between 4 to 8 sentences in length – and should be documented on the web page that will be made available for your team.

1. What are the common complications of type 2 diabetes?
2. What are the indications for kidney transplantation?
3. Who would be considered possible living donors for this patient?

Diversity Expert – Using journal articles and web resources, research the cultural/ethnic aspects of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, hemodialysis, and renal transplantation. Answer the following questions. Your answers should be of sufficient detail – somewhere between 4 to 8 sentences in length – and should be documented on the web page that will be made available for your team.

1. The patient is concerned about telling her family members she wants to have a kidney transplant. She is afraid they will be against this decision for religious reasons. Discuss religious issues surrounding transplantation.
2. Discuss why ethnic minorities should be concerned about organ donation.
3. Discuss the impact of the ethnic composition of kidney donors on the success of transplantation.

Patient Education Expert – Using journal articles and web resources, research the patient education aspects of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, hemodialysis, and renal transplantation. Answer the following questions. Your answers should be of sufficient detail – somewhere between 4 to 8 sentences in length – and should be documented on the web page that will be made available for your team.

1. Discuss options for transplantation – both cadaveric and living donation.
2. What information do patients need to know about the immunosuppressive medications that are necessary after transplantation?
3. This patient is concerned that she won’t get a transplant because she isn’t famous. Discuss the factors that have an impact on how long she may be on the waiting list.

Organizing Information As You Go

Type your individual role questions into a Microsoft Word document so that you can add information to them as you explore journal articles and websites.

Keep your desired products in sight and organize your work around these things:

• Individual answers to the three questions based on your role
• Individual 2-3 relevant and high quality journal articles in APA format
• Individual 2-3 relevant and high quality web resources in APA format
• Group patient education handout/brochure
• Group Microsoft PowerPoint presentation for colleagues

Visit the RESOURCES section next to view some web, library, and collaboration resources that will launch you in completing your task!