All About Kidneys: Care for Adult Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Abdulkarim O. Agga, MAN
“Reality speaking, there is no true comfort in patients with CKD. It is only with ACCEPTANCE that they can truly continue and have a quality of life.” -Joezerk Jhon Biel.
On August 27, 2022, Qatar Care sponsored another MOPH-DHP accredited webinar titled, “All About Kidneys: Care for Adult Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.” This was an accredited group learning activity (Category 1) approved by the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Health Care Professionals- Accreditation section with a total of 6.25 hours.
This educational activity aimed to increase participants’ knowledge of pathophysiology, risk factors, clinical manifestations, medical management, prevention, and nursing strategies at home for the disease. Additionally, it is also a part of the institution’s social responsibility as a medical and nursing company to encourage a healthy lifestyle to prevent CKD. The virtual colloquium was attended by 120 allied health professionals from various institutions.
The activity was graced by four highly qualified speakers who are experts in their own fields, namely;
- Abubakar Baddiri, MD, FPCP, DPSN – A medical internist and adult nephrology consultant in a Tertiary-ISO Accredited Hospital in the Philippines.
- Ryan Arcueno – A senior professional educator at Portsmouth Hospital University; National Health Services in the UK specializing in CKD education.
- Joezerk Jhon P. Biel, RN MAN CNN – A certified nephrology nurse and currently the head nurse of a dialysis unit in a Tertiary-ISO Accredited Hospital in the Philippines and;
- Leandra S. Valenzuela, RN EMT-B, MSN – A Head Nurse of Prime Care Nursing with diverse experience in Geriatric Care.
They presented and discussed a variety of CKD concepts, such as its overall description, its various modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors, how the general public can prevent it, potential clinical manifestations, various diagnostic techniques, management, and what best nursing care intervention would be best to improve a patient’s quality of life. The entire focus of the educational activity was on prevention and ways to slow the progression of the medical condition.
On the last 30th of July 2022, a webcast was conducted by the department titled, “Stand Strong, Get Strong 2022: IPSG 6 Fall Prevention Webinar” spearheaded by Abdulkarim O. Agga, MAN Qatar Care’s patient quality Nurse Educator and his team, the Scientific and Planning Committee. The activity aims at providing a comprehensive discussion of the factors associated with falls. It also sets to debunk the fallacies surrounding its occurrence towards the elderly and the traditional mindset of the patient and the family members. The activity intended to infuse ideas to its participants about the appropriate exercises necessary to prevent the incident, mitigate injuries if a fall has already occurred, rehabilitate for reversible injuries and prevent recurrence as more severe complications may arise in its recrudescence.
According to Paksah U. Manga, a registered nurse and a Geriatric Specialist, and one of the resource speakers of the said activity, “Nurses function independently to a high fall risk patient in the absence of a Physiotherapist or an Occupational Therapist” which is concurred by Jade Kilantang, a registered Physiotherapist, and one of the presenters, as routine exercises prescribed to the patients are uncomplicated and can be taught to the nurses, even more so to the family members and the patient themselves. Dr. Peter Loyola Perez, a registered OT and a Doctor of occupational therapy stated in his presentation that “one of the key principles to debunk a patient’s fallacy on falls is their perception towards the incident, about themselves and their medical condition, and the involvement of the family towards it. A patient at risk for falls needs integrated attention from the multidisciplinary care team in order to achieve fall-proof living conditions with their own families in the comfort of their own homes.
This conference is just one of the many initiatives the Qatar Care Education and Training Department and its SPC committee members have hosted as it stays true to its vision of providing high-quality care to its clients by bringing forth highly skilled and intellectual health practitioners to the field in taking quality care of the Qatari community and the adopted citizens of Doha, Qatar.
