Nursing is a challenging and demanding career, and it takes a specific kind of person to make a great nurse. There are many different types of nurse and nursing careers, and there is plenty of opportunity for career progression within the nursing industry. The journey to becoming a nurse requires many years of training and various levels of qualification, and certain personality traits and characteristics. You will need a combination of personal and technical skills to work as a nurse, and here is just an overview of the types of traits that may come in useful.
Climate change represents one of the greatest global health threats of our time. In choosing Healthy Environment, Healthy Kidneys as the theme for the 2021 fully virtual Congress, the ERA-EDTA highlights the central role of nephrologists and other health professionals in advocacy for global efforts to reduce emissions and protect against climate change.
Dangerous lung congestion or overhydration can be detected relatively easily in dialysis patients by means of ultrasound examinations and the application of this technique is useful to safely guide lung decongestion.
Iptacopan, an oral, alternative complement pathway inhibitor of Factor B, could provide the first therapy targeted at one of the key drivers of IgAN...
One in ten adults in Europe has reduced kidney function. It is a cruel fact that many of those affected do not notice their progressive renal insufficiency.
That viruses and bacteria can trigger autoimmune processes is well known. In autoimmune disease, the immune system attacks the body’s own cells, which can become life-threatening, for example in lupus nephritis.
It was realized early on in the pandemic that kidney values can predict a severe COVID-19 course [1]. The German S3 guidelines for inpatient treatment [2] therefore advise that urine and kidney values be measured on admission to the accident and emergency unit.
