Patient was educated on factors determining fluid limitations in dialysis patients as follows: Strict compliance with fluid intake recommendations should be observed. Fluid intake recommendations and limitations vary between individuals for the reasons related to urine output as follows: Some individuals on dialysis can still have a little kidney function in place and so, can be forming some urine. This urine might not be concentrated and clearing all the waste products from the body, but [...]

Patient was educated on dietary limitations for dialysis patients as follows: Select foods that are low in sodium. Excess sodium will help retain fluid and contributes to fluid overload in the body, which can be detrimental to the heart. Select foods that are low in potassium. Excess of potassium in the diet can lead to potassium built up in the body between the dialysis treatments. Excess of potassium can stop the heartbeat. Limitation on potassium [...]

Patient was educated on how to care for shunt in dialysis patients as follows: Do not wear any tight clothing over the area of shunt. Increasing the pressure over the area of the shunt can result in bursting of the shunt and severe hemorrhage. Do not sleep on the arm that has the shunt. Sleeping on the shunt can increase the pressure on the shunt and result in bursting of the shunt and severe hemorrhage. [...]

Patient was educated on how to care for shunt in dialysis patients as follows: Do not lift more than 10 lbs. weight with the arm you have the shunt on. Do not use the arm that you have the shunt on for blood pressure recordings, blood draws, starting any intravenous medications, PICC line placements, or parenteral nutrition. Increasing the pressure on the shunt arm can result in bursting of the shunt and severe hemorrhage. Change [...]