Are you prepared to make a difference in the lives of patients battling kidney disease? This course offers an in-depth look at kidney function, helping you understand its structure, roles, and vital impact on health. You'll delve into kidney failure types, from acute kidney injury to chronic kidney disease, learning to differentiate and assess risk factors.

From AKI to CKD, this course will deepen your learning of the causes and risk factors associated with kidney failure. You'll learn crucial diagnostic tests and how to distinguish acute and chronic illnesses to give prompt and correct treatment. By mastering the stages and complications of kidney failure, you'll be prepared to make a meaningful impact on patient outcomes.

Gain valuable skills in holistic patient care, focusing on symptom management, psychosocial support, and end-stage renal disease palliative care. Finally, master patient education for self-management, co-morbidity management, and infection control to improve patient outcomes. The authors generated this text in part with GPT-4o, OpenAI's large-scale language-generation model. Upon generating draft language, the authors and subject matter experts reviewed, edited, and revised the text to ensure it reflected accurate expertise and met high pedagogical standards. This course content was created in partnership with Ashley Allen, a nurse practitioner whose qualifications include a Master's Degree in Nursing Science and Director of Clinical Documentation Improvement. For more information on our subject matter expert, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-c-allen716/.