- We understand that the first patient death in the United States occurred in a patient at one of your dialysis centers. Had the patient been in a dialysis center during the period when he would have been contagious? How did your staff become aware of the patient having COVID-19?
- How have your staff reacted to the need to care for patients with COVID-19?
- How have you isolated COVID-19–positive patients? Are they in the same dialysis facility as COVID-19–negative patients, on different shifts, or in a different facility?
- What would cause you to transfer a COVID-19–positive patient to the hospital?
- Do you dedicate staff to the care of only COVID-19–positive patients?
- What strategies have you put in place to deal with the psychosocial needs of both patients and staff?
- If you are experiencing a shortage of PPE, what is in short supply, and what measures are you taking?
- What are the biggest challenges you are facing during this pandemic?
- Do you feel you have all the resources you need to care for your patients?
- If necessary, has the local or federal government provided you with the resources you need to provide safe care to your patients and a safe work environment for your staff?
- Are you facing any staffing concerns with staff having to be quarantined? If so, how are you dealing with those staffing shortages?
- Have you experienced an increase in patient absences resulting from fear of contracting COVID-19? If so, what measures have been taken to combat those fears?
- What about home patients?
- Do you feel your emergency preparedness plan prepared you for this pandemic? Explain.
- Is there anything else you would like to share?
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Tamara Kear
Tamara Kear
Tamara Kear, PhD, RN, CNN, FAAN, is executive director of the American Nephrology Nurses Association, Pitman, New Jersey. Glenda Payne, MS, RN, CNN, is the principal and chief compliance officer of the National Dialysis Accreditation Commission, Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
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Tamara Kear, PhD, RN, CNN, FAAN, is executive director of the American Nephrology Nurses Association, Pitman, New Jersey. Glenda Payne, MS, RN, CNN, is the principal and chief compliance officer of the National Dialysis Accreditation Commission, Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
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