Self-management in renal nursing Medicine Research Paper (Research Paper Sample)

SELF-MANAGEMENT IN RENAL NURSING
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Introduction
Kidney diseases such as chronic kidney disease (CKD) have become one of the leading causes of death around the world. Currently, there are 15.4 million people who have been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in the United Kingdom and this number is expected to rise by the year 2025 to 42% of people 65 years and above who have been diagnosed with the condition (Nazar et al. 2014). The number of people diagnosed with kidney disease in the United States has increased by 20 to 25% within the last decade where in 2004, 339 new cases of end-stage renal disease were reported per one million people (Nazar et al. 2014).
In the United States, the amount of money spent on treating chronic and terminal kidney disease amounts to 18.5 billion and from this amount, 16.3 billion USD is allocated to dialysis which when applied to an individual patient amounts to 66,650USD per year (Nazar et al.2014). The cost of treating kidney disease is high and it places a huge financial burden on the patient and their family. This is why self-management has become important in reducing this burden and also reducing chances of relapse or disease remission (Lin et al. 2013). The purpose of this paper will be to look at the potential barriers clinicians might face when educating/promoting self-management and the evidence-based research available on self-management.