Dialysate

Authors: Joanne D Pittard MS, RN & John R De Palma, MD, FACP

Earn (30) Contact Hours

This monograph* is an in-depth coverage of the incoming water supply, water treatment methods, dialysate composition, sterility and impurities and safety monitoring in the Hemodialysis setting. Included are guidelines for water standards by the Conditions of Coverage and the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation and American National Standard for Dialysate for Hemodialysis. The many graphics/illustrations in this monograph are in full color. 204 pages include an extensive glossary of terms. Also, included is the post test for this monograph.

ISBN 1–892265–07–9.  1st Edition 2013.

$100.00 plus $15.00 S & H. California Residents please add 10.25% state tax to purchase price.

Monitors

Authors:  Joanne D Pittard MS, RN & John R De Palma, MD, FACP

Earn (30) Contact Hours

Monitors are a critical  component of the hemodialysis treatment with the main goal of performing a safe dialysis treatment and prevent patient injury. Monitors include dialysis personnel and devices to check, observe, keep track of and control...the hemodialysis procedure. Contained is a thorough description of the machinery and personnel monitoring of the hemodialysis process. It is an in‐depth review of hemodialysis safety monitors, covering both blood and dialysate circuits. Most if not all information is obtained from clinical research and actual hemodialysis experience. Expert and seasoned MDs and RNs in the ESRD field have reviewed all. Contained are graphics and material especially dra wn and written for it. Much of the material is derived from Joanne’s “hands on” educational experience and her role as a nursing consultant and advisor to the ESRD XE "End State Renal Disease"  industry.

ISBN 1‐892265‐05‐2. 1st Edition 2004.

$100.00 plus $15.00 S & H. California Residents please add 10.25% state tax to purchase price.

1. Read the objectives, introduction and the entire monograph.

2. Take the Dialysate post-test located in the back of this book. Fill in your answers on the enclosed Scantron answer form using a #2 pencil. Do NOT use ink. We have converted all post-test answers to the Scantron format.

3. Fill in the required information on the registration form located after the posttest. Please complete the monograph evaluation on this form.

4. You will be notified of your test results in 4 weeks or less. If you pass, Hemodialysis, Inc. will award a certificate for earned contact hours. If you fail the test, you may submit another answer form within thirty (30) days with no surcharges.

Shipping Information

• Regular Orders

  We ship all books by priority mail —with tracking information— inside the USA. All orders are processed by hand as timely, expertly, and professionally as possible. Turn around time is within (2) weeks.

•  FedEx Mailing in USA

  An additional charge of seventy dollars ($70.00) is added for any order requiring FedEx mailing of any  document.

• NO Mailing Outside the USA

• Return Policy

  All returned non-defective books will have a fifty percent (50%) restocking fee. 

  1.   Mail the 1) original registration form and 2) Scantron answer form to the publisher within two (2) years of purchase of the monograph.

* A monograph is a writing, either in essay or book length, on a single or specific subject.

Blood and Uremia

Author:  Joanne D Pittard MS

Earn (30) Contact Hours

How to Receive Thirty (30) Contact Hours:

1. Read the objectives, introduction and the entire monograph.

2. Take the Dialysate post-test located in the back of this book. Fill in your answers on the enclosed Scantron answer form using a #2 pencil. Do NOT use ink. We have converted all post-test answers to the Scantron format.

3. Fill in the required information on the registration form located after the posttest. Please complete the monograph evaluation on this form.

4. You will be notified of your test results in 4 weeks or less. If you pass, Hemodialysis, Inc. will award a certificate for earned contact hours. If you fail the test, you may submit another answer form within thirty (30) days with no surcharges.

Shipping Information

• Regular Orders

  We ship all books by priority mail —with tracking information— inside the USA. All orders are processed by hand as timely, expertly, and professionally as possible. Turn around time is within (2) weeks.

•  FedEx Mailing in USA

  An additional charge of seventy dollars ($70.00) is added for any order requiring FedEx mailing of any  document.

• NO Mailing Outside the USA

• Return Policy

  All returned non-defective books will have a fifty percent (50%) restocking fee. 

  1.     Mail the 1) original registration form and 2) Scantron answer form to the publisher within two (2)                               years of purchase of the monograph.

* A monograph is a writing, either in essay or book length, on a single or specific subject.

Principles of Dialysis

Authors:  Joanne D Pittard MS, RN & John R De Palma, MD, FACP

Earn (30) Contact Hours

This monograph* updated to the 3rd edition,  reviews the principles of dialysis therapy for treating patients with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). Covered are acute and chronic renal failure, principles of hemodialysis, application of diffusion and ultrafiltration, dialysate solution, dialyzers, the hemodialysis system, the hemodialysis prescription, dialysis dose, access to the circulation, anticoagulation therapy, and alternative therapies. This monograph features more than 50 illustrations, formulas, graphs and tables. Included is an extensive glossary of terms. Also, included is the post test for this monograph.

ISBN 1‐892265‐06‐0. 3rd Edition 2006.

$100.00 plus $15.00 S & H. California Residents please add 10.25% state tax to purchase price.

1. Read the objectives, introduction and the entire monograph.

2. Take the Dialysate post-test located in the back of this book. Fill in your answers on the enclosed Scantron answer form using a #2 pencil. Do NOT use ink. We have converted all post-test answers to the Scantron format.

3. Fill in the required information on the registration form located after the posttest. Please complete the monograph evaluation on this form.

4. You will be notified of your test results in 4 weeks or less. If you pass, Hemodialysis, Inc. will award a certificate for earned contact hours. If you fail the test, you may submit another answer form within thirty (30) days with no surcharges.

Shipping Information

• Regular Orders

  We ship all books by priority mail —with tracking information— inside the USA. All orders are processed by hand as timely, expertly, and professionally as possible. Turn around time is within (2) weeks.

•  FedEx Mailing in USA

  An additional charge of seventy dollars ($70.00) is added for any order requiring FedEx mailing of any  document.

• NO Mailing Outside the USA

• Return Policy

  All returned non-defective books will have a fifty percent (50%) restocking fee. 

  1.     Mail the 1) original registration form and 2) Scantron answer form to the publisher within two (2)                               years of purchase of the monograph.

* A monograph is a writing, either in essay or book length, on a single or specific subject.