Topics and Bibliographies

Home Dialysis/Minority Care/Disparities

Racial and ethnic disparities will be addressed by Dr. Berns in his presentation.  This will fall under social work practice, knowledge and skills in the acceptable content areas.  The following journal articles outline the need for social workers to understand the impact of these disparities.

Mehrotra R, Soohoo M, Rivara MB, et al. Racial and ethnic disparities in use of and outcomes with home dialysis in the United States. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015 Dec 10. [Epub ahead of print]

Kang SK, Can racial disparity in health between black and white Americans be attributed to racial disparities in body weight and socioeconomic status? Health Social Work 2010 Nov; 35(4):257-66.

Managing Conflict in the Dialysis Clinic

Analysis of patient grievances and staff concerns communicated to Network 3 indicated that staff-patient and patient-patient conflict are common and proper timely management can prevent or reduce escalation.  Social workers are expect to anticipate, manage and resolve conflict in the dialysis setting.  Jennifer Payton will present evidence-based conflict management skills and work within the interdisciplinary team to anticipate, manage and resolve conflict. This falls under social work practice, knowledge and skills.

Marilyn Ridenour. Workplace Violence in the Healthcare Setting. Medscape. Sep 13, 2011

U. S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA 3148-01R:
Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Health Care and Social Service Workers, 2004.

Patient Violence Towards Counselors in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs: Prevalence, Predictors, and Responses. Bride, Brian E. et al. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment , Volume 57 , 9 - 17 October 2015

ESCO Model and Desired Outcomes

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have initiated a new approach to the provision of dialysis services.  This new approach is known as the ESRD Seamless Care Organization (ESCO).  The dialysis providers were tasked with creating new ways to improve care to dialysis patients in a person-centered, high-quality model.  Dr. Kapoian will speak about the ESCO in NJ run by Dialysis Clinics, Inc. (DCI) a national not for profit dialysis company.  The role of the case manager in the ESCO will be outlined.  This falls under social policy.
 
https://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/comprehensive-ESRD-care/

Depression Screening Tools: Policy and Nephrology Social Work Interventions

Depression is seen in many patients with ESRD.  Many journal articles focus on identifying and treating these patients.  This topic meets the social work content area of "theories and concepts of human behavior and the social environment as well as social practice, knowledge and skills".  The presentation by Tom Lepetich will address this area and the need for proper screening of ESRD patients for depression.

Dedayati, Susan, Yalamanchile, V, Finkelstein, F., A practical approach to the treatment of depression in patients with chronic kidney disease and end -stage renal disease; Kidney Int. 2012 February: 81 (3): 247-255.

John H. Genrich, Leslie C. McGuire. Identifying Mental Illness Early Through Routine Mental Health Screening. Medscape. Nov 02, 2009.

End of Life Issues for the ESRD Patient

The presentation on End of Life Issues impacting dialysis patients is rooted in social work practice; knowledge and skills.  The onset of the discussion of death panels with the ACA has increased the need for social work professionals to have an understanding of their roles in end of life care.  For the renal social worker, this issue is often faced as patients decide to discontinue dialysis and enter into hospice care.

Renal Physicians Association, Shared Decision Making in the Appropriate Initiation of and Withdrawal from Dialysis, 2nd ed. October 2010 Rockville, MD

Chambers EJ, Germain M. Brown E, eds. Supportive Care for the Renal Patient, 2nd ed. Oxford:  Oxford University Press, 2010

Davison, Sara N., The Ethics of End-of-Life Care for Patients with ESRD, CJASN December 07, 2012 vol. 7 no. 12 2049-2057