Dialysis Nursing Reference Cards

Maintenance Hemodialysis — one sheet per chair-side moment

Andrew Bland, MD, FACP, FAAP

Clinical Mastery Series Urine Nephrology Now

Nursing visual references

Browse all 23 dialysis nursing infographics. Each card also includes its matching graphic, readable text, and Markdown download.

How to Use These Cards

23 printable nursing reference cards.

Each card covers one moment at the dialysis chair. The front lists what to do, when to call the nephrologist, and what not to do. The back explains why, in three to five facts with references, and links the physician-level page in the Maintenance Hemodialysis module.

Every card prints on one sheet, front and back. Use the card’s own print button, or download the PDF. Where units make their own choices — dialysate temperature, treatment extensions, iron schedules, product selection — the cards say “per your unit protocol.” The physician’s written order and the unit protocol always govern. For education; not a substitute for clinical judgment.

Missed Treatments: Meet People Where They Are

Understand the reasons for not coming, respond with empathy, and agree on a workable next step.

Vascular Access: Older Adults and Heart Failure

Shared access decisions, treatment burden, and the cardiac effects of fistulas and grafts. Two focused nursing cards, each with a printable two-sided PDF.

Monthly Labs and Quality Review: Focused Nursing Cards

Six separate cards for the questions behind the monthly dashboard. Each has a two-sided PDF and links to its complete evidence review.

Chair-Side and Treatment Cards

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