How Attending a Convention Saved Lives During the Pandemic with Faith Lynch, MSN, RN, CNN [VID]
In this video podcast, Adrianne welcomes Faith Lynch, a clinical nurse manager, practice leader, a passionate hemodialysis nurse, former chair of the American Nephrology Nurses Association, mother, and wonderful woman to interview. They have a convivial discussion about Faith’s career as a dialysis nurse, discuss what dialysis is, how it affects patients’ lives but most importantly, they discuss a big change Faith catalyzed at her hospital.
During the height of the COVID pandemic in New York City, Faith cites that about 80% of their hospitalized COVID patients were experiencing some form of kidney failure requiring hemodialysis. Enter the Tablo, an HD (hemodialysis) machine the size of a mini-fridge, which Faith had encountered at a convention way before we knew what COVID was or how it would impact us. Faith goes into detail about how this revolutionary machine made a profound impact on nurses’ ability to provide care to patients, as well as how it reduced the risk to nurses themselves.
This photo on the Outset Medical website is a perfect illustration of the compact size of this device. Here we see it in the home setting, the size of a small refrigerator.
Faith also has words of wisdom for nursing students and new nurses who wonder if a career in dialysis is right for them, and how conventions and involvement in professional associations can positively impact your career from the beginning.
This conversation is a great kickoff to Season 7 and is not to be missed.
If you’d like to connect with Faith, you can find her on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/faith-lynch-msn-rn-cnn-85b525124/
Check out the Tablo at https://www.outsetmedical.com/tablo/
Learn more about the American Nephrology Nurses Association:
https://www.annanurse.org/
And for students, Faith wants you to check out the Way Into Nephrology Nursing (WINN) https://www.annanurse.org/about/membership/join-or-renew/free-virtual-student-membership
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