“The Heart of the Center”: Exploring the Role of the Patient Care Technician in US Dialysis Care

“The Heart of the Center”: Exploring the Role of the Patient Care Technician in US Dialysis Care

Rationale & Objective: Dialysis patient care technicians (PCTs) provide essential, frontline care for patients receiving in-center hemodialysis. We qualitatively explored perceptions of the PCT job role, responsibilities, and training among current PCTs, non-PCT dialysis staff, and patients...

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Main Authors: Megan Urbanski, Emma Blythe, Alicia Hamblin, Alexis A. Bender, Courtney Hoge, Clarica Douglas-Ajayi, Fran Rickenbach, Jessica Joseph, Kelli Collins Damron, Jennifer Craft Morgan, Bernard Jaar, Laura Plantinga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-01-01
Series:Kidney Medicine
Subjects:
Focus groups
hemodialysis
health care workers
kidney failure
patient care technician
qualitative research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590059524001456
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