A dialysis patient journey looks like this. There are about six stages. Please see and click each card. Then you will know what will happen.
You check in and are weighed before your dialysis session.
Your nurse checks your blood pressure and helps you get comfortable.
Your nurse connects you to the dialysis machine and starts your treatment.
Your nurse checks on you and may give you medicine prescribed by your kidney doctor (nephrologist). You can have a snack and a drink
Your nurse disconnects you safely and checks that you are feeling well. She will dress your connection spot.
You are weighed again and make a new appointment for next session You may feel tired and need some rest.