Book Description
This book offers a practical approach to guide nurses in the art and science of renal care. It is holistic, as well as technical, therapeutic and compassionate, in its approach. Acute and chronic renal failure, renal osteodystrophy and other selected diseases are comprehensively discussed. The nurse’s role with regard to specific treatments such as dialysis, haemodialysis, plasma exchange and haemoperfusion, and also organ transplantation procedures are discussed in detail. In addition to these thoroughly explained aspects, there is also a section that relates specifically to paediatric care. The final section of the book is devoted to the use of complementary therapies and alternative medicine in renal disease.
This practical book will assist in the development of high quality renal nurses and nurse practitioners.
Key Features
- Designed for all renal nurses and for general nurses who care for patients with impaired renal function
- Written for Australian nurses, but with reference to the international context of renal nursing
- Covers the full gamut of caring for renal patients, including paediatric nephrology
- Numerous explanatory tables and figures
- Detailed but easily read chapters divided into seven specific sections
About The Author
Bobbee Terrill
Bobbee Terrill lives in Melbourne, Australia and is currently employed in the Department of Nephrology at the Monash Medical Centre. She is a highly experienced renal nurse who has been working in this specialist area of care for the past 22 years. Bobbee has taught renal nursing at the Repatriation General Hospital in Melbourne, Australia where she was highly regarded as a nurse educator. She currently teaches in undergraduate and postgraduate nursing programs and has a keen interest in bioethics. The thesis for her Master of Nursing Studies examined the relationship between nurses and patients who receive long term dialysis, and the impact the deaths of these patients may have on nurses’ careers. Bobbee is a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing Australia and a current member and past state president of the Renal Society of Australasia (RSA). Currently she is the RSA representative for the World Foundation for Renal Care.
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