Principles of Nursing in Kidney Care (eBook, PDF)

Under the Auspices of EDTNA/ERCA and EKPF
Redaktion: Masià-Plana, Afra; Liossatou, Anastasia

• Format: PDF

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 373
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783031303203
• Artikelnr.: 70282909

Autorenporträt

Afra Masià-Plana, Registered Nurse since 2002, Psychologist, master's in psychology and research, postgraduate on health management and PhD on quality of life in patients undergoing chronic haemodialysis (2019). She worked as a registered nurse since 2002 in Spain and 5 years in Brisbane (Australia) and specify on hemodialysis.  Currently, she is  a Scientific board member of EDTNA/ERCA, post-doc fellow lecturer at the faculty of nursing in the University of Girona, Spain. Also  she is associate lecturer at the bachelor's degree of physiotherapy from the University of Girona, Spain. Anastasia Liossatou, Head Nurse at the Haemodialysis Unit, General Hospital of Kefalonia , Argostoli, Kefalonia, Greece has 25 years experience of which 22 in the nephrology field. Anastasia was trained as a nephrology nurse at the General Hospital of Papageorgiou, Thessaloniki, Greece. Her background is in haematology and hypertension while she was working at TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool  & St Georges Hospital, London, UK. She holds a master's degree in Nursing from the University of Liverpool, UK and a Diploma in Education.  Anastasia has been an EDTNA/ ERCA volunteer since 2003, serving the Association from various roles such as an EDTNA/ERCA Newsletter & Journal Co-Editor and the Chair of the EDTNA/ ERCA Scientific Programme Committee. In 2018, she joined the EDTNA/ERCA Executive Committee (EC), where she has undertaken the role of the Publications Coordinator. She has also contributed as an Editor and author to several guidebooks published by EDTNA/ERCA, and has presented many times at the EDTNA/ERCA conferences. Currently, Anastasia is undertaking her PhD at the Department of Nursing, The University of Peloponnese, Tripoli Greece.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction.- 2. Management of CKD.- 3. Nutrition in Kidney Care.- 4. Pharmacology in Kidney Care.- 5. Acute Kidney Injury: Key principles of nursing care for the patient with Acute Kidney Injury.- 6. Kidney replacement therapies: Hemodialysis.- 7. Kidney Replacement.- 8. Hygiene and infection control.- 9. Kidney care and management: Conservative care / Palliative care.- 10. Kidney transplantation.- 11. Management of elderly patient with kidney disease.- 12. Psychosocial implications in CKD.- 13. CKD care for pediatric and adolescent patients.- 14. Patient Partnership in Kidney Care: Education, health promotion, disease prevention.- 15. Quality assurance in kidney care.- 16. Care and management of kidney disease. Multidisciplinary approach.