Renal nursing : care and management of people with kidney disease / edited by Nicola Thomas, Helen Noble.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The history of kidney dialysis and transplantation / Nicola Thomas -- Applied anatomy and physiology, the kidney disease process, and kidney investigations / Claire Carswell and Stephen O'Neil -- Patient and carer involvement in kidney care, education, and research / Brian Gracey, Linda Gracey, Fiona Loud, and Nicola Thomas -- Emotional well-being / Fiona Murphy -- Acute kidney injury / Marissa Dainton -- Chronic kidney disease and advanced kidney care / Nicola Thomas and Catherine Maina -- Haemodialysis / Catherin Fielding -- Peritoneal dialysis / Sally Punzalan -- Kidney transplantation / Victoria Dunsmore -- Non-dialytic options and a palliative conservative management approach / Helen Noble, Claire Carswell, and Ian Walsh -- Kidney care in infancy, childhood, and early adulthood / Diane Blyton and Shelley Jepson -- Nutrition in kidney disease / Barbara Engel and Pearl Pugh -- Quality improvement and nursing research in kidney care / Nicola Thomas.

Now in its fifth edition, Renal Nursing continues to be the essential evidence-based guide to nephrology and kidney care for nurses and allied health care professionals. This comprehensive text examines the stages of chronic kidney disease, pre-dialysis care, acute kidney injury, renal replacement therapy, renal nutrition, renal care in children and young people and more. Renal Nursing is an indispensable resource for nurses working in nephrology, dialysis and transplantation, nurses in post-registration renal courses, student nurses in renal wards, specialist renal dietitians, pharmacists and other allied health professionals in related fields.