Core curriculum for transplant nurses / edited by Linda Ohler, Sandra A. Cupples.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ohler, Linda.

Cupples, Sandra A. (Sandra Ann)

International Transplant Nurses Society.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc--Nursing.

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.

Organ Transplantation--nursing.

Tissue Transplantation--nursing.

Perioperative Nursing--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Organ Transplantation--nursing.

Tissue Transplantation--nursing.

Perioperative Nursing--methods.

Physical Description:

xiii, 721 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby Elsevier : International Transplant Nurses Society, 2008.

Summary:

Written by nurses for nurses, this book focuses on the care of candidates awaiting transplantation in the intensive care unit as well as the care of recipients following solid organ transplantation. Separate chapters cover the unique requirements of care for recipients of heart, lung, kidney, liver, small intestine, and pancreas/islet cell transplants. Each chapter also includes discharge planning for patients and families. For topics that affect all organs, this guide provides separate chapters that address psychosocial issues, immunology, infections, noninfectious complications, pharmaceutical agents, and patient education.

Outstanding features: Includes detailed organ-specific evaluations for patients referred for transplantation, Identifies key physical findings of infection, rejection, malignancies, and other posttransplant complications, Describes the various immunosuppressive therapies that may be used, Identifies key pharmacologic principles that relate to the care of solid organ transplant recipients, Describes ethical issues such as living donations, procurement of deceased donors, and clinical transplantation, Presents international nursing perspectives and describes allocation systems for organs in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia, Serves as an ideal study guide for the certified clinical transplant nurse (CCTN) examination developed by the American Board for Transplant Certification in conjunction with the International Transplant Nurses Society.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Solid Organ Transplantation: The Evaluation Process / Maureen P. Flattery, Cheryl Dale 1

Chapter 2 Basics in Transplant Immunology / Frank E.L. Van Gelder, Linda Ohler 27

Chapter 3 Patient Education for the Transplant Recipient / Elizabeth Ann Sparks Ford, Elizabeth V. John 51

Chapter 4 Transplant Pharmacology / Agnes Costello, Glen J. Pearson 89

Chapter 5 Transplant Complications: Infectious Diseases / Sandra A. Cupples, Debi H. Dumas-Hicks, Lisa Burnapp 135

Chapter 6 Transplant Complications: Noninfectious Diseases / Nancy Stitt, Maria Angela Barone, Marcello Castellese, Sandra Giammona, Giovanni Scianna, Mariella Ziino, Sandra A. Cupples 201

Chapter 7 Care of Living Donors / Donna Gwinn, Jen Lumsdaine 267

Chapter 8 Professional Issues in Transplantation / Rebecca Winset, Janelle Yorke, Sandra A. Cupples 287

Chapter 9 Heart Transplantation / Christine Hartley, Grant Fisher, Sandra A. Cupples 305

Chapter 10 Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation / Connie White-Williams, Christiane Kugler, Brian Widmar 391

Chapter 11 Liver Transplantation / Sally Bufton, Karen Emmett, Anne-Marie Byerly 423

Chapter 12 Intestine Transplantation / Beverly Kosmach-Park, Maria DeAngelis 455

Chapter 13 Kidney Transplantation / Mary Jo Holechek, Greg Armstrong 513

Chapter 14 Pancreas and Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation / Michele D. Blakely, Diane Lepley, Terri Achanzar 557

Chapter 15 Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation / Barbara V. Wise, Grainne Walsh 583

Chapter 16 Psychosocial Issues in Transplantation / Kay Kendall, Maureen I. O'Dell 629

Appendix A Electrolyte Imbalances in Adults 663

Appendix B Basic Adult Laboratory Values 677.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0323044115

9780323044110

OCLC:

183829567