Haematology Nursing (eBook)

Marvelle Brown is a Macmillan Senior Lecturer in Haematology and Programme Leader for BSc(Hons) professional practice degrees, has worked in haematology nursing for 12 years. She entered nurse education in 1991 and specialises as a lecturer for the Clinical Haematology degree for nurses at the Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Thames Valley University in Ealing. Marvelle has spoken widely at nursing conferences both nationally and internationally and features regularly in the nursing press including the RCN publication Cancer Nursing Practice. Tracey Jane Burgoyne is Senior Lecturer/Practitioner in Haematology at the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, and is programme director for the degree level study in Haematology, Cancer Care and Palliative Care and runs the Haematology and chemotherapy courses.

Contributors vii

Foreword x

Section 1 Introduction to Haematology 1

1 Understanding Haemopoiesis 3
Marvelle Brown

2 Immunology 22
Jane Richardson and Tracey Cutler

3 Genes and Haematology 37
Gwyneth Morgan

4 The Cell 50
Louise Knight

Section 2 Non-Malignant Haematology 61

Anaemia

5 Aplastic Anaemia: Pathophysiology, Care and Management 63
Audrey Yandle

6 Nutritional Anaemia: Pathophysiology, Care and Management 79
Marvelle Brown

7 Acquired Haemolytic Anaemia: Pathophysiology, Care and Management 96
Marvelle Brown

8 Inherited Haemolytic Anaemia: Pathophysiology, Care and Management 107
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Haemoglobinopathies

9 Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassaemia: Pathophysiology, Care and Management 117
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Haemochromatosis

10 Haemochromatosis: Pathophysiology, Care and Management 150
Jan Green

Section 3 Myeloproliferative and Lymphoproliferative Disorders 163

11 Polycythaemia: Pathophysiology, Care and Management 165
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12 The Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Pathophysiology, Care and Management 171
Jackie Green

13 Acute Leukaemia: Pathophysiology, Care and Management 183
Jackie Green

14 Chronic Leukaemia: Pathophysiology, Care and Management 195
Samantha Toland

15 Multiple Myeloma: Pathophysiology, Care and Management 202
Marvelle Brown

16 Lymphoma: Pathophysiology, Care and Management 217
Tracey Cutler

Section 4 Nursing Care Interventions 233

17 Blood Transfusion 235
Jan Green

18 Venous Access Devices 261
Janice Gabriel

19 Chemotherapy and Monoclonal Antibodies 275
Alison Simons and Tracey Cutler

20 Haemopoietic Stem Cell Transplant 287
Tracey Cutler

21 Palliative Care in Haematology 300
Dion Smyth

Glossary of Terms 314

Index 317