Renal Nursing

Professor Nicola Thomas is Professor of Kidney Care at London South Bank University in the UK. She is a registered nurse with more than 40 years’ experience in renal nursing practice, education, and research. Her clinical and research work has focused on prevention and self-management of kidney disease, with a specific interest in health inequalities. She is experienced in patient and public involvement initiatives and is a founder member of the Kidney Patient Involvement Network (KPIN). She is a past Executive Board member of the Association of Nephrology Nurses UK and past Editor of the Journal of Renal Care. She was President of the European Dialysis and Transplant Nurses’ Association/European Renal Care Association (EDTNA/ERCA) in 2000-2001.

Professor Helen Noble is Professor of Nursing at Queens University Belfast in the UK. As a registered nurse and with extensive experience in renal nursing practice and education, her international, collaborative research is aimed at improving the quality of life and well-being of people with kidney disease. She has developed novel collaborations with creative artists and kidney patients, leading the inaugural UK Renal Arts Group for which she was awarded the prestigious 2023 Donna Lamping MDT Researcher Award by the UK Kidney Association, the leading professional body for the UK renal community. She has helped deploy original creative arts approaches to improve health and wellbeing in renal healthcare staff, patients and their carers. She was previous Chair of the inaugural European Dialysis and Transplant Nurses’ Association/European Renal Care Association (EDTNA/ERCA) Research Board (2017-19) and subsequently a Scientific Board Committee (SPC) member (2019-2024).

List of Contributors vii

Foreword viii

Preface ix

Acknowledgements x

1 The History of Kidney Dialysis and Transplantation 1
Nicola Thomas

2 Applied Anatomy and Physiology, the Kidney Disease Process, and Kidney Investigations 14
Claire Carswell and Stephen O'Neil

3 Patient and Carer Involvement in Kidney Care, Education, and Research 52
Brian Gracey, Linda Gracey, Fiona Loud, and Nicola Thomas

4 Emotional Well-being 67
Fiona Murphy

5 Acute Kidney Injury 115
Marissa Dainton

6 Chronic Kidney Disease and Advanced Kidney Care 132
Nicola Thomas and Catherine Maina

7 Haemodialysis 148
Catherine Fielding

8 Peritoneal Dialysis 189
Sally Punzalan

9 Kidney Transplantation 220
Victoria Dunsmore

10 Non-dialytic Options and a Palliative Conservative Kidney Management Approach 262
Helen Noble, Claire Carswell, and Ian Walsh

11 Kidney Care in Infancy, Childhood, and Early Adulthood 274
Diane Blyton and Shelley Jepson

12 Nutrition in Kidney Disease 288
Barbara Engel and Pearl Pugh

13 Quality Improvement and Nursing Research in Kidney Care 326
Nicola Thomas

Index 334