The Growth and Development of Nephrology Nursing - Martha L. Orr

Link to full text article. (pdf format requires Adobe Acrobat reader)  Nephrology Nursing Journal - 36:2:193 - March/April 2009  

Nephrology Nursing 1915-1970: A Historical Study of the Integration of Technology and Care - Nancy Hoffart

Link to full text article. (pdf format requires Adobe Acrobat reader)  Nephrology Nursing Journal - 36:2:181 - March/April 2009  
Findings of this study of the role and functions of nurses working with renal dialysis and transplant teams between 1915 and 1970 suggest that many of the activities of dialysis and transplant nurses were assistive and technical in nature. However, further analysis of the characteristics of direct nursing care demonstrates that early nephrology nurses incorporated family support, interpersonal communication, and patient teaching as essential components in order to assist patients and their families in coping with the stresses of receiving these new experimental treatments.

The Development of Kidney Transplant Nursing - Nancy Hoffart

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An analysis of published literature, interviews with early transplant nurses, and other primary source materials shows how evolving medical treatments for rejection, nurses’ ability to learn on the job, and their commitment to patients influenced the development of kidney transplantation as a specialized area of practice. The work of these nurses work is discussed in the context of unfolding nursing specialization at the middle of the twentieth century.

A clinical score to predict 6-month prognosis in elderly patients starting dialysis for end-stage renal disease - Cécile Couchoud, Michel Labeeuw, Olivier Moranne, Vincent Allot, Vincent Esnault, Luc Frimat, Bénédicte Stengel, and for the French Renal Epidemiology and Information Network (REIN) registry

Link to abstract.  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation - 24:5:1553-1561 - May 2009  
This simple clinical score effectively predicts short-term prognosis among elderly patients starting dialysis. It should help to illuminate clinical decision making, but cannot be used to withhold dialysis. It ought to only be used by nephrologists to facilitate the discussion with the patients and their families.

Peritoneal Dialysis Nursing – We’ve Come a Long Way - Barbara F. Prowant

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Medication-taking among adult renal transplant recipients: barriers and strategies - Elisa J. Gordon, Mary Gallant, Ashwini R. Sehgal, David Conti, Laura A. Siminoff

Link to abstract.  Transplant International - 22:5:534-545 - May 2009  
Understanding the range of barriers to adherence and strategies kidney recipients devised to promote medication-taking may help transplant clinicians to better educate transplant recipients about appropriate medication-taking, mitigate the risk of medication nonadherence-related rejection, and may help inform patient-centered interventions to improve medication adherence.