Haematology Nursing is a comprehensive handbook, with a nursing focus, on the care and management of patients with haematological disorders. Divided into four sections, the first provides an introduction to haematology, looking at haemopoiesis, immunology and genetics. Section Two covers non-malignant haematology, including anaemia, haemoglobinopathies and haemochromatosis. Section Three explores the pathophysiology, care and management of myeloproliferative and lymphoproliferative disorders, including leukaemia, myeloma, and lymphoma. The final section provides information on various nursing care interventions, including blood transfusion, venous access devices, and palliative care.
Aimed principally at nurses working in a variety of settings including haematology/oncology wards, medical/haematology wards, specialist bone marrow transplant centres, and community settings, Haematology Nursing is an essential and much-needed reference guide.
Edited by:
Marvelle Brown (University of West London UK),
Tracey Cutler
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 244mm,
Width: 173mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 658g
ISBN: 9781405169967
ISBN 10: 1405169966
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 13 April 2012
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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 Marvelle Brown Haemoglobinopathies 9 Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassaemia: Pathophysiology, Care and Management 117 Marvelle Brown Haemochromatosis 10 Haemochromatosis: Pathophysiology, Care and Management 150 Jan Green Section 3 Myeloproliferative and Lymphoproliferative Disorders 163 11 Polycythaemia: Pathophysiology, Care and Management 165 Marvelle Brown 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
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.
