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CORE CURRICULUM FOR TRANSPLANT NURSES
Core Curriculum for Transplant Nurses
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By
. International Transplant Nurses Society

Description
Endorsed by the International Transplant Nurses Association, this book provides a guide to safe and effective care for solid organ transplant recipients. It includes coverage of the unique requirements of each organ transplanted, with separate chapters for heart, lung, kidney, liver, small intestine, and pancreas/islet cell transplantation. Other chapters cover important topics that affect all organs, such as immunology, infections, pharmaceutical agents, and patient education and discharge planning.

Contents
1. Transplant Evaluation Process: Physiological and Psychosocial

2. Transplant Immunology

3. Patient Education and Discharge Planning

4. Transplant Pharmacology

5. Transplant Complications: Infectious

6. Transplant Complications: Non-infectious

7. Care of Living Donors

8. Professional Issues in Transplantation

9. Heart Transplantation

10. Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation

11. Liver Transplantation

12. Small Bowel Transplantation

13. Kidney Transplantation

14. Pancreas and SPK Transplantation

15. Pediatric Transplantation: Heart, Kidney, Abdominal, and Intestinal

16. Psychosocial Issues in Transplantation

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 736 pages, publication date: AUG-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-04411-0
ISBN-10: 0-323-04411-5
Imprint: MOSBY


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