Main description:

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.

Contents:

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