Long-term care and nursing management of a patient who is the recipient of a renal transplant

Abstract

This is the final article in a three-part education series on renal transplantation, which addresses the specialist knowledge required in the long-term management of the people undergoing renal transplantation. The first article in this series (Murphy F., Trevitt R., Chamney M. et al. (2011). Patient health and well-being while waiting for renal transplantation: Part 1. Journal of Renal Care 37(4), 224-231) addressed patient health and well being while waiting for a renal transplant. The second article (Trevitt R., Dunsmore V., Murphy F., Piso L., Perriss C., Englebright B. & Chamney M. (2012) Pre- and post-transplant care: nursing management of the renal transplant recipient: Part 2. Journal of Renal Care 38(2), 107-114) examined pre- and post-operative care and management.