This revised and updated new edition of the popular handbook focuses on bedside care of renal patients, from the mildly impaired to dialysis and transplant patients. Step-by-step guidelines pilot readers through assessment, proper drug doses, how and when to prescribe dialysis, how to manage hemodialysis and chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), immunosuppression of transplant patients, what to do during specific nephrologic emergencies, and more. Reviews of last edition: "Very well written and uniformly laid out. 'Boxed' items highlight particular points in each chapter, and the case summaries are quite illustrative on the topics being covered...Recommended." - "Dialysis and Transplantation". "Highly recommended as a reference for nephrology nurses and other allied health professionals. Well written, clearly organized and relevant...Provides valuable information." - "ANNA Journal (American Nephrology Nurses Association)".