Year
2003
Degree Name
Master of Nursing (Hons.)
Department
Department of Nursing
Recommended Citation
Bouvet, Edwin Maurice, Adaptation to renal transplantation: an exploratory qualitative study, Master of Nursing (Hons.) thesis, Department of Nursing, University of Wollongong, 2003. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/2599
Abstract
Knowledge of individual client's emotional and psychological reactions to renal transplantation is essential for the effective delivery of preoperative and post-operative nursing care. In this study six recipients of donor kidneys were each interviewed over a period of six months at two monthly intervals.
The interviews were unstructured, almost conversational, and the qualitative data collected was analysed based on the principles of phenomenology and organized into eight basic themes. After close examination of the material collected, significant issues of concern were identified and these became the focus of further and more intense study. This culminated in chapter six with three distinctive areas of concern being noted.
Nurses who deal with clients who are preparing to undertake a transplant or who have received a donor kidney are confronted with the challenge of managing a range of human emotions, which are the product of very personal perceptions of life, beliefs, and reactions to physical trauma. This study will provide the individual nurse with invaluable awareness of how best to respond to these demands.
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.