Comprehensive Nursing Care in Transplantology
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Care".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 March 2027 | Viewed by 165
Editors
Interests: heart; kidney transplantation; mechanical cardiac support; nursing care of organ recipients and donors; quality of life and psychological aspect of recipients functioning; adherence; attitudes towards organ donation
Interests: surgical nursing; transplant nursing; perioperative care; prehabilitation; extracorporeal therapy; care of organ recipients and donors; patient education; psychosocial and physical aspects of the functioning of organ recipients; care management in transplantology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, which will focus on the role of nursing care throughout the transplant–surgery continuum. Transplantology is one of the most demanding fields in modern medicine, requiring close interdisciplinary cooperation and highly specialized nursing skills. Advances in surgical methods, immunosuppressive treatments, prehabilitation, and extracorporeal support have greatly improved patient outcomes, but they also bring new challenges in perioperative and long-term care. Nursing professionals are essential to ensuring safety, maintaining continuity of care, providing education, and promoting effective self-management among transplant recipients. As the complexity of care grows, there is an increasing need to incorporate evidence-based practices into daily clinical decisions.
This Special Issue aims to showcase current evidence, innovations, and best practices in pre- and post-transplant nursing care. This topic aligns with the journal’s scope, emphasizing clinical care, patient outcomes, and health service delivery. This Special Issue will maintain a focused yet comprehensive clinical orientation.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following: perioperative nursing care, long-term follow-up, prehabilitation, safety and quality of care, patient education, transitional care, telehealth monitoring, and the application of extracorporeal therapies in the peri- and post-transplant population.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Irena Milaniak
Guest Editor
Dr. Marta Katarzyna Hreńczuk
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- transplant nursing
- care of organ recipients
- perioperative care
- prehabilitation in transplantology
- long-term care
- patient safety
- patient education
- quality of transplant care
- care coordination
- quality of life
- psychological adaptation
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