Nephrology Clinical Pocket Encyclopedia 2026

A bedside kidney-care reference built for the questions nurses and APPs actually face.

A falling urine output. A potassium result that arrives before the patient does. A dialysis access arm that suddenly feels different. Kidney problems rarely present as one clean question, and the safe next step depends on reading the whole picture: the trend, the measurement, the medication list and the person in front of you.

This reference connects kidney physiology to the work of registered nurses, advanced practice providers and supervised learners: assessing, interpreting results in context, reconciling medications, documenting clearly and escalating at the right moment.

What is inside

• Sixteen chapters on bedside renal assessment, acute kidney injury and acute kidney disease, chronic kidney disease, fluid balance, sodium and water, potassium, magnesium, calcium and phosphate, acid-base interpretation, glomerular and vascular disorders, tubular, cystic and obstructive disorders, hemodialysis and vascular access, peritoneal dialysis, continuous kidney replacement in critical care, transplantation, medication stewardship, special populations and care transitions, and renal emergencies.
• A fictional patient in every chapter, followed from the first finding to case resolution, so the reasoning is shown in sequence rather than in isolation.
• Six kinds of clinical panels: Renal Safety Signals, Mechanism at the Bedside, Medication and Clearance Checks, Dialysis Decision Context, Patient Teaching Translations and Clinical-Use Reminders.
• Alphabetical bedside entries, worked patterns, documentation templates and communication examples inside the chapters where they are most useful.
• Five back-of-book reference sections: a drug class reference, laboratory reference values with source dates, dialysis access and modality safety, renal emergency escalation and a clinical glossary.
• 80 full-color teaching figures, a paged list of figures, 153 dated references and a detailed index.