Prof Helen Hurst's Outputs (26)
Peritoneal dialysis training and interventions: A narrative review (2025)
Journal Article
Background Peritoneal dialysis (PD) training and education for patients and their caregivers, provided by PD nurses, are crucial for effective PD programs. The goal is to impart sufficient knowledge, skills, training, and support to minimize complica... Read More about Peritoneal dialysis training and interventions: A narrative review.
Rehabilitation Interventions to modify physical frailty in adult lung transplant candidates: a systematic review (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Purpose: Physical frailty is prevalent in lung transplant (LT) candidates and is linked to adverse outcomes both pre and postoperatively. Exercise has been proven beneficial in optimising exercise capacity and quality of life in LT candidates but its... Read More about Rehabilitation Interventions to modify physical frailty in adult lung transplant candidates: a systematic review.
Identifying interventions to optimise advanced kidney care services: scoping review protocol (2025)
Journal Article
Introduction: Multidisciplinary advanced kidney care (AKC) services provide care to patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) (typically estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≤20 mls/min/1.73m2), as symptoms and complications become m... Read More about Identifying interventions to optimise advanced kidney care services: scoping review protocol.
“Three Sides to Every Story”: Living the Patient, Carer and Staff Experience of COVID (2025)
Journal Article
In 2020, the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) braced itself for the challenge of the COVID pandemic. Older, frail adults were among those at highest risk for morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to capture the lived experiences of patients, fa... Read More about “Three Sides to Every Story”: Living the Patient, Carer and Staff Experience of COVID.
Rehabilitation for Physical Frailty in Lung Transplant Candidates: A Systematic Review (2024)
Journal Article
McGarrigle, L., Norman, G., Hurst, H., Gillespie, L., & Todd, C. (2024). Rehabilitation for Physical Frailty in Lung Transplant Candidates: A Systematic Review. Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal, https://doi.org/10.1097/cpt.0000000000000265Purpose: Physical frailty is prevalent in lung transplant (LTx) candidates and is linked to adverse outcomes preoperatively and postoperatively. Exercise is beneficial in optimizing exercise capacity and quality of life in candidates, but its impact... Read More about Rehabilitation for Physical Frailty in Lung Transplant Candidates: A Systematic Review.
Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Workshop on the Nurse's Role in Managing the Symptoms of People Receiving Dialysis. (2024)
Journal Article
Adults with kidney failure receiving dialysis frequently report high symptom burden that can limit life participation and decrease the quality of life. Fatigue, itch, pain, anxiety, depressive symptoms, sleep problems, nausea, vomiting, muscle cramps... Read More about Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Workshop on the Nurse's Role in Managing the Symptoms of People Receiving Dialysis..
Challenges and future education and training for nurses working in kidney care (2024)
Journal Article
Hurst, H. (2024). Challenges and future education and training for nurses working in kidney care. Journal of Kidney Care, 9(5), 246-249. https://doi.org/10.12968/jokc.2024.9.5.246Helen Hurst outlines the Enhanced practice in kidney care: a renal nursing course and the challenges recruiting and retaining nurses in the NHS
Aim of the Research:
The research used a constructivist grounded theory approach to work with tactical commanders in hospitals to develop a substantive theory that helps to understand how these commanders sought to manage the immediate organisationa... Read More about During sudden onset critical and major incidents affecting NHS hospitals, what decisions are made by hospital tactical commanders, and how are they made? A constructivist grounded theory approach.
Development of a Resource for Health Professionals to Raise Advance Care Planning Topics During Kidney Care Consultations: A Multiple User-Centered Design. (2024)
Journal Article
Planning and delivering treatment pathways that integrate end-of-life care, frailty assessment, and enhanced supportive care is a service priority. Despite this, people with kidney failure are less likely to have an advance care plan and receive hosp... Read More about Development of a Resource for Health Professionals to Raise Advance Care Planning Topics During Kidney Care Consultations: A Multiple User-Centered Design..
Nursing management of catheter-related non-infectious complications of PD: Your questions answered (2024)
Journal Article
A review from the last seven years (August 2016–July 2023) of questions posted to the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) website “Questions about PD” by nurses and physicians from around the world revealed that 19 of the questions w... Read More about Nursing management of catheter-related non-infectious complications of PD: Your questions answered.
Rehabilitation interventions to modify physical frailty in adults before lung transplantation: a systematic review protocol. (2024)
Journal Article
McGarrigle, L., Norman, G., Hurst, H., & Todd, C. (2024). Rehabilitation interventions to modify physical frailty in adults before lung transplantation: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open, 14(4), e078561. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078561Lung transplantation is the gold-standard treatment for end-stage lung disease for a small group of patients meeting strict acceptance criteria after optimal medical management has failed. Physical frailty is prevalent in lung transplant candidates a... Read More about Rehabilitation interventions to modify physical frailty in adults before lung transplantation: a systematic review protocol..
1963 `Three sides to every story'- Living the patient, carer and staff experience of COVID (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Introduction When COVID-19 first entered our world in March 2020 and the country went into lock down, the NHS braced itself for one of its biggest challenges of this century. Older, frail patients were in the highest risk group, with those in care ho... Read More about 1963 `Three sides to every story'- Living the patient, carer and staff experience of COVID.
The Role of Nephrology Nurses in Symptom Management: Reflections on the KDIGO Controversies Conference on Symptom-Based Complications in Dialysis Care (2023)
Journal Article
People with kidney failure undergoing dialysis frequently report distressful symptoms, such as fatigue, pain, and pruritus. These symptoms have negative impacts on quality of life and other clinical outcomes, including health care utilization and mor... Read More about The Role of Nephrology Nurses in Symptom Management: Reflections on the KDIGO Controversies Conference on Symptom-Based Complications in Dialysis Care.
Delivering Personalized, Goal-Directed Care to Older Patients Receiving Peritoneal Dialysis (2023)
Journal Article
Wu, H. H. L., Poulikakos, D., Hurst, H., Lewis, D., & Chinnadurai, R. (2023). Delivering Personalized, Goal-Directed Care to Older Patients Receiving Peritoneal Dialysis. Kidney Diseases, 9(5), 358-370. https://doi.org/10.1159/000531367Background: An aging population living with chronic kidney disease and progressing to kidney failure, subsequently receiving peritoneal dialysis (PD) is growing. A significant proportion of these patients are also living with multi-morbidities and so... Read More about Delivering Personalized, Goal-Directed Care to Older Patients Receiving Peritoneal Dialysis.
ISPD Catheter-related Infection Recommendations: 2023 Update (2023)
Journal Article
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter-related infections are important risk factors for catheter loss and peritonitis. The 2023 updated recommendations have revised and clarified definitions and classifications of exit site infection and tunnel infection... Read More about ISPD Catheter-related Infection Recommendations: 2023 Update.
The importance of falls assessments and prevention in chronic kidney disease (2023)
Journal Article
Hurst, H., Ramsey, S., & Young, H. M. (2023). The importance of falls assessments and prevention in chronic kidney disease. Journal of Kidney Care, 8(3), 121-127. https://doi.org/10.12968/jokc.2023.8.3.121Falls among older people with chronic kidney disease are of concern. Professor Helen Hurst and colleagues explore assessments of falls and propose the need to consider potentially helpful interventions
Outcomes and care priorities for older people living with frailty and advanced chronic kidney disease: a multi-professional scoping review (2022)
Journal Article
Hurst, H., Young, H., Nixon, A., Brettle, A., & Ormandy, P. (2022). Outcomes and care priorities for older people living with frailty and advanced chronic kidney disease: a multi-professional scoping review. Age and ageing, 51(12), https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac296Background
The growing older population with advanced chronic kidney disease (ACKD stages 4-5) poses
a challenge for healthcare worldwide. The high prevalence of frailty and associated adverse
health outcomes highlights concerns for management and... Read More about Outcomes and care priorities for older people living with frailty and advanced chronic kidney disease: a multi-professional scoping review.
PD effluent specimen collection: your questions answered (2022)
Journal Article
Figueiredo, A., Bowes, E., Chow, J., Hurst, H., Neumann, J., Walker, R., & Brunier, G. (2022). PD effluent specimen collection: your questions answered. Peritoneal dialysis international, https://doi.org/10.1177/08968608221136389When a patient on peritoneal dialysis (PD) presents with suspected PD-related peritonitis (e.g. cloudy PD fluid and abdominal pain), one of the most important initial aspects of management is for the nephrology nurse/home dialysis nurse to collect PD... Read More about PD effluent specimen collection: your questions answered.
Establishing a core outcome measure for life participation in patients receiving peritoneal dialysis: a standardised outcomes in Nephrology–Peritoneal dialysis consensus workshop report (2022)
Journal Article
Background:
Life participation is an outcome of critical importance to patients receiving peritoneal dialysis (PD). However, there is no widely accepted or validated tool for measuring life participation in patients receiving PD.
Methods:
Online c... Read More about Establishing a core outcome measure for life participation in patients receiving peritoneal dialysis: a standardised outcomes in Nephrology–Peritoneal dialysis consensus workshop report.