title: Quality in practice: setting a standard for the insertion of fistula needles.
abstract: Nursing research, involving haemodialysis patients completing mood diaries, conducted at St. James' Hospital in Leeds, has indicated that consecutive problematic haemodialysis sessions can significantly affect a patient psychologically (1,2). In response to these findings a nursing standard was set at the Lincoln Haemodialysis unit, a satellite unit of Leicester General Hospital Department of Nephrology, to identify pain on needle insertion.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit at Papworth Hospital, Cambridge.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Gerrish
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chamberlain
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pammenter
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Warwick
mesh_terms: D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009731:Nursing Audit; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D010147:Pain Measurement; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*