Nursing models: a useful strategy for nephrology nursing practice?

The use and misuse of nursing models has been a subject which has provoked intense debate amongst nurses both in clinical areas as well as within the realms of nursing academia. The impetus for such analysis has been increased by the many changes that are evolving in modern nursing. The Oxford Renal Unit, along with many of the UK units, has begun to question available nursing models, and whether they actually represent the reality of renal patient experience.