Season 5 Episode 3: Easing the Treatment Burden: The Nurse's Role in Patient and Caregiver Support

This episode features a discussion among kidney nurses about the challenges patients face while on their renal replacement journey, and the various ways nurses can support them and their caregivers. The conversation includes suggestions for new nurses entering the field, thoughts on improving patient support, and discusses how approaches may vary in different contexts. Ana Elizabeth Prado Lima Figueiredo – Professor, School of Nursing at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do SulElaine Bowes – Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist and Advanced Level Nurse Practitioner in Peritoneal Dialysis at Kings College HospitalFatima de Figueiredo - Renal Vascular Access Nurse, Kings Renal Unit, King's College Hospital Foundation TrustJane van der Jeugd - Nurse Practitioner: Transplantation I Nephrology, Flinders Medical Centre, Southern Adelaide Local Health NetworkZehra Aydin - Assistant Professor at Istanbul Atlas University