ISN-KDIGO Webinar: KDIGO Workshop on the Nurse’s Role in Managing the Symptoms of People Receiving Dialysis

Nephrology nurses have a pivotal role in the multidisciplinary assessment and management of symptoms experienced by people receiving dialysis. In December 2023, KDIGO held a workshop to collaboratively develop and recommend processes for articulating the important role of nurses in capturing and managing dialysis-associated symptoms. This webinar will discuss the symptoms patients on dialysis experience, the role of the nurse in symptom management, and the patient experience.  

Learning objectives:

- Discuss the role of the nurse in symptom management
- Consider the dialysis experience from the patient perspective
- Review how to assess the symptoms of people receiving dialysis  

Further reading:

• The Role of Nephrology Nurses in Symptom Management – Reflections on the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes Controversies Conference on Symptom-Based Complications in Dialysis Care