Nursing, Nutrition and Allied Health Professionals Symposium - How Can We Incorporate Patient Voices When Training Kidney Health Professionals?

Session description:
This session will focus on several patients’ centred aspects in collaborative kidney care and discuss how diverse professional roles collaborating with patients and families optimized patient-centred care. The session will discuss how to improve health literacy in patients with CKD, how to incorporate patients voices in kidney health professional training and the role played by nurses in patients’ education. Finally, potential challenges in implementing exercise programs in kidney care will be presented as well as possible solutions to overcome these barriers.

Learning objectives:
To differentiate the challenges of hearing patients' voices to improve kidney nurses' training, taking into consideration of health literacy, exercise implementations and the nurse's role.