Brand Ambassadors Country Activities 2015 - 2016

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DEBBIE FORTNUM AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND [email protected]

About Australia & New Zealand My Activities The key activity in Australia this year has been a huge contribution to the new Australia and New Zealand have over 11,000 people on dialysis and are EDTNA/ERCA “500 questions about Peritoneal Dialysis” handbook. A team of renowned world-wide for their home dialysis programs. Australian and New Zealand nurses have contributed and reviewed content: . Janis Powell 30% of patients in Australia are using either peritoneal dialysis (21%) or home haemodialysis (9%). 49% of patients in New Zealand are dialysing at home, with . Sandra Handy 15% on home haemodialysis. Home dialysis programs are traditionally managed . Lisa Pacquin by trained nurses with medical support for dialysis prescriptions and a general . Margot Gillies three monthly clinical review only. . Julie Reynolds . Serena Frasca There are no age restrictions in Australia for starting dialysis but those who are in frail health are offered the option of supportive care rather than dialysis. The I have had the pleasure of working with Aase Reimann as the co-author and Maria general philosophy is shared decision-making regarding treatment options. Garcia-Cruz who has worked tirelessly to support every aspect of development of this book. . Monthly updates about the EDTNA/ERCA have been placed in the Renal Society The three key areas for improvement are: News Bulletins . increasing the rate of native vascular access at commencement of . Monthly emails have been sent to the Australian and New Zealand members haemodialysis detailing the latest developments or updates from the EDTNA/ERCA . decreasing the rate of peritonitis for those on peritoneal dialysis . Information about the EDTNA/ERCA has been provided at the RSA annual . Increasing the rate of live donors for transplantation conference and two state education sessions . English review have been done of all publications/newsletters Many units are making improvements and data monitoring is a key part of this process. Future projects as Brand Ambassador . Poll the existing members to determine what they want from an ambassador and the preferred frequency of communications

Number Australia hosted 1200 delegates at the amazing 2016 International of EDTNA/ERCA Peritoneal Dialysis Society Conference in Melbourne Members in our country

29 Members

An avalanche of kidney disease on the way; . Australian population is growing, particularly the older age groups because life expectancy is high. . A baby boy born between 2010 and 2012 can expect to live to 79.9 years, a baby girl to 84.3 years . About 1 million Australians had diabetes in 2011–12 . About 85% had type 2 . 40% of kidney disease is now caused by diabetes and rising . Kidney disease increases by 4% annually . Aboriginals have 3 times the rate of diabetes, and 10 times the rate of kidney disease compared to the general population.

EDTNA/ERCA Members from Australia & New Zealand presenting papers at the 45th EDTNA/ERCA International Conference in Valencia . Ann Bonner: – Invited speaker and two papers from abstracts . David McIntyre: Presentation; ‘Monthly blood / patient reviews: A focused team based approach’. Poster; ‘Intradialytic hypotension: Is it all a matter of timing?’ . Debbie Fortnum: Presentation; ‘Australian patient views: the impact of dialysis treatment and gaps in education and support’ . Kay McLaughlin: Presentation; ‘Metal versus plastic cannula use for haemodialysis, an open label trial’ . Denise Beechey: Presentation; ‘Live kidney donation Aotearoa - a New Zealand solution’ Brand Ambassador

MICHEL RODEN BELGIUM [email protected]

About Belgium My Activities With the help of the Belgium Nephrology Industry McMedicol and Bellco, I was able to obtain 2 Awards for 2 of the 7 accepted Belgian abstracts at the Dresden International Conference. . Population : +/- 11.000.000 (2013) Bellco Belgium Award . Surface area : 30.526 km² Hemofiltration and Reinfusion (HFR): an educational movie to train our nursing staff. Van Paesschen N. Hemodialysis UZ Brussel, Brussel . Population density: 344,4/km² McMedicol Award . Federal capital: Brussels Implementation of a multidisciplinary consultation for chronic kidney disease stage 4 and 5. . Head of state: King Filip Dierickx K. Nephrology UZ Gasthuisberg, Leuven The two National Associations offered each 3 or 4 seminars during the academic year, I was . Prime minister: Louis Michel able to offer information concerning the 44th Annual EDTNA/ERCA Conference in Dresden, . National day: 21 July abstracts and membership inscription. The Dutch speaking ORPADT VL association gives me 2 or 3 times a year an opportunity to . National languages: Dutch; French and German write an article concerning EDTNA/ERCA in their Newsletter called “ORPADT – Forum”. . Currency: the euro (EUR) . Time zone: GMT + 1 (+2 in summer) Future projects as Brand Ambassador . th . Weights and measures: metric system Meeting you all at the 45 annual conference in Valence in 2016 . Further contacts with ORPADT French – ORPADT Flemish and DTV . Maximum distance between two points: +/- 280 km . Writing articles in the National Association Publications . Peak: Signal de Botrange: 694m . Providing National Scholarships for the Valence Conference 2016 . Average temperature: 9,8° Celsius . Attending seminars of the National Organizations ORPADT VL, ORPADT FR and DTV . Guide de translation group for the Dutch and French Newsletter . Calling Code: +32 . Looking out to increase the members ratio

Number of EDTNA/ERCA Members in our country

64 Members

EDTNA/ERCA Members from Belgium presenting papers at the 45th EDTNA/ERCA International Conference in Valencia.

Orale presentatie . View of renal patients and general practitioners on coordination of care Hellemans, A., Dierickx, K., Hallez, E., Kuypers, D., Claes, K. Nephrology, University Hospitals of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium . Pre-dialysis: set-up of an improved structure. Crols, S., Van Paesschen, N., Roden, M., François, K., Tielemans, C., Nursing Staff Haemodialysis Unit UZ Brussel. Dialysis Department, UZ Brussel VUB, Brussel, Belgium . Patients’ satisfaction with care about their treatment of chronic renal failure Olbrechts, C., Van Paesschen, N, Crols, S., Roden, M., Tielemans, C, Buyl, R., Nursing Staff Haemodialysis Unit UZ Brussel. Hemodialysis Department, UZ Brussel university hospital, Brussel, Belgium . Improved understanding of uraemic toxicity for management of chronic kidney disease in paediatric patients Snauwaert, E.1, Holvoet, E.2, Van Helleputte, J.2, Vande Walle, J.1, Raes, A.1, Van Biesen, W.2,Eloot, S.2. 1 Paediatric Nephrology, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium 2 Nephrology, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium Posterpresentatie . Digital literacy in patients with chronic kidney disease Hellemans, A.1, Dierickx, K.1, Hallez, E.1, Kuypers, D.1, Van den Bosch, B.2, Claes, K.1 1 Nephrology, University Hospitals of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium 2 IT, University Hospitals of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Brand Ambassador

MARJELKA TRKULJA CROATIA [email protected]

About Croatia My Activities . 44th Conference in Dresden presentation during Bantao & DiaTransplant Conference of nephrology, dialysis and transplantation nurses in Croatia

. Conference was held October 15th - 18th, 2015 in Opatija

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. Collaboration with Croatian volunteers . Capital City: Zagreb . President: Kolinda G.- Kitarović . Collaboration with National Nurses association . Calling code: +385 Future projects as Brand Ambassador . Peak: Dinara: 1831 m . Translation of the Newsletter . Population: 4 283 000 . 8 National parks. . Abstract marking . Over 1000 islands that covers . Chairing sessions at Conferences . around 3300 km2 . Currency: Kuna (kn) . Poster marking . Member of the EU since 2013. . Book translation

Number National nursing magazines of EDTNA/ERCA Members in our country HKMS HUMS 39 Members

Available at : Available at: http://www.hkms.hr/plavi_fokus/aktualni_fokus.pdf http://www.hkms.hr/fokus_flash.php

Organ and tissues donation and World Kidney Day – move your feet, Bantao & DiaTransplant transplantation day; Croatia 2016 Croatia 2016. Conferences, Croatia 2015.

EDTNA/ERCA Members from Croatia presenting papers at the 45th EDTNA/ERCA International Conference in Valencia. Oral: . Ksenija Valentak ; Peritoneal dialysis patients with Prune Belly Syndrome – a case report . Poster: . M. Kljak, A. Miličić, P. Kes, N. Bašić Jukić, I. Mesar; Successful outcome of pregnancy in a patient with chylomicronemia treated with therapeutic plasma exchange . B. Poje, Ž. Vidić, S. Šiljegović, B. Devčić, B. Vujičić, S. Rački The use of arteriovenous fistula catheters in patient with nonoptimal dialysis adequacy (case report) . B. Devcic, I. Mikulasevic, S. Racki, M. Praskalo, L. Orlic, B. Poje; Outcomes following renal transplantation in older renal transplant recipients . B. Devcic, Mikolasevic, L. Orlic, K. Anic, M. Jakopcic, S. Racki, B. Poje; Cytomegalovirus disease after renal transplantation . A. Miličić, M. M. Dumić, N. B. Jukić, M. Kljak; Continuous education of peritoneal dialysis patients . M. Mateljić, L.J. Peter, N. Bednjanec; When should peritoneal dialysis be resumed after gynaecological laparotomy? . N. Graho, A. Tomas Valentović, N. Bednjanec; 34 years of education for CAPD patients in Croatia – where we are today . R. Mateljic, N. Hrdan; Dietary habits of patients treated with haemodialysis . M. Mihalic, L. Katalinic, V. Premuzic, B. Jelakovic; Sexual dysfunction in patients on chronic haemodialysis Brand Ambassador

JITKA PANCIROVA CZECH REPUBLIC [email protected]

About Czech Republic My Activities Since the fall of communism in 1989 and the opening up of Central and Eastern . XIV. Multidisciplinary Nephrology Congress Brno, November 2015 (joint event of Europe, the Czech Republic and its capital (Prague) in particular has evolved Czech Association of Nurses & EDTNA/ERCA) into one of Europe’s most popular travel destinations. Prague offers an intact . Translation of EDTNA/ERCA Newsletter medieval core that transports you back 500 years. The 14th-century Charles . Patient Education Documents for CKD stages 1-3 & CKD stages 4-5 Bridge, traversing two historic neighborhoods, is one of the continent’s most EDTNA/ERCA Project kindly supported by B. Braun - support and validation of beautiful sights. The city is not just about history though; it’s a vital urban centre Czech translation with a rich array of cultural offerings.

The Czech Republic joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union in 2004, is a member of the United Nations, the OECD, the OSCE and the Council of Europe. It is a developed country with an advanced, high income economy and high living standards. The Czech Republic also ranks as the 10th most peaceful country, while achieving strong performance in democratic governance. The Czech Republic currently has the lowest unemployment rate in the European Union.

. Capital: Prague Future projects as Brand Ambassador . Geographical size: 78 868 km² . XV. Multidisciplinary Nephrology Congress Brno, November 2016 . Population: 10 538 275 (2015) (joint event of Czech Association of Nurses & EDTNA/ERCA) . Population as % of total EU population: 2.1 % (2015) . EDTNA/ERCA activities & Conference promotion . Gross domestic product (GDP): € 163.947 billion (2015) during local events and DCs visits . Official EU language: Czech . Translation of EDTNA/ERCA Newsletter . Political system: parliamentary republic and other publications . EU member country since: 1 May 2004 . Currency: Czech koruna (CZK)

Number of EDTNA/ERCA Members in our country

77 Members

Renal Replacement Therapy in the Czech Republic

. number of DCs: 104 (61 private, 43 public) . number of HD stages: 1405 (77 acute,1278 chronic) . number of HD machines:1729 . number of HD patients: 6405 (610 patients per million of inhabitants) . number of PD patients: 464 (7,25%) . number of Tx patients: 507 . percentage of HD patients with diabetes:43% . percentage of PD patients with diabetes:31% . percentage of HD patients older than 60 years:72% . percentage of PD patients older than 60 years:56% . number of nefrologists:271 . number of renal nurses:1259

Data from the Registry of the Czech Society of Nephrology

EDTNA/ERCA Members from the Czech Republic presenting papers at the 45th EDTNA/ERCA International Conference in Valencia

Title of presentation Presenting author

Volume management in a dialysed patient Bubniaková, D.(Dialysis unit, B. Braun Avitum Austerlitz s.r.o.Ivančice, Czech Republic)

Individual perception of dialysis therapy and transplantation options Hlaváčková, V.(Dialysis unit, B. Braun Avitum s.r.o.Prague, Czech Republic)

Acute pain releated to fistula punctures in haemodialysis Jeřábková, H.(Dialysis unit, B. Braun Avitum s.r.o.Prague, Czech Republic)

Dialysed patients and home care Krejzová, P.(Dialysis unit, B. Braun Avitum s.r.o. Prague, Czech Republic)

A patient with combined CAPD and HD methods Muziková, L.(Dialysis unit, B. Braun Avitum s.r.o.Prague, Czech Republic)

Success rate of education, application of phosphate binders carried out by a nurse Neradová, A.(Dialysis unit, B. Braun Avitum s.r.o. Prague, Czech Republic)

Never handing story Prušková, D.(Dialysis unit, B. Braun Avitum Austerlitz s.r.o.Ivančice, Czech Republic)

Single-needle Cross-Over: Solutions for complicated vascular access Prušková, D.(Dialysis unit, B. Braun Avitum Austerlitz s.r.o. Ivančice, Czech Republic)

Change of the age of patients between 1995-2015 and its effect on nursing care Radovič, P.(Dialysis unit, B. Braun Avitum s.r.o. Prague, Czech Republic)

Benefits of regular vascular access monitoring in dialysed diabetic and non-diabetic patients Sajdlová, Z.(Dialysis unit, B. Braun Avitum s.r.o. Prague, Czech Republic)

Catheter infections caused by Ralstonia Isidiosa- single centre experience Šrámek, J.(Dialysis and Nephrology Department, Krajská nemocnice Liberec a.s. Liberec, Czech Republic)

A possible increase in specialist education of nurses for the performance of dialysis work Švarcová, Z.(Dialysis unit, B. Braun Avitum s.r.o. Prague, Czech Republic)

Life with dialysis Veselá, K.(Dialysis unit, B. Braun Avitum s.r.o. Prague, Czech Republic) Brand Ambassador

JEANETTE FINDERUP DENMARK [email protected]

Some renal statistics from Denmark My Activities . 5.068 patients with ESRD in 2014 . New brand ambassador for Denmark, my first year . 1.965 patients on haemodialysis in 2014 . Mailed to all renal managers in Denmark given knowledge about . 564 patients on peritoneal dialysis in 2014 EDTNA/ERCA and all the benefits to be a EDTNA/ERCA member. . 2539 patients with a transplanted kidney in 2014 . Encouraged every department to be a member of EDTNA/ERCA . Translating the EDTNA/ERCA news letters to Danish . 139 patients with a disease donor in 2014 . News about EDTNA/ERCA at Facebook and homepage of the Danish . 109 patients with a living donor in 2014 association of nephrology nurses . Marking abstracts and manuscripts and chairing sessions at the EDTNA/ERCA conference in Valencia 6000

5000 Future projects as Brand Ambassador 4000 . An introduction to EDTNA/ERCA and EDTNA/ERCA booth at the annual ESRD prevalence meeting for The Danish Association of Nephrology Nurses TX 3000 CHD PD + HHD 2000

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Number Renal care in Denmark of EDTNA/ERCA . 15 dialysis centres . 3 renal transplantation centres Members in our country

10 Members

The Danish Association of Nephrology Nurses • The Association have about 500 members • One annual meeting of two days is held in the autumn. National and international developing and research project is presented • 5 specific interest groups – Transplantation, Haemodialysis, Peritoneal dialysis, Calcium-Phosphate, dialysis access • A part of Nordiatrans – The Nordic Association for Nephrology Nurses

• Homepage https://dsr.dk/fs/fs16 • Facebook https://www.facebook.com/fsnefro/

EDTNA/ERCA Members from Denmark presenting papers at the 45th EDTNA/ERCA International Conference in Valencia Oral . O 11 Patients in haemodialysis experience uremic pruritus as a dual phenomenon. Helene Tarp . O 22 A clinic for young adults outside the hospital. Rikke Christensen . O 58 Urinary tractinfections in kidney transplanted patients. Jeanette Finderup . O 89 How to maintain high quality of care when challenged by organisational changes? Hanne Hermansen Poster . P 96 Validation of the fluid intak appraisal inventory for patients on haemodialysis in Denmark. Jytte Pahus . P 133 Patient invovlement supported by information technology. Mona Storm . P 137 Nutritional intervention to hospitalised nephrolgy patients. Mette Kitnæs Guest speaker . S 18 Home based dialysis in Denmark – Challenges and results. Karin Lomholdt Brand Ambassador

EVGENIA GOLLAND ISRAEL [email protected]

About Israel My Activities . Israel, officially the State of Israel, is located at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea, . National INNA Conferences: 3/2016- Booth and oral presentation in Annual Nephrology Nurses Conference in Tell Aviv bordering Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the . Weekend conference: 15-17.10.15 Dead Sea: Booth and oral presentation, updates southwest; and borders with Mediterranean, Red and Dead Sea is a country. Today, more from conference in Dresden . 3 Newsletters were translated to Hebrew and published on the national web site. than eight million people - Jews, Muslims, Christians - call Israel home. . Posting the information about the EDTNA/ERCA in Hebrew on National Nephrology . Capital city: Jerusalem website and Kol-Hakilia Journal . Country Meeting during Dresden conference. 3 Scholarship awards for the best . Declaration of Independence: 14 May 1948 abstract for the oral presentation and posters in EDTNA/ERCA conference in Dresden were presented. . Anthem: Ha-Tikva (The Hope) . The explanation guide with the screenshots and the exact steps for online . Government: Parliamentary democracy membership registration was published on EDTNA/ERCA page of national Nephrology website. . Official languages: Hebrew, Arabic . Meeting and presentation about EDTNA/ERCA organization for the basic nephrology . Population: 8146300 (2014) course students 17/05/16. . Ethnic groups: 75.3% Jewish, 20.7% Arab, 4.0% minority groups. . EDTNA/ERCA Seminar in Israel: “From Nephro pediatric to Nephro geriatric and . Currency: New Shekel (ILS) ethical issues between them”-24/05/16 . Time zone: one hours ahead of UTC (UTC+01:00). . Tourism in Israel is one of Israel's major sources of income, with a record 3.54 million tourist Future projects as Brand Ambassador . Country Meeting during Valencia conference. Scholarship award for the best arrivals in 2015. Israel offers a plethora of historical and religious sites, beach resorts, abstract for the oral presentation in EDTNA/ERCA Conference archaeological tourism, heritage tourism and ecotourism. Israel has the highest number of . Posting article about EDTNA Seminar in Kol-Hakilia Journal . Booth and oral presentation in Annual Nephrology Nurses Conference and Weekend museums per capita in the world. National Nephrology Conference

Nephrology in Israel – 2015 Number . INNA – Israeli Nephrology Nursing  Dialysis units- 76 of EDTNA/ERCA Association, was established in 1995.  Hospital based – 33 units . 2015- 700 members  Community – 45 units Member in . Publications: bi-annual Kol-Hakilya journal Transplantation 348 . Official web-site: www.nephronurse.co.il PD -415 ISRAEL . Facebook community group page . Forums - IGS: Anemia, Peritoneal Dialysis, Ca- HD hospital 3041 HD community P, Clinical Education, Head Nurses, 2991 42 Members Transplantation, Nutrition, Pre-dialysis, Nephropediatric, Risk management, EDTNA.

EDTNA/ERCA Members from Israel presenting papers at the 45th EDTNA/ERCA International Conference in Valencia. . Intravenous versus oral iron for the treatment of anemia of chronic kidney disease. Khaskiya, M., poster. . Stress and burnout associated with haemodialysis nursing, Khaskiya, M., poster . A technique for improving patient adherence to phosphate binder therapy. Kurtz, C., poster . Reception of a new patient in the dialysis unit, Matanis, A., poster . Managing pain in the dialysis unit, Grimberg,Z., poster . Kidney transplant in a noncompliant young adult – as case study, Rahmanov,R., oral presentation . Medical Cannabis effects in Hemodialysis Patients, Doni, N, poster . Mild hyponatremia is associated with functional and cognitive decline in chronic hemodialysis patients, Danin,S, poster . Reduction of catheter related bloodstream infection in nephrology unit : quality versus cost, Abu Hatoum,W, poster . The influence of different programs of guidelines on compliance in hemodialysis treatment, Ben Shahar L, poster . Hemoglobin A1c level as an index in diabetic hemodialysis patients, Maximov,G. poster . Change Cards- A therapeutic tool for empowering and motivating CKD patients, Saba,Sh, poster . Differences in quality of life and depression between arab heamodialysis and peritoneal patients , Zaher,M, poster . “Choose Your Own Card for Change” Developing Self-Efficacy and Motivation among Dialysis Patients, Rafaelov Atias,I Dahan,R . Non Occlusive Mesenteric Ischemia due to a decrease of blood pressure during hemodialysis treatment, Naim, R., poster . Role of nursing in improving diabetic control and preserving renal function in diabetic patient, Khatib, N., oral presentation . Nursing coordinators in the dialysis unit, Hais, R., short oral . Training patients on hemodialysis with central catheter by courseware, Rusakov Barbalat G., poster . Burnout and job satisfaction among nephrology staff , Shwarz, L., poster . Pre-dialysis follow-up by peritoneal dialysis nurse, Morgenstern, R., poster . The Undocumented Immigrants – a challenge of treatment , Romach, I., oral presentation BRAND AMBASSADOR

Roberta Mereu ITALY - ITALIAN BRANCH [email protected]

About Italy Roberta Mereu : Haemodialysis nurse for 8 years in the Italy is one of the most populated European Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Bologna Hospital. Country, with about 60 million people. 7,5 % are She is member of EDTNA/ERCA since 2010. foreigner citizens with similar percentage of dialysis Number B.A.since 1-1-2013 patients. Transcultural nursing in nephrology is of EDTNA/ERCA currently a common issue. In Itlay there are nearly Members in our 800 dialysis centres, many of them available for country hosting holiday haemodialysis patients. Nephrology 34th NATIONAL CONFERENCE April 4-5-6 th 2016 nurses are organized in EDTNA/ERCA National Branch, registered as national association. Italian 114 Members EDTNA/ERCA members get national and

Branch Chair Marisa Pegoraro and international membership in one fee. The Branch is Branch Secretary Treasurer Maria Pia Zito run by a National Committee, supported by Regional 16 Regional key members key members. Marisa Pegoraro is the EDTNA/ERCA of the Italian Branch Italian Branch President and Maria Pia Zito is whose role is to update the national Secretary and Treasurer. nursing activities

VALENCIA 2016, Italian admitted Abstracts

Capoferri, R. ,Naples Willingness to perform physical exercise: a survey among dialysis poster

patients Piemonte, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Di Pietro, G., Taranto The usefulness of patient’s education focussing on vascular access poster Veneto Trentino alto adige, Emilia Romagna, Toscana, Marche, management in haemodialysis Abruzzo, Lazio, Puglia, Calabria, Sicilia, Sardegna Olivieri, P., Naples Improving clinical outcomes through patient education, use of poster dialysis technology and monitoring quality indicators Paradisi F., Imola Case Study: Silver dressings and Buttonhole technique in fistula with poster panniculitis Mendini, A., Rome Dialysis and pregnancy: our experience poster Pariani, B., Gallarate Exit site multiethnic different skin type of only dressing silver poster

Potenza, M. , Bologna Ultrasound Scanning in dialysis and pre-dialysis: a winning choice poster

Sinisi, I., Milano Ischemic hand in dialysis patients: a survey about prevalence, Short oral clinical signs and symptoms Activities during National Squarcia, C., Ascoli Piceno Empathy assessment in the healthcare professionals of the oral nephrology and dialysis Conference

REGIONAL ITALIAN BRANCH CONFERENCES Inter active

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TN&D Journal also Awards available on web since 2014 EDTNA/ERCA Italian Branch COLLABORATION! collaborates with the Italian The website for renal nurses “Alessandra Kidney Foundation and yearly supports the Zampieron” “World kidney’s day” and CKD prevention activities Nursing Research Award

COLLABORATION For further Together with Bologna’s IPASVI Association, we information are ready ( “noi siamo pronti”) to get the official www.edtna-erca.it

recognition of nurses’ Competencies. Brand Ambassador

IRMINA VAIČEKAUSKYTĖ LITHUANIA [email protected]

About Lithuania My Activities

. Regular visits to HD and PD units in Lithuania Capital City: Vilnius (pop. 541 000) . As Brand Ambassador for Lithuania I support membership recruitment campaign . Geography: . As Brand Ambassador of Lithuania I promote EDTNA/ERCA at Location: Eastern Europe, on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. . major national events. Area: 65,300 km² (25,212 sq. mi.). . As a volunteer I translate EDTNA/ERCA Newsletter to Terrain: fertile, central lowland plains separated by hilly uplands created by . Lithuanian. glacial drift. A total of 758 rivers, many navigable, and 2 833 lakes cover the . As translator I participate in patient education project landscape. . As volunteer I’m chairing the sessions during EDTNA/ERCA International . Government: Conference Type: Parliamentary Republic. Independence: 11 March 1990 (independence declared from Soviet Union); 6 September 1991 (Soviet Union recognizes Lithuania's independence) Constitution: Adopted 25 October 1992. Future projects as Brand Ambassador . Climate: Humid continental with four distinct seasons, and a moderating . Local educational seminars in local dialysis units maritime influence from the Baltic Sea. . Continuously participation in patient education project . People: . Cooperation with local patient associations Nationality: Lithuanian(s). Population: 3.2 million (2012) . Cooperation with dialysis units Ethnic groups: Lithuanian 83.5%, Polish 6.7%, Russian 6.3%, Byelorussian . Promoting EDTNA/ERCA to patient associations and dialysis units 1.2%, other 2.3%. . EDTNA/ERCA promotion in local Newsletters Religions: Catholic (79%), Orthodox (4.1%), Protestant (1.9%). Languages: Lithuanian; a minority speaks Russian (8%) and Polish (5.6%).

Total number of HD patients in Lithuania Number of EDTNA/ERCA Members in Lithuania 34 Members PD patients – 60 Number of renal units in Lithuania 58 Brand Ambassador

ANNA KLIŚ POLAND [email protected]

About Poland My Activities Area: 312 679 km squared (9th in Europe, 63rd in the world) During last year I organised: Population: 38,4 milion inhabitants . the National Conference “Challenges of contemporary nephrology nursing” – Currency: PLN Szczyrk (23-24 October 2015). Language: Polish . the educational event “Continous renal replacement therapies” Capital: Warsaw – Bielsko-Biała (5 March 2016). Form of Government: Parliamentary democracy The collaboration between EDTNA/ERCA and Polish Nephrology Nurses Association (PNNA) has strenghtened and I was chosen as a Vice President of PNNA in 2015. Poland lies in the central part of the European continent, the geometrical centre of which is near Warsaw. I also attended and promoted EDTNA/ERCA on the PNNA Conference “The Model of coordinated care for patients with a chronic illness” – Szczecinek (15-16 April 2016) with a presentation and the booth. The 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, which was held in It was published twice in a special nephrological issue of “The Magazine of Nurses and October 2015, is one of the biggest music competition for young people in the Midwives” with articles from Polish Conferences. world. The jury received more than 450 entries, but after eliminations left 78 pianists from 20 countries. The winner was Seong-Jin Cho from Korea and the EDTNA/ERCA was promoted at the University and several different nursing Polish pianist Szymon Nehring was also awarded. specializations trought the year. Chopin Competition App was honored at Mobile Trends Awards. Teamwork: The 1050 anniversary of the Baptism of Poland – in 996 Prince Mieszko I was . Translation of the Patient Education Project CKD 4-5 – Joint baptized, which started the process of Christianization of the Polish lands. EDTNA/ERCA and B. Braun Avitum Project. Sometimes it is believed that it is also a symbolic event, which was the beginning . Translation of the Newsletter. of the Polish state and the Polish Catholic Church. Future projects as Brand Ambassador Krakow (large city on the south of the country), as the 7th city in the world and the 2nd non-English speaking one, has become the UNESCO City of Literature in . Further Collaboration with PNNA October 2013. . Participation in developement of Polish Standards in Nephrology Nursing In 2013 Pope Francis invited young people from all over the world to Krakow for . The National Educational Event “Challenges of contemporary nephrology nursing” – World Youth Day, which will take place in July 2016. Organizers are expecting Szczyrk (October 2017) about 2,5 mln people. . Attending and promoting EDTNA/ERCA on Polish conferences . Looking for opportunities to increase the Membership, oral and poster presentation on Annual Conferences

RENAL STATISTICS FROM POLAND Number (source: Report on the renal replacement therapy in Poland, nfz.gov.pl, Poltransplant, Perpetuum Media) of EDTNA/ERCA Dialysis centres: 274 Total dialysis patients: 19831 PD centers: 68 HD patients: 96% Members in Paediatrics centres: 14 Pediatric patients: about 100 Poland Renal Transplants: 1146 Waiting for a kidney transplant: 1036 Living Donor : 60 47 Members Postmortal Donor : 986

EDTNA/ERCA Members from Poland presenting papers at the 45th EDTNA/ERCA International Conference in Valencia . Anna Janus – Analysis of nephrology’s nurses preparation to conducting nutritional education of patients with chronic kidney disease . Małgorzata Klim – Assessment of pain experienced by dialyzed patients . Anna Kliś, Tomasz Irzyniec – Oral hygien among heamodialysis patients . Anna Kliś, Aneta Trzcińska – Why don’t we donate – Nurses’ and midvives’ attitudes towards transplantation . Joanna Kołacz, Wioletta Krasucka – Nursing care of patients with kidney failure after intoxication boosters . Aneta Trzcińska – Quality of life in nephrological patients over 16 years - a case study . Aneta Trzcińska – Occupational exposure - the problem still valid . Aneta Trzcińska, Anna Kliś – Knowledge of transplants - nursing students vs students of economics . Aneta Trzcińska, Iwona Woźniak – The patient after kidney transplantation - opinion about the transplant Brand Ambassador Your photo

ANA RAQUEL RIBEIRO PORTUGAL [email protected]

About Portugal My Activities Portugal had one of the highest Prevalence of ESRD in Europe Translation of the Newsletter. in 2013 accordingly with USRDS ESRD Database Promotion , with release of EDTNA books, and promotion cards of 45ª EDTNA/ERCA International Conference - Valencia • Regional Seminar in Lisbon - APEDT • National Conference in Vilamoura – APEDT

Coordination of Portuguese collaboration on the “500 Questions/Answers on Peritoneal Dialysis - A Guide to Clinical Practice” book.

Future projects as Brand Ambassador • Encourage the publication of the papers presented • Encourage projects in partenership with APEDT • Develop partnerships with industry and nursing schools.

In 2015 Portugal had 18928 100% • First Portuguese EDTNA/ERCA Masterclass on November in partenership 80% patients in RRT. 61% with APEDT 60%

35% HD is the most common choice 40% 11514 20% 6663 of replacement tecnique. 4% 0% 751 HD PD Tx

Number The number of members has increased in the last year. And the activities and interest in the Association are also increasing. of EDTNA/ERCA Regional Seminar in Lisbon - APEDT European Day for Organ Donation & Transplantation Members in our country

52 Members

The 44 EDTNA Conference had 45 portuguese delegates | 13 Oral Presentatios | 10 Pósteres from Portugal, and a very proud Brand Ambassador .

EDTNA/ERCA Members from Portugal presenting papers at the 45th EDTNA/ERCA International Conference in Valencia

Day Paper Author Hour|Room 18 S12 Inversion of branches in dysfunctional central venous catheters - impact on haemodialysis efficacy Osvaldo Albuquerque 14h00|15h30 - Auditorium 1 S12 Individualised heparinisation profile implementation for the extracorporeal blood circuit of haemodialysis patients Helena Caldeira

S13 Patient empowerment - Training the person on dialysis Helena Pereira 14h00|15h30 - Auditorium 2 S14 Burden on informal caregivers of haemodialysis patients Cecilia Soares 14h00|15h30 - Auditorium 3 S15 Does vascular access management improve outcomes? Portuguese experience Telmo Carvalho 16h00|17h30 - Auditorium 1

S17 How the haemodialysis patients see the arteriovenous fistulae cannulation technique Jorge Melo 16h00|17h30 - Auditorium 3 19 S18 Associations between appetite and quality of life or performance status in haemodialysis patients Cristiana Matias 9h00|10h30 - Auditorium 1 S19 Home dialysis versus in-centre dialysis Virginia Galego 9h00|10h30 - Auditorium 2 S26 Interconnected care in haemodialysis: patient, nurse and informal caregiver Virginia Henriques 14h00|15h30 - Auditorium 3 S27 Phosphorus levels and treatment adherence in patients with chronic kidney disease on haemodialysis António Saraiva 16h00|17h30 - Auditorium 1 20 S31 One year of intradialytic physical exercise programme: results on functional capacity and body composition Rui Camisa 10h00|11h45 - Auditorium 2 Brand Ambassador

BOŽICA STUPAR SERBIA [email protected]

About Serbia My Activities Projects in 2016 . Full name:REPUBLIC OF SERBIA -Section of Serbian Renal Nurses Association 26th March 2016. in . Anthem: “God of Justice” Aranđelovac . Population:10150,265 (Serbs 82, 86%) -Section of Serbian Renal Nurses Association, 26th May 2016.in Kruševac . Area:88.361 sq km (34.116 sq mi) -25th Conferences of “Renal Nurses Association of Serbia’ in Lepenski Vir, . Capital:: Belgrade 29 Septem.- 02nd October 2016. (all the preparations for our 25 Conference . Language : Serbian language are underway) . Demonym: Serbian -XXI School of dialysis in Belgrade, on 17th October –2nd December . Religion:Orthodox Christian (84, 1%), Roman Catholicism(6, -Annual General Meeting is in Belgrade,on 15th December 2016 24%), Islam (4, 82%) . Currency : Serbian dinar . Climate: Sub Continental / Mediterranean

. Sport: Serbian tennis players:Novak Djokovic, SPECIFIČNE STANDARDIZOVANE . Ana Jovanovic,Jelena Jankovic,etc SESTRINSKE PROCEDURE U NEFROLOGIJI

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Guide for renal nurses EDTNA/ERCA News-Serbian Version

Statistics from country Number TABLE 1. Number of patients on maintenance hemodialysis (HD), peritoneal dialysis of EDTNA/ERCA (PD) and renal transplants on December 31st 2015. Members in

N. Slovenia Tx HD 31.12.2015. PD 31.12.2015. Centers in Serbia 31.12.2015.

1. DZ Backa Palanka 58 - - 29 Members 2.* Belgrade, Barajevo (dialysis unit) 28 - - 3.* Belgrade, Military Hospital 128 38 203 4* Belgrade, Children’s Clinic 11 3 7 5 Belgrade, Hospital Dragisa Misovic 76 - - 6 Belgrade, City Hospital Zvezdara 226 85 1 7. Belgrade, Hospital Zemun 98 34 - 8 Belgrade, Clinic Center of Serbia(university hospital) 112 + 16 H 107 400 9 Belgrade, Lazarevac 106 - - 10* Belgrade, Mladenovac 67 - 1 11 Belgrad, Obrenovac 54 - - Number of EDTNA/ERCA Members 12 Bor 35 1 - 13* Valjevo 119 21 22 Members 14. Vranje 125 11 11 15 120 Vrbas 92 - - 16 100 Vrsac 58 - 2 80 17 Zajecar 81 7 2 60 Members 18* Zrenjanin 116 2 4 40 19 Kikinda 85 - - 20 20 Kladovo 23 - - 0 21 Kragujevac, Clinic Center 131+1H 43 3 22. Kraljevo 106 5 2 23 21 / 200639 / 200755 / 2008 65 / 201167 / 201269 / 201335 / 201427 / 2015 Krusevac 125 9 4 92 / 2009100 / 2010 24 Leskovac 143 30 - 25* Loznica 80 - - 26.* Negotin 20 - - 27.* Nis, Clinic Center 180 75 76 Statistics from Serbia 28.* Nis, Military Hospital 6 - - 29* Novi Sad, Clinic Center 135 15 150 2015.Serbia Number 30* Pancevo 135+2 - - renal nurse 980 31* Pirot 57 11 - 32. Pozarevac doctor 195 97 - - 33* Prijepolje technician 85 30 - - 34.* Prokuplje 44 4 4 machines for HD 1100 35 Smederevo 111 - - 36 Total of 6037 patients receiving renal replacement therapy. Smederevska Palanka 55 - 8 37 ( 57% men and 43%women ) Sombor 87 5 1 38 Sremska Mitrovica 142+1H - - centers/ patients on HD 53 / 4582 ( 20 at home HD) 39 Subotica 64 14 - 40* Uzice 106 20 - 41 Cacak 107 - 2 centers / patients on PD 23 / 549 42* Cuprija 171 - - centers / renal TX patients 4 / 906 43 Sabac 203 4 - 44 Novi Pazar vascular access (type) AV fistula 92 % 82 - - 45 Arandjelovac 34 - - AV graft 2 % 46 Majdanpek 11 - - catheters 6 % 47 Stara Pazova 42 - - 48 Tutin 24 - 1 Infection( hepatitis)/patients 12 % positive patients : 49 Sjenica 12 - - - 9 %HCV 50 Zagubica 5 - - - 2 % HBV 51.* Kosovska Mitrovica 37 5 2 - 1 % HBV+HCV 52. Private center -Fresenius Medical Care ( in Belgrade and Novi Sad ) 232 - - 53.* Private center Medicon-Gambro 50 - -

number of patients 6037 4582on HD 549 on PD 906 Tx

Number of centers for HD = 53 (participation 50 adult centers, 1 pediatric centre and 2 private centre).All centers offered chronic HD treatment. Brand Ambassador

SONJA PEČOLAR SLOVENIA [email protected]

About Slovenia My Activities Lies in the heart of Europe, between Alps and Adriatic sea. It is a small . EDTNA/ERCA stant and short oral presentation of EDTNA/ERCA at National green country, with beautiful mountains, colorful countyside, lakes(Bohinj seminar in Zreče and Bled), sea coast. . Translating News into Slovene . Partitipating on EDTNA/ERCA international conference in Dresden In Slovenia we also have great caves and the big news this year is from . Proof reading of booklet Vascular Acces that was translated in Slovene by our cave Postonjska jama. Biologist have captured a rare footage of olm nurses salamanders also called „baby dragon“hatcing eggs in this cave. . Organizing the first EDTNA/ERCA educational event in Slovenia on 30th of March for dialysis and nefrology head nurses

Future projects as Brand Ambassador . Presenting EDTNA/ERCA and encouraging nurses to send abstracts for next conference . Active presentation of EDTNA/ERCA on 1st congres of Renal Care in Portorož 24-27tf of November 2016

Number of EDTNA/ERCA The general population in Slovenia is about 2 million and we have more than 2000 patients on RRT. We have 24 renal centers( in Members in hospital and private), one transplant center and one for Pediatric Slovenia dialysis and transplantation. 29 Members

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EDTNA/ERCA Members from Slovenia presenting papers at the 45th EDTNA/ERCA International Conference in Valencia

. The comparison between bioimpedance parameter and M.I.S* in dialysis patients, M.Madronič, UKC Ljubljana . Burnout syndrome and stress among dialyisis nurses in slovenia, M. Ovčar, DC Slovenj Gradec . Impact of nurse dietary education on potassium levels in patients at Nephrology outpatient clinic, C: Krel , UKC Maribor . Evaluation of nutritional status using a malnutrition inflammation score protocol, Snežana Ilikić, Nefrodial Dragomer . Haemodialysis with citrate anticoagulation , A: Štukel, Nefrodial Krško . The role of nursing in infection prevention, R. Mihelič Nefrodial Krško . The influence of baseline serum phosphorus on first peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patients, A. Koroša UKC Maribor . The national project of assisted peritoneal dialysis in Slovenia, M. Rep, Sekcija MS za nefrologijo, dializo in transplantacijo Brand Ambassador Your photo

ANNA JUNQUE SPAIN [email protected]

About Spain My Activities . This year I have been Local Committee Member (LOC) for the 45 EDTNA/ERCA .Spain is a democracy organised in the form of a parliamentary government a International Conference taking part in meetings and being a member of the local Constitutional Monarchy organitzation committee.

.Area: 504,645 Km2

.Population: 46439864 habitants in 2015

.Official language: Spanish . In October 2015, the 40 Nephrology Nursing National Congress took place in Valencia being organised by SEDEN and I had an active participation in it representing EDTNA/ERCA.

. On the 25 of Febrary, Vascular Access Conference was taken in Mollet del Vallés. My task there was active moderating the participation of the attenders. Along with Maria Teresa Parissotto we introduced the Vascular Access Guide.

. On the 7 and 8 of April, I attended to the 2 Parc Taulí International Vascular Access Symposium which took place in Sabadell.

Number Future projects as Brand Ambassador . Active participation at the 41 Spanish Society of Nephrology Nursing (SEDEN) annual Congress to be held from of EDTNA/ERCA 11-13 October in the city of Oviedo. Members in our . Organizar seminario español de la EDTNA/ERCA. country . Identify potentioal new EDTNA/ERCA Spanish Volunteers.

37 Members . Cooperate with translations of EDTNA/ERCA materials into Spanish.

. Main objective, to increase the number of Spanish Members.

VALENCIA

EDTNA/ERCA Members from Spain presenting papers at the 45th EDTNA/ERCA International Conference in Valencia

Chronic Kidney Disease is an important public health problem . According to the EPIRCE results, designed to know the prevalence of the Chronic renal disease in Spain and promoted by the Nephrology Spanish Society (SEN) with the support of Healthy and Consumption Ministry, it was estimated that around a 10% of the adult population suffered of renal condition in different grades and roughly 6,8% were sufferers of the According to the EPIRCE results, designed to know the prevalence of the Chronic renal disease in Spain and promoted by the Nephrology Spanish Society (SEN) with the support of Healthy and Consumption Ministry, it was estimated that around a 10% of the adult population suffered of renal condition in different grades and roughly 6,8% were sufferers of the 3-5 stages. (2)

. Over 4 million of Spanish people suffer of Chronic renal disease. About 50,909 of them are on renal replacement therapy, a half on dialysis and the rest are living with a working renal replacement. However, the datum of the prevalence shows that a 43,8% of the patients on renal replacement therapy are in HD, a 50,78% living with a replacement and only a 5,4% on DP.

. Because of the aging population and the rise of risk factors as cardiovascular diseases, the Diabetes Mellitus, the Hypertension, the obesity and renal disease early diagnosis, the prevalence of Chronic renal disease is increasing. In Europe, has been established an annual rate of 5% increase approximately. (2). Otero A, de Francisco A, Gayoso P, García F, EPIRCE Study Goup. Prevalence of chronic renal disease in Spain: results of the EPIRCE study.. Nefrologia. 2010;30(1):78-76 Brand Ambassador

SOPHIE HALLDIN SWEDEN [email protected]

About Sweden My Activities Sweden is one of the largest countries in Europe, with great diversity in its nature and . In May EDTNA/ERCA had a booth at the 2 day Swedish National climate. Conference in Umeå. I also had a short oral update. . The Swedish translation team is continuously translating the Newsletter Capital: Stockholm into Swedish . I have sent information to all Renal clinics and EDTNA/ERCA members Population: 9.4 million in Sweden, continuously during the year inhabitants. . I am a part of the EDTNA/ERCA project “Safety going digital” Form of Government: . Been to the Renal Clinic in Malmö to promote EDTNA/ERCA. Constitutional monarchy, . Visited the EDTNA/ERCA Secretariat in Malmö parliamentary democracy. . Continues contact with Accepted Swedish Abstract Authors General: Along with its beautiful scenery, Sweden has a rich and Future projects as Brand Ambassador varied wildlife. People in Sweden are living . New EDTNA/ERCA seminar will be planned for November 2016 increasingly longer, we have one of Europe´s largest elderly . I will be attending the EDTNA/ERCA conference in Valencia in populations as a proportion of September the national total. . Project member in “Safety going Digital” . Promoting EDTNA/ERCA at several educational events Eurovision songcontest in Stockholm Sweden 2016

Renal Statistics from Sweden: Number (Numbers from snronline.se) of EDTNA/ERCA Renal Units: 66 . 2/3 of patients are men 1/3 women in Members in our treatment country . PD patients: 810 . Avarage age of patients in treatment: . HD patients: 3049 59,5 years Renal Transplants: 5361 . 1.0-1.7 million Swedes have Kidney 18 Members . Renal treatment in total 9020 disease. . 0.3-0.5 million Swedes are Diabetic.

In memory of Martha Ehlin whom sadly passed away on the 19th of Mars 2016. Martha was one of the founders of MOD (More organ Donation), an NGO working with the goal that everybody in need of a transplantation should be given that opportunity and that nobody should die in need of an organ in Sweden. MOD took part of the 43rd EDTNA/ERCA International Conference in Riga as well as the 42nd EDTNA/ERCA conferens in Malmö. Martha was loved by many and she will be missed by even more, but the work she started will continue via MOD.

EDTNA/ERCA Members from Sweden presenting papers at the 45th EDTNA/ERCA International Conference in Valencia . Shane, M, Heamodialysis Unit A14,Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Sweden, Central Dialysis Catheter – to be or not to be. Is there an alternative, Poster . Laago, J. , Dialysis department, Jönköping, Sweden, Patient-driven self-dialysis: a partnership between the provider and the customer, Poster . Evén, G, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Initiating person centered care at a multidisciplinary center in Swede, Poster . Halldin, S, Heamodialysis Unit, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Review of educational tools and awareness of Venous Needle Dislodgement (VND), Oral presentation Brand Ambassador

MUKADDER MOLLAOĞLU TURKEY [email protected]

About Turkey My Activities . Turkey is a transcontinenal Eurasian country. . Power point presentation on The EDTNA ERCA December 2015 attended by 64 Nurses in . Asian Turkey, which includes 97 percent of the country, is separated from Turkey. European Turkey by the Bosphorus, the Sea of Marmara, and the . Meeting and presentation about EDTNA/ERCA organization for the nephrology course Dardanelles. European Turkey comprises 3 percent of the country. students. . An article was published in -Journal. . The territory of Turkey is more than 1,600 kilometres (990 miles) long and 800 kilometres (500 miles) wide, with a roughly rectangular shape. . World Kidney Day Booth . Translation of the Newsletter . The European section of Turkey, East Thrace (the easternmost region of the . Balkan peninsula), forms the borders of Turkey with Greece and Bulgaria. Collaboration with National Nurses association. . Booth and oral presentation in Annual Nurses Conference in Antalya. . Turkey is divided into seven census regions: Marmara, Aegean, Black Sea . September 2015 -EDTNA/ERCA International Conference in Dresden Central Anatolia, Eastern Anatolia, Southestern Anatolia and the Mediterranean. . To present two papers.in EDTNA/ERCA International Conference in Dresden . The coastal areas of Turkey bordering the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas have a temperate Mediterranean climate, with hot, dry summers and Future projects as Brand Ambassador mild to cool, wet winters. . Building a new EDTNA/ERCA -Network for Turkey Nephrology Nursing . The country is among the founding members of the OECD and the G-20 . Looking for opportunities to increase the Membership, oral and poster presentation major economies. . on Annual Conferences . Turkey has an imposing nature and sites such as the unique landscapes of . Participate for the EDTNA/ERCA Results in the Turkey network Cappadocia or Pamukkale. . Collaboration with the Turkey Associations . Turkey means the sun leisure and sports that are other sources of joy and . Writing articles in the National Association Publications pleasure. . Book translation . Turkey is also the warm hospitality of the people a delicious cuisine and so . Continuously participation in patient education project many other things that will make you live privilegiate moments.

Number of EDTNA/ERCA Members in our Pictures or other country information 9 Members

EDTNA/ERCA Members from Turkey presenting papers at the 45th EDTNA/ERCA International Conference in Valencia . Relationship between anthropometric parameters and mini nutritional assessment . Nocturnal home haemodialysis can reduce medication requirements . Insulin resistance in peritoneal dialysis patiens. . Effect of perceived organizational justice on professional satisfaction and burnout of hemodialysis nurses . International changes in anemia management: a DOPPS update . Impacts of the belief factors on patients’ adaptation to the treatment . The effects of music therapy on anxiety, anger and physiologic measurements of haemodialysis patients . Quality of life in dialysis patients and some affecting factors . Reduction of water consumption without effects on dialysis quality . Nurses role in HD followup during the successul pregnancies of the DM patients . Frequency and outcomes of pregnancy on nocturnal home haemodialysis . Compliance with vaccination schedules in haemodialysis patients . Attitudes towards kidney transplantation based on having or not having acquaintances to undergo dialysis . The effect of AA solutions on the albumin levels in CAPD patients with hypoalbuminaemia . Examination of disease understanding, knowledge, attitude and behavior in patients on PD . Blood glucose regulation of diabetic nephropathy with APD. A case report . Job satisfaction and associated factors among haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis nurses Brand Ambassador

MARIE RICHARDS UNITED ARAB EMIRATES [email protected]

About United Arab Emirates My Activities The United Arab Emirates was founded 43 years ago largely due to the efforts of . Presentations and workshops at EDTNA MEA Symposium in Lisbon 2015 Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, now deceased, who is referred to as the . Study Days for Renal Nurses in Abu Dhabi founding father. It is comprised of seven Emirates of which Abu Dhabi, the Capital, is the largest the others being Dubai, Sharjah, Fujairah, Ajman, Umm Al Quain and Ras . Establishment of Renal Education Abu Dhabi (READ) a professional forum to raise Al Khaimah. educational opportunities for all nurses in the region The population is in the region of 8 million of which 20% are Emirati the remainder being expatriates from more than 190 different countries worldwide. People are very Future projects as Brand Ambassador young with >80% being under the age of 40 years. It is a very tolerant westernised . Roll out of READ initiatives society, with little crime, a lovely climate (9 months of the year) and overall a great place to live and work. . Expansion and development of MSc Programme Despite the young population CKD is common effecting more than 20% of the . Educational workshops with regional partners in Bahrain, Qatar and the Northern population. The dialysis population (around 1200 patients in Abu Dhabi ) the majority Emirates treated by high volume, on-line HDF is set to double every 5 years. The predominant . Increase in membership and networking across the region cause of renal disease is diabetes which effects 20% of the population, one of the highest rates worldwide

Number of EDTNA/ERCA Members in our country

24 Members

Masters Degree (MSc) in Renal Nursing We run the only post graduate specialist renal nursing programme in the middle east. Our students follow an 18 month programme including clinical placements in Transplantation, Paediatrics, Renal Community, Vascular Access, ICU, Peritoneal Dialysis and Haemodialysis. At completion our nurses are assessed as expert renal nurse practitioners. The students undertake a service development project as part of their dissertation which will be implemented within the organization. Our 7 graduates from the 2014 cohort are presenting their work at conference here in Valencia

MSc in renal Nursing accredited and Abu Dhabi’s first Masters graduates in awarded Highly Commended by EDTNA MSc in Renal Nursing 2016

EDTNA/ERCA Members from UAE presenting papers at the 45th EDTNA/ERCA International Conference in Valencia 1. Allam Rezqallah, Awareness of chronic kidney disease by primary care clinicians in Abu Dhabi 2. Dexie Marquez,Identifying barriers to implementing best practice in cannulation of Arteriovenous Fistulae in patients On Haemodialysis 3. Eva Calimlim, Barriers to the Implementation of a Renal Anaemia Management Protocol 4. Faduma Sharif, Awareness of renal nurses in identification and education of patients with inherited renal diseases 5. Jent Lee, Renal nurses’ perceptions regarding establishment of a home haemodialysis program in Abu Dhabi 6. Manal Hamoudeh, Identifying nurses perceptions of the barriers to cannulation of AVF of Children on Dialysis 7. Mohammed Al Graiybah, Do non-renal nurses in the emergency department understand the need to ‘Save the Vein’ in CKD patients 8. Marie Richards, A Programme of Early Detection of CKD Improves Patient Identification and Outcomes