Working With Your Healthcare Team: Kidney School Module 3

Module 3 of Kidney School provides information about the chronic healthcare team members, including patient as self-manager. The purpose of Kidney School Continuing Education courses is to educate renal professionals about the medical and psychosocial impacts of end stage kidney disease, as well as patients’ experience of coping with this chronic condition.

Objectives

After taking this course, participants will be able to:

• List the key members of the dialysis healthcare team
• Identify the patient’s role on the healthcare team
• Describe the roles of the team members that are a part of the dialysis team
• Identify three ways that patients can take responsibility for their health care.

Audience

Nurses and Dialysis Technicians

Contact Hour Approval

This continuing nursing education activity was approved by Medical Education Institute, approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP-17088, for 1 contact hour.

Accreditation for this course expiresOctober 31,  2026.

It is the responsibility of the applicant to determine if these CE contact hours will be accepted by a particular licensing organization.

About Kidney School

All content for Kidney School is developed by Medical Education Institute and reviewed by a multidisciplinary team of experts and patients. Kidney School does not endorse any products, and use of Kidney School does not replace a patient’s need to talk with a healthcare professional about individual healthcare concerns and treatment options.

The Kidney School CE Planning Committee members are: Catherine G. Cox, RN, BSN, MS, Dori Schatell, MS, and Beth Witten, MSW, LSCSW.

Conflicts of interest

No conflicts of interest were disclosed.