This program, Nephrology nursing involves both preventing disease and assessing the health needs of patients and families. Nurses who deal with every organ system in the body, calling for a holistic approach to patient care that is both challenging and rewarding. Nephrology nurses are required to have a common knowledge base relevant to all aspects of care for adult and paediatrics kidney patients and their families.

The knowledge base includes but is not limited to:

• Anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology
• The nursing process as applied to nephrology nursing
• Knowledge of the diagnosis and treatment for patients requiring any method of renal replacement therapy
• Pharmacology and pharmacotherapy
• Nutrition
• Growth and development
• Teaching/learning theory
• Counseling/interviewing skills
• Interdisciplinary team skills
• Research processes
• Rehabilitation principles
• Palliative care and concepts related to death and dying