title: Structural visualization of expert nursing: Dialysis patient education program "PD catheter management".
abstract: Structural visualization was implemented on catheter management education for peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients requiring expert nursing. An education program utilizing electronic images was proposed as a method of monitoring the exit site, which is of high importance in PD catheter self-management. Recording images of the exit site and utilizing them as part of the education program encouraged a common understanding of the exit site between nurses and patients, and helped to achieve a better quality of patient education. It is thought that visualization of nursing practice and the thinking processes of expert nurses which have not been expressly stated previously can become a foundation for more advanced nursing care throughout the profession.
authors.affiliation: Japanese Nursing Association, Tokyo, Japan. kaihatsu@nurse.or.jp
authors.forename: Eiko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yamana
authors.forename: Chizuru
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kamiya
authors.forename: Michiyo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: Mieko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sagawa
authors.forename: Satoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuru
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012196:Review Literature as Topic