title: Working Group Guidelines on the nursing roles in caring for patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in Poland.
abstract: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, present a major challenge for present-day gastroenterology due to their increasing incidence, chronic nature, risk of permanent worsening of quality of life of patients, and the costs of conservative and invasive treatment. Basic and advanced nursing care are important parts of the multidisciplinary care for patients. The developed guidelines on the nursing care, which are compliant with the European guidelines published by Nurses-European Crohn's & Colitis Organisation (N-ECCO), were adjusted to the current situation in Poland. Significant issues that are important for nursing teams have been identified, with particular emphasis on the specificity of working in centres specialising in the care of IBD patients. The Working Group paid attention to the conditions that should be satisfied in order to optimise the nursing care for IBD patients, and the necessity to develop professional and scientific cooperation with European centres within European Crohn's & Colitis Organisation (ECCO) and N-ECCO.
authors.affiliation: Centre of Endoscopy, Jan Biziel's University Hospital No 2 with Clinic for Intestinal Diseases, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Golik
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Internal Diseases and Gastroenterology, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Marzena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurek
authors.affiliation: University Clinical Hospital, Lodz, Poland.
authors.forename: Aneta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poteralska
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology Department, Provincial Specialist Hospital, Lodz, Poland.
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bieniek
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology Clinic, Autonomous Public Clinical Hospital, Szczecin, Poland.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marynka
authors.affiliation: Endoscopy Laboratory, Provincial Hospital, Bielsko-Biala, Poland.
authors.forename: Grażyna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pabich
authors.affiliation: Centre of Endoscopy, Jan Biziel's University Hospital No 2 with Clinic for Intestinal Diseases, Bydgoszcz, Poland ; Department for Gastroenterological Nursing, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland.
authors.forename: Ariel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liebert
authors.affiliation: Centre of Endoscopy, Jan Biziel's University Hospital No 2 with Clinic for Intestinal Diseases, Bydgoszcz, Poland ; Department for Gastroenterological Nursing, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kłopocka
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Internal Diseases and Gastroenterology, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior, Warsaw, Poland ; Faculty of Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland.
authors.forename: Grażyna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rydzewska
keywords: Crohn's disease; inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); nursing roles in IBD; ulcerative colitis