In Episode 5, guests Terri Murrray, RN and Jonathan Armenti, RN join us for a discussion about the role of nurses in dialysis and kidney transplantation in the care of patients with kidney disease. They discuss their journeys to their current careers, challenges faced by our patients, the hardest parts of their jobs, and recommendations on how we can improve kidney care.

Nephrons: Elinor Mannon, Sam Kant, Matthew Sparks, Samira Farouk

Guests: Terri Murray, Jonathan Armenti

Links from the Show:

1:42 The experience of being a dialysis nurse

5:47 Role of the transplant coordinator

8:59 Challenges faced by patients receiving dialysis

14:43 Care coordination for patients receiving dialysis

16:12 Improving care for patients with kidney transplants

16:44 Importance of social support in kidney transplantation

18:06 Living kidney donation awareness

19:21 Building trust with patients

19:55 Empathetic validation in patient-provider communication