05/01/2026
EDTNA/ERCA NewsFlash - December
New EDTNA/ERCA NewsFlash are available here!
16/12/2025
Recording of the EDTNA/ERCA Webinar: Patient-Centered Care in Stage 4 CKD via Palliative Multidisciplinary Team (PMDT)
Video from the webinar is available (for the active members) here! 06/12/2025
EDTNA/ERCA NewsFlash - November
New EDTNA/ERCA NewsFlash are available here!
04/12/2025
New Publication
Supporting patients who opt not to have dialysis or stop dialysis – Guidelines for Nurses in Turkish is now available for our members. 10/11/2025
New Publication
A Nurses' Guide to Chronic Kidney Disease Associated Pruritus in Danish is now available for our members. 01/11/2025
EDTNA/ERCA NewsFlash - October
New EDTNA/ERCA NewsFlash are available here! 01/10/2025
EDTNA/ERCA NewsFlash - September
New EDTNA/ERCA NewsFlash are available here! 24/09/2025
New Publication
Handbook on Ultrasound for Vascular Access Examination From the Specialist to the Nurse in Turkish is now available for our members.
23/09/2025
EDTNA/ERCA webinar in Portuguese:
"Avaliação da saúde dermatológica em pessoas com doença renal terminal em programa de hemodiálise".
September 29, 2025 | 18.00 - 19.15 Portugal TimeSpeaker: Márcia Vandewale
Moderators: Carlos Gonçalves, Maria Eulália Novais
More info here.
22/09/2025
CRRT: A Matter of Teamwork!
"CRRT: Questione di Equipe! Roma" will take place in Rome, Italy, on 11th-12th November 2025.Please see the Scientific Programme.
09/09/2025
EDTNA/ERCA NewsFlash - August
New EDTNA/ERCA NewsFlash are available here!
01/08/2025
EDTNA/ERCA NewsFlash - July
New EDTNA/ERCA NewsFlash are available here! 01/07/2025
EDTNA/ERCA NewsFlash - June
New EDTNA/ERCA NewsFlash are available here!
25/06/2025
A Historic Milestone in Global Kidney Health
Please find attached an important document recently published in The Lancet and officially adopted on 23rd May 2025 during the 77th World Health Assembly (WHA77).For the first time ever, kidney diseases have been formally recognised at the highest global health policy level—not as a neglected condition, but as a global public health priority.
Document is available here!
24/06/2025
Recording of the EDTNA/ERCA Webinar: Using Nursing Sensitive Indicators In Peritoneal Dialysis: Implications for Quality of Care?
Video from the webinar is available (for the active members) here! 10/06/2025
EDTNA/ERCA NewsFlash - May
New EDTNA/ERCA NewsFlash are available here!
02/06/2025
Renewing the Definitions of ‘Nursing’ and ‘a Nurse’
The International Council of Nurses published Final Project Report (June 2025).Full document available here.
02/06/2025
New Language Edition Alert!
We are pleased to announce the release of the Turkish edition of the EDTNA/ERCA publication: “Managing Renal Support in Times of War and Mass Disasters” by Chrysanthi Avrami & Ioannis Stefanidis.This important resource is now available to support Turkish-speaking nephrology care professionals, offering essential guidance on managing renal care during war and mass disaster scenarios.
🙏 Our sincere thanks to Dr Eylem Topbaş for her invaluable contribution in making this translation possible.
📘 The publication is available for download here.
#EDTNAERCA #RenalCare #NephrologyNursing #DisasterPreparedness #HealthcareLeadership #TurkishEdition #NursingEducation #ProfessionalDevelopment
19/05/2025
Recording of the EDTNA/ERCA Webinar: Living With Ambivalence While Facing the Future: The Existential Experiences of Patients Living With End-Stage Renal Disease - Before and After a Kidney Transplantation With a Living Donor
Video from the webinar is available (for the active members) here!
16/05/2025
KitNewCare - "An Introduction to Sustainable Kidney Care" free online cours
KitNewCare has launched a free online course to help healthcare professionals reduce the environmental impact of kidney care, offering practical strategies to make clinical practice more sustainable. Learn more from an official Press Release here.IMPORTANT
For more information visit KitNewcaren website https://kitnewcare.eu/
I am excited to announce that today I received the Certified Global Nurse Consultant Certification (CGNC) in the areas of Education, Leadership and Coaching. Thank you to so many people who have supported me over my career to date.
The CGNC program enables the International Council of Nurses (ICN) to identify and certify a body of accomplished nurses who will form a powerful resource of specialists to address the increasing demand for expert nursing advice worldwide. Certification as a Global Nurse Consultant enables nurses to contribute to various ICN initiatives and consult with governments, healthcare institutions and NGOs seeking the nursing perspective on the issues posed during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Past ICN President (2017-2021) Annette Kennedy said:"Certified Global Nurse Consultants will amplify the voice of nurses in policymaking, improve the response to current health challenges nationally and globally, and provide advice to shape the future of healthcare"
Dr John Sedgewick PhD
The CGNC program enables the International Council of Nurses (ICN) to identify and certify a body of accomplished nurses who will form a powerful resource of specialists to address the increasing demand for expert nursing advice worldwide. Certification as a Global Nurse Consultant enables nurses to contribute to various ICN initiatives and consult with governments, healthcare institutions and NGOs seeking the nursing perspective on the issues posed during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Past ICN President (2017-2021) Annette Kennedy said:"Certified Global Nurse Consultants will amplify the voice of nurses in policymaking, improve the response to current health challenges nationally and globally, and provide advice to shape the future of healthcare"
Dr John Sedgewick PhD
Award-winning multicultural nutrition resources helping to reduce health inequalities
Read full article here.
EDTNA/ERCA is pleased to partner in a new EU-funded project – KitNewCare – that aims to help health and care systems better embrace environmental sustainability and climate-neutrality, with a focus on kidney care. The project runs from January 2024 to December 2027. At the heart of this initiative is a pressing issue: healthcare systems are significant contributors to carbon emissions. KitNewCare tackles the challenge head-on, identifying and addressing the major health, environmental, financial, and social hotspots in healthcare
For more info click here.
For more info click here.
EKHA - Kidney Manifesto
An EU strategy to improve kidney care during the 2024-2029 mandateFull PDF (January 2025) available here.
Congratulations to our Scientific Board members for their achievements
John Sedgewick, Fellowship Ad Eundem
We are proud to announce that our colleague Dr John Sedgewick, EDTNA/ERCA Education Consultant (Middle East & Africa) and Accreditation Committee Chair, has been awarded a Fellowship Ad Eundem from the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland in recognition of his work in nursing and healthcare specifically in relation to his work in the field of renal nursing practice, education and research.
Our sincere congratulations to Dr John Sedgewick on his achievements!
Our sincere congratulations to Dr John Sedgewick on his achievements!
ABOUT EDTNA/ERCA
To promote a global interest in renal care by sharing knowledge and experience among our members
The European Dialysis and Transplant Nurses Association/European Renal Care Association (EDTNA/ERCA) is a multidisciplinary organization for those working in renal care. The mission of the Association is about ‘achieving the best level of education, standards and research for all renal care professionals caring and supporting their patients and families around the world’. To be able to live up to this mission, we are a group of multidisciplinary professionals from different parts of the world. Many tasks are split and shared amongst us, enabling us to be stronger and to achieve our goals.We strive to ensure that the outcome of our education programmes and projects in collaboration with our members, delegates and partners will show that excellence in education is our pursuit.