[Nurse-assisted arterio-venous fistula cannulation during home hemodialysis: first results of the DIADIDEAL study].

Introduction: We have launched a pilot study, called DIADIDEAL, to propose nurse-assistance at home for arterio-venous fistula (AVF) cannulation in home hemodialysis (HHD) patients. The aim of the present study was to describe enrollment of the patients and their nurses.

Materials: All prevalent HD patients on 30th November 2018 with no medical contraindication to HDD treatment and all incident patients on dialysis from the 30th November 2018 to the 21st April 2023 were eligible.

Early diagnosis of chronic kidney disease in patients with diabetes in France: multidisciplinary expert opinion, prevention value and practical recommendations.

Diabetes is the leading cause of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), accounting for approximately 50% of patients starting dialysis. However, the management of these patients at the stage of chronic kidney disease (CKD) remains poor, with fragmented care pathways among healthcare professionals (HCPs). Diagnosis of CKD and most of its complications is based on laboratory evidence.

[Towards real progress for advanced practice nurses thanks to Rider 9].

The national agreement for nurses organizes the relationship between these professionals and the Health Insurance. An amendment was signed on July 27, 2022, leading to the implementation of a new billing system on March 23, 2023. Two types of pathways are now possible: "Patients followed" and "Occasional patients" with, for each, two types of billing.

[The ANFIPA in practice: the example of the chronic kidney disease, dialysis, transplant college].

The French association of advanced practice nurses (anfipa) is actively participating in setting up advanced practice across the country. Colleges are places of interaction and work for advanced practice nurses and students. Highlighting missions of this college enables us to create places of discussion and exchanges in the field, and to take part in the rollout of this new profession.

[The advanced practice nurse and chronic renal patients].

In the course of his life, a patient with chronic kidney disease will have to hear the announcement of a diagnosis, live with a pathology for which there is no hope of cure, undergo a multitude of tests and, finally, choose a mode of substitution (dialysis and/or transplantation). The advanced practice nurse has a role to play in bringing added value to these patients. In this function lies a constant questioning of his practices, a development of his intellectual curiosity in the service of patients.

[Ericksonian hypnosis and mindfulness meditation: Towards a behavioral medicine in nephrology].

The utilization of behavioral medicine, like Ericksonian hypnosis and mindfulness meditation, in the patient care is increasing. Psychological disorders associated with chronic renal failure are similar to the post-traumatic stress disorder and need a continuous personnel adjustment. Preventing depression, managing stress, pain and emotions, like anger, guiltiness and shame, is of importance in individual who suffer of chronic kidney disease, but also in their family caregivers and in health-care workers.

Improved Detection and Evaluation of Depression in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Validity and Reliability of Screening (PHQ-2) and Diagnostic (BDI-FS-Fr) Tests of Depression in Chronic Kidney Disease.

Objective: Depression is underdiagnosed and thus undertreated. This study aimed to validate the French version of the PHQ-2 (Patient Health Questionnaire-2) and BDF-FS-Fr (Beck Depression Inventory-Fast Screen-France) on patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) living in France.

Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 109 patients of the Centre universitaire de maladies rénales, Centre Hospi-talier Universitaire (CHU) de Caen (37 patients with CKD on pre-dialysis and grafting stage, 36 grafted patients, and 36 dialyzed patients).

[Descriptive study of practices with patients in conservative care practices in a French district, the Normandy].

Introduction: Renal replacement therapy and renal transplantation can't be considered as the only way to treat old end-stage renal disease patients. Nowadays conservative management has to be considered and proposed as a treatment option to patients with a chronic kidney disease. The aim of this study was to describe nephrologists' practices concerning conservative management care in a French department.