[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.