Introduction: Chronic renal disease may lead to end-stage renal disease and these patients have three choices of renal replacement therapy: hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and kidney transplantation. Its a shared decision between nephrologist and patient, after patients predialysis education about all renal replacement therapies. Peritoneal dialysis is one of them. This is a treatment for end-stage renal disease and it is a relatively simple technique. As such, it has been successfully developed as the preferred method of home dialysis. As the therapy is performed by patients themselves, the main focus is on providing these patients with effective education. Nurses have a key-role at health education of patient with peritoneal dialysis and they leed them through teaching steps to perform peritoneal dialysis at home. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to use domestic and foreign scientific literature to present the teaching process of the patient for performing home peritoneal dialysis. Methods: Research was based on a descriptive method involving a systematic review of domestic and foreign scientific literature from the period of 2006–2019. Results: The work presents the teaching process of the patient for performing home peritoneal dialysis through a case report. Patient with end-stage renal disease needed renal replacement therapy and after consultation with his nephrologist and introduction of renal replacement therapies, he chose peritoneal dialysis. After learning needs assessment, identifying learning goals and planning, we implemented teaching patient for home peritoneal dialysis. During and after the teaching process we evaluated learning to assure patients understanding. Discussion and conclusion: Effective patient education is not simple, but it is very important an has many benefits for patient learning for home peritoneal dialysis. A nurses ability to teach effectively can optimize patients knowledge, skills and capabilities for self-care. It is important, that nurses who are doing the peritoneal dialysis training are competent trainers and with many years of experience in peritoneal dialysis field. Nurses assess learning needs, sets learning goals with the patient, plans and implement education, evaluates learning and reeducates as needed. The final goal is that the patient can become independent with peritoneal dialysis and perform it safely at home.
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