Learning Objectives

• Explore how to recognise patients at risk of CKD and the factors that warrant earlier assessment.
• Examine the diagnostic approach to making a timely and accurate CKD diagnosis.
• Consider the evidence-based interventions that slow progression and improve patient outcomes.
• Highlight the link between CKD and cardiovascular disease and the practical strategies that reduce cardiovascular risk.

Speaker: 

Beverley Bostock, RGN, MSc, MA

Beverley is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner at Mann Cottage Surgery and President Elect of the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society. She deliver education & training in long-term conditions, consultation skills and prescribing around the country, linking to her role as Editor in Chief of Practice Nurse Journal. She is also the Vice-chair Elect of the Association of Respiratory Nurses, complementing her role on the British Thoracic Society Nurse Specialist Advisory Group.