Structural visualization of expert nursing: Dialysis patient education program "PD catheter management".

Structural visualization was implemented on catheter management education for peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients requiring expert nursing. An education program utilizing electronic images was proposed as a method of monitoring the exit site, which is of high importance in PD catheter self-management. Recording images of the exit site and utilizing them as part of the education program encouraged a common understanding of the exit site between nurses and patients, and helped to achieve a better quality of patient education. It is thought that visualization of nursing practice and the thinking processes of expert nurses which have not been expressly stated previously can become a foundation for more advanced nursing care throughout the profession.