Renal critical care educator

Nikki Justice is the Renal Critical Care Educator for EMEESY. She provides specialist nursing support and education for staff caring for children requiring renal replacement therapy within the regional PICUs. This includes Nottingham, Sheffield and Leicester Royal Infirmary.

She also provides support to Addenbrooke's with education provision and provides over the phone support when needed. 

Renal critical care education focuses mainly around continuous renal replacement therapies (CRRT). There are increasing numbers of children with AKI requiring CRRT within PICU’s, however the frequency and predictability of these treatments remains very varied. This means the experience of PICU staff and their subsequent confidence in delivering such specialised treatments can vary greatly.

Renal critical care education and support therefore aims to increase exposure to such treatments, improving the knowledge and practical skills of PICU nursing staff through simulation, ad hoc bedside teaching, formal classroom teaching or study days and supervised practice when a patient is undergoing treatment.