Peritoneal dialysis (PD) center is not possible to operate if there is no availability of dedicated PD nurse. Generally,
the nurse has to play many roles, including educator, coordinator, and sometimes leader. As professionalism, the PD nurses
need to have both theoretical and practical skills. With the tremendous leap of PD population after the launch of “PD First”
policy in Thailand, the shortage of skillful PD nurse is concerned. Hence, the nationwide PD nurse training course was
established with the collaborations of many organizations and institutes. Until now, 3 generations of 225 PD nurses are the
productions of the course. This number represents 80 percent of PD nurses distributed throughout the whole nation. The
survey operated in the year 2010 demonstrated that the output of the course was acceptable in terms of quality since most of
the trained PD nurses had a confidence in taking care of PD patients. The quality of patient care is good as indicated by KPIs.

Keywords: Peritoneal dialysis nurse, Training program, Professionalism, PD First policy