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EAUN21 report: Highlights, crucial updates, and awards

The recently-concluded virtual 21st International EAUN Meeting (EAUN21) delivered the newest and most crucial updates in urological nursing from 3 to 4 September 2021. Comprised of nursing specialists and affiliated medical professionals, the EAUN21 faculty offered their expert insights...

Join the ERUS-EAUN Robotic Urology Nursing Meeting, 11-13 November

One or three-day update available as part of ERUS-DRUS21 meeting The EAUN is working together with the EAU Robotic Urology Section to offer nurses a three-day meeting in Dusseldorf this November. There will be a full-day nurses’ programme on November  11th, with...

EAUN: Latest developments in fast changing environment

I am pleased and honoured to be able to address you as your new chair, since the ratification of my candidacy by the members at the AGM on 4 September last at the EAUN21 Virtual Meeting. We are living in challenging times, but...

Provision of advanced uro-oncological nursing care – Part II

The World Health Organisation and the International Council of Nurses expect that there will be a shortage of 5.7 million nurses internationally until 2030. The United States’ cancer care workforce lacks more than 2,300 medical oncologists until 2025. After the current COVID-19...

EAUN restructured after strategic change

The world has changed over the last eighteen months.The global pandemic hit us hard and suddenly affected each and every one of us. Many health professionals were redeployed to assist in controlling the pandemic, often far away from their ‘comfort...

Provision of advanced uro-oncological nursing care – Part I

For several years, it is a trend in many countries to implement Advanced Nursing Practice (ANP) services. ANP is an ‘umbrella’ term for extended nursing  practice. These ANP services are intended to achieve an improvement in holistic patient care.  Advanced Practice Nurse...

EAUN Fellowship Report

My name is Eleni Zouzoula and I am a registered nurse from Greece. In 2014 I completed my nursing studies. In 2019 I earned my master degree in Health Science  informatics and now I’m studying for my second master degree in Health Services Management....

Working together to improve healthcare through EAUN

Dear EAUN members, My motivation to apply to become a member of the board started while working on the latest prostate EAUN Guidelines, and has grown after attending the EAUN conference in 2019. I am professionally engaged and love constantly gaining new...

Bile acid loss syndrome

Bile fluid is produced in the liver (approx. 900 ml /24 h) and stored in the gallbladder. Together with the pancreatic secretions, the bile is released into the duodenum and reabsorbed and reused in the enterohepatic circulation. Bile is necessary for good digestion and...

Former EAUN Chair elected AAN Fellow

The EAUN wants to congratulate Bente Thoft Jensen, RN, MPH, PhD, Department of Urology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark, on her election as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). The virtual induction of Bente Thoft as a Fellow into...