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34th World Congress of Endourology
In November 2016, I had the pleasure of attending the 34th World Congress of Endourology in the culturally rich city of Cape Town, South Africa. Many of your urologic colleagues were also in attendance with a strong representation from the United...
Join us at the ERUS-EAUN Robotic Urology Nursing Meeting
At this moment there is no harmonised training for nurses and RNFAs. The EAUN hopes to fill this gap with the 3-day ERUS-EAUN Robotic Urology Nursing Meeting. With a high quality nurses programme on robotics we aim to be an...
EAUN Fellowship Programme on robotic surgery at OLV Hospital in Aalst, Belgium
We work at the Urology Surgery Department at Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm as operating room nurses specialised in urology surgery and robotic-assisted surgery, and our department mainly treats prostate and bladder cancer patients. These surgeries are almost exclusively performed robotically...
Second EAUN Nursing Workshop with hands-on training in Dubai draws high attendance
The 5th Emirates International Urological Conference (EIUC) held from 15 to 17 December last year in Dubai was a true testament of the Emirates Urological Society’s (EUS) mission to strengthen and promote the practice of urology medicine, disseminate knowledge...
EAUN launches summary catheterisation guidelines
One of the goals for the EAUN is “To foster excellence in urological nursing throughout Europe” and writing guidelines is a way to achieve this. In 2009 EAUN published the first evidence-based guidelines and ever since discussed the benefits...
Revisiting the Asia-Pacific Prostate Cancer Conference
In the December edition of this newsletter, I reported on my attendance at the Asia – Pacific Prostate Cancer Conference which ran from 31 August to 3 September 2016 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in Australia. My column focused...
Health illiteracy in urological patients
In health care, having a patient optimally informed is of the utmost importance. Well-informed patients take better care of themselves, tend to have fewer complications, have better treatment outcomes and feel more in charge of their own health. Today,...
Book review: SUNA Core Curriculum for Urologic Nursing
The Society of Urology Nurses and Associates (SUNA), based in the USA, has just released the first edition of its Core Curriculum for Urologic Nursing. Edited by Diane K. Newman, Jean F. Wyman, and Valre W. Welch, this book...
Patient empowerment in urology – the interprofessional approach
In 1998 the WHO defined an empowerment initiative to support patients, vulnerable groups and give direction for health professionals. Empowering in health promotion is defined by the WHO as “(…) a process through which people gain greater control over...
Asia–Pacific Prostate Cancer Conference – Insights and best practices from Down Under
It has become a tradition for me to regularly attend the Asia–Pacific Prostate Cancer Conference since my advanced nursing practice focuses mainly on prostate cancer and this multidisciplinary meeting consistently ticks all the boxes for updating knowledge from medical,...
EAUN-CUAN ties enter new phase: EAUN opens collaborative training school for nurses and signs membership agreement
After two years of careful planning, this November saw, EAUN membership and the opening of a collaborative training centre for urology nurses in China, finally come to fruition, as part of the EAUN’s goals to expand links with urology nurses...
ERUS EAUN Robotic Nurse Meeting in Bruges, Belgium, September 2017
In 2004 a group of physicians gathered in France to look into the latest technology that enabled surgeons to perform surgery with robotic-assisted technique, this meeting became the very beginning of ERUS. This rather new field of performing minimally...