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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...
2nd ESUN Course in Rome delivers insights and best practices on Managing OAB
Twenty-four nurses from 11 European countries attended the two-day 2nd European School of Urology Nurses (ESUN) Course on Neurogenic detrusor overactivity and overactive bladder in Rome, Italy last November 4 and 5. The participants, selected by the organisational committee...
Insights on best practices: EAUN fellowship at Dutch cancer centre
For the last five years I have been working as a charge and urology ward nurse at Mater Dei Hospital in Malta which is the country’s only acute general university teaching hospital that offers full-range hospital services. Since my...
Bruce Turner – Beloved friend, colleague and urology nurse – 1979-2016
It is with a deep sadness and profound sense of loss to announce that Bruce Turner died on Friday 2nd December, 2016. Many of you will have known or met Bruce through his work with the EAUN and also through BAUN....
Update on the 2nd ESUN Course on Neurogenic Detrusor Overactivity and Overactive Bladder
In July the ESUN’s SCO has reviewed all applications carefully and chose the participants for this comprehensive course that will take place in Rome from November 4 to 5. They have selected 25 out of the 45 applications to...
Monitoring New Zealand patients on abiraterone
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in New Zealand. In 2012, 3,129 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer and 607 died from metastatic or castration-resistant disease (MoH, 2015). The Southern District Health Board (DHB) is a publically funded regional health...