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Health illiteracy in urological patients

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,...
SUNA Core Curriculum for Urologic Nursing

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...

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...
2015 Nominee for the EAUN Board

Improving follow-up care after nephrectomy

Similar to worldwide trends, renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in the Netherlands comprises 2% of all the malignancies1. The Netherlands Cancer Institute is a specialised institute where many cases of nephrectomies and partial nephrectomies are performed in localised and locally advanced RCC. The follow-up after...