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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...

“Spot-on” evidence-based nursing care – New research and developments
Dear EAUN members, The growing evidence in urology nursing care is amazing! With this column, the EAUN SIG Groups want to put the spotlight on recent publications in their field of interest. This month’s articles have been carefully chosen because of the scientific...

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...

“Spot-on” evidence-based nursing care – New research and developments
Dear EAUN members, The growing evidence in urology nursing care is amazing! With this column, the EAUN SIG Groups want to put the spotlight on recent publications in their field of interest. This month’s articles have been carefully chosen because of the scientific...

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...

Synopsis of nursing research study – Withdrawing from treatment for bladder cancer
This is a report of the nursing study ‘Withdrawing from treatment for bladder cancer: patient experience of BCG instillations’, which is awaiting publication in the International Journal of Urological Nursing. The primary aim of this mixed-methods study was to explore how patients’ experience with...

“Spot-on” evidence-based nursing care – New research and developments
Dear EAUN members, The growing evidence in urology nursing care is amazing! With this column, the EAUN SIG Groups want to put the spotlight on recent publications in their field of interest. This month’s articles have been carefully chosen because of the scientific...

Spotlight on frailty in bladder cancer
Is frailty an underestimated marker in clinical practice? Perioperative and long-term functional and oncological outcomes following radical cystectomy (RC) for bladder cancer remain unchanged, despite advances in technique and perioperative management as well as neoadjuvant therapy. Is there something we overlooked? The article below...