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Neurogenic LUTS and CIC: Nurses’ point of view
Future nursing research in CIC to address the need for an evidence-based educational protocol On behalf of the EAUN SIG Continence: E. Wallace (IE), V. Lejay (FR), G. Villa (IT) The general term Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction (NLUTD)...
Sexocorporel: Clinical sexology in urological context
Nurse practitioner counselling and therapy at the University Hospital Bern The Department of Urology of the University Hospital of Bern uses an approach based on the model ‘Sexocorporel’ for nurse practitioner (NP) counselling in sexual health. The present article...
“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...
Prostate cancer care and exercise
Regardless of disease state, exercise is (still) a cornerstone of prostate cancer care. And the amount of literature proving it is growing. 150 minutes’ aerobic exercise per week combined with at least two sessions of resistance exercise and daily...
Mrs. Rita Willener wins Ronny Pieters Award for dedication and innovation in urology nursing
For a long period, she was the only urology nurse practising at an advanced level in Switzerland. A long-time advocate for Evidence-Based Nursing (EBN), she improved urology nursing in her home country and went on to do the very...
EAUN supports Ukraine and its nurses and HCPs
The European Association of Urology Nurses, as a European professional nurses association with members from across the world is saddened and greatly concerned by the events in Ukraine and we extend our deepest sympathies to all the people in the...
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...
“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...