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Recently, I attended the BAUS conference held at the BT Convention Centre in Liverpool, England last June 25 to 27. I was joined by a few urological colleagues from New Zealand and Australia, but accents were predominantly British and European. There...

As a nurse cystoscopist, some of the most vital aspects in care management of surveillance patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) include continuity of care, timely follow-up, and having a specific point of contact. These allow patients to...

Last August I participated at the Asia-Pacific Prostate Cancer Conference in Brisbane to prepare for my nursing fellowship at the Australian Prostate Centre in Melbourne. It was a great opportunity to meet my future colleagues at the centre and...

Men with metastatic (advanced) prostate cancer have a variety of supportive care needs including physical issues, communication, physiological/emotional needs, intimacy and  sex, and information (Patterson et al 2017). In addition, we know from the work presented by Afshar et al....

In our hospital’s daily practice we notice the popular use of cannabis oil in prostate cancer (PCa) patients. As a nursing specialist for urology, I have even met patients who are so convinced of the curative benefits of cannabis oil in treating prostate...

The EAUN has built good links with China and Hong Kong over a number of years and this year the EAUN was invited again to collaborate with the Chinese Urological Association of Nursing (CUAN) and Urology Nurses Association of...

The EAUN offers every year a one to two-week fellowship to its members. With the overarching goal to foster the highest standard of urological nursing care throughout Europe, nursing research activities becomes mandatory to improve the level of evidence-based care. This year, the Aarhus...

      Imola, 05/06/2018 Hello! We are Dr. Jacopo Bonavita – Head of the Spinal Unit, Dr. Ilaria Baroncini – Physiatrist, and Dr. Sara Tedeschi – Infectious Disease Specialist of Montecatone Rehabilitation Institute in Imola (Bologna), Italy. Montecatone...

Hello, my name is Jason Alcorn, a 46- years-old graduate of the University of Huddersfield, UK. Prior to training as a nurse, I was a musician in the British Army, serving around the world and in the conflict zones...

For those who are entrenched in modern medicine, it may be difficult to think of alternative medicine and urology as being practised together. Nevertheless, the use of complementary and alternative medicine to treat many different diseases is on the rise...

Most men find it difficult to talk about Erectile Dysfunction (ED). They simply live with it and accept that it’s just part of life. But it doesn’t have to be that way. If they understand what ED is, what...

Robotic surgery is, by far, one of the best and most advanced examples of combined competencies, forged together in theatre and moving forward as an effective team. It has pushed the boundaries of what was thought to be the known...