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Advancing the role of specialist nurses in Europe with ESNO
The European Specialist Nurses Organisations (ESNO) (www.esno.org ) is founded in 2006 and aims to highlight the role played by specialist nurses in Europe. Nurses are the largest group of professionals (three million) in European healthcare, and it is...
Join the unique ERUS-EAUN17 meeting for OR nurses in robotics
Increase your knowledge of procedures, competences and teamwork in the OR From 25 to 27 September 2017 the ERUS-EAUN Robotic Urology Nursing Meeting (ERUS-EAUN17) will take place in Bruges, Belgium in conjunction with the 14th ERUS Meeting (ERUS17). There...
EAUN18: Prime platform for urology nursing research
As author Ralph Marston once said, “What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.” It is crucial that nurses share what they know and have the platform to do so. “Nurses are always interested in finding ways to provide optimum care for...
18th EAUN Meeting in London
Over 350 urology nurses from Europe and around the world gathered in London to learn updates and practical insights in a programme that featured practical workshops, courses, as well as state-of-the-art lectures on cancer management and follow-up, kidney failure and rare...
34th World Congress of Endourology
In November 2016, I had the pleasure of attending the 34th World Congress of Endourology in the culturally rich city of Cape Town, South Africa. Many of your urologic colleagues were also in attendance with a strong representation from the United...
Join us at the ERUS-EAUN Robotic Urology Nursing Meeting
At this moment there is no harmonised training for nurses and RNFAs. The EAUN hopes to fill this gap with the 3-day ERUS-EAUN Robotic Urology Nursing Meeting. With a high quality nurses programme on robotics we aim to be an...
EAUN Fellowship Programme on robotic surgery at OLV Hospital in Aalst, Belgium
We work at the Urology Surgery Department at Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm as operating room nurses specialised in urology surgery and robotic-assisted surgery, and our department mainly treats prostate and bladder cancer patients. These surgeries are almost exclusively performed robotically...
Second EAUN Nursing Workshop with hands-on training in Dubai draws high attendance
The 5th Emirates International Urological Conference (EIUC) held from 15 to 17 December last year in Dubai was a true testament of the Emirates Urological Society’s (EUS) mission to strengthen and promote the practice of urology medicine, disseminate knowledge...
EAUN launches summary catheterisation guidelines
One of the goals for the EAUN is “To foster excellence in urological nursing throughout Europe” and writing guidelines is a way to achieve this. In 2009 EAUN published the first evidence-based guidelines and ever since discussed the benefits...
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...