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European Parliament meeting examines Prostate Cancer White Paper
Last September 27 saw the EAUN took its rightful place at the European Parliament to discuss the implications of the Prostate Cancer White Paper during this year’s European Prostate Cancer Awareness Day (EPAD). Together with Europa Uomo and the European...
NUF: Scandinavian biennial conference on urology
The Scandinavian Association of Urology (NUF) organises a biennial conference for urological doctors and nurses from the Nordic countries. This year the 31st Biennial Conference 2017 was held in Odense, the birthplace of famous fairy tale and Danish author Hans...
Updates from the Danish Post-EAUN Meeting
Since 2010 the Aarhus University Hospital (Denmark) has been hosting an annual scientific meeting with focus on research and development in urological nursing in cooperation with the EAUN. The initiative originated in the spring of 2010 during the memorable...
EAUN shares ERAS expertise after radical cystectomy in Abu Dhabi
As part of the European Association of Urology Nurses’ (EAUN) goal to share expertise and boost knowledge exchange, a day-long workshop on Enhanced Recovery Protocols (ERAS) following radical cystectomy will be held on November 10 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab...
Getting the right diagnosis: report of the 1st Australasian Diagnostic Error in Medicine Conference
Getting the right diagnosis is a key aspect of healthcare. As a registered nurse I have contributed to the formulation of patient diagnoses throughout my career. When I became a urology nurse practitioner in 2010, my scope of practice permitted...
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...