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Co-authors of the project: Edith van Wijlick, Joke Beekman In 2012 we presented a study project at the EAUN congress titled ‘Which factors make clean intermittent (self) catheterisation successful?’ which won us the research grant for the Best Nursing...

Some good things need to be re-invented for it to remain current, dynamic and relevant. This year’s EAUN 2016 Munich video session was indeed a video session with a difference. In the past, we provided a small window for...

First of all I would like to thank the European Association of Urology Nurses (EAUN) for providing me the opportunity to attend the EAUN Conference in Munich through a grant. It was an extraordinary, inspiring event and my first...

Do you have a good idea for a research project to improve nursing care? Join the EAUN Research Project Competition and contribute to international efforts to boost urological nursing. The EAUN recognises the importance of achieving evidence-based health care....

Two moderated poster sessions took place during the 17th EAUN Meeting in Munich but due to the higher number of high quality abstracts, an extra unmoderated session was organised, for the second time in the history of the EAUN’s annual meeting. We had...

Nursing collaboration started in 1993 with first the International Nursing Conference, a dialogue between the University of Jordan and the Institute of Health and Caring Science in Sweden.  The results of this abovementioned meeting led to cultural exchanges, job satisfaction, establishment of nursing councils,...

The 17th EAUN meeting was particularly interesting for me as it highlighted a range of interesting topics and features that were applicable to my field of urological nursing and which enabled me to apply current practices. For the purpose of this article the one...

The Benign Section of the EAUN held an exciting thematic session discussing the challenges regarding teenagers in transition into adulthood. I was delighted and honoured to present the service I deliver within Guys and St Thomas NHS Trust incorporating Evelina London. My exciting role...

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is recognised worldwide as a fundamental violation of the human rights of girls and women. It reflects deep-rooted inequality between the sexes and constitutes an extreme form of discrimination against women. FGM involves violation of rights of the children...

My name is Linda Söderkvist, 36 years old, and I graduated in 2012 from the Red Cross University College in Stockholm where I earned my Master´s degree in perioperative nursing and became an operating room nurse. Before I specialized...

In November last year the EAUN sent out an announcement for a new board member and I took the chance to apply. I am Jeannette Verkerk-Geelhoed and I live in the western Netherlands, about 20 kilometers form Rotterdam. I...