The EAUN is a direct result of the 1st nursing conference, which was organised at the XVth congress of the European Association of Urology in Brussels, April 2000. The EAUN is part of the Professions Allied to Urology Office.
The 1st International meeting of the EAUN was held with an attendance of 110 participants from 11 different countries. In 2007, the EAUN meeting was attended by over 240 nurses from over 20 countries.
| EAUN Board | ||
|---|---|---|
Chairman | Ms. Bente Thoft Jensen | Arhus (DK) |
Vice Chair | Mr. Ronny Pieters | Ghent (BE) |
Members | Ms. Veronika Geng | Lobbach (DE) |
Ms. Ulla Lindstrom | Malmo (SE) | |
Mr. Klaus-Dieter Plothe | Gottingen (DE) | |
Ms. Patricia Slappendel | Arnhem (NL) | |
EAUN Aims & Objectives
The aims and objectives of the EAUN are:
- To act as the representative body for European nurses in urology and facilitate the continued development of urological nursing in all its aspects;
- To foster the highest standards of urological nursing care throughout Europe;
- To encourage urology research undertaken by nurses and enable the broadcasting of its results;
- To promote the exchange of experience and good practice between its members;
- To establish standards for training and practice for European urological nurses;
- To contribute to the determination of European urological health care policies
EAUN Bylaws
During the General Assembly at the 9th International EAUN Meeting in Milan, Italy, 26-28 March 2008, all members who are present will be asked to vote whether these adapted bylaws should be accepted for approval.
To open the PDF of the adapted EAUN bylaws click here.
EAUN Activities
- The EAUN runs up a Fellowship Programme to stimulate European urological nurses to visit European hospitals for one or two weeks;
- Each year, the EAUN organises a separate programme for nurses at the EAU Annual Congress. Click here to view the 2008 EAUN programme at the Milan Congress.
- The EAUN publishes "Good Practices" educational brochures such as Male Catherization (Section 1) and Male, Female & Paediatric Intermittent Catherization (Section 2)
Read More
- Links to National Urological Nursing Associations
- Past International Meetings of the EAUN
- Link to Abstracts presented at past international EAUN meetings
- Link to Research plans presented at past international EAUN meetings
EAUN Membership
Membership of the EAUN is open to all certified European nurses and allied health care professionals working in urology. Those with an interest in urology can join as affiliate members. Non-European members may join as a corresponding member. To join EAUN today, you may download the application form here or fill in the online registration form by clicking here.
Membership Benefits include:
- Considerable reduction on registration fee of the EAUN annual nursing conference in conjunction with the annual EAU Congress;
- Participation in Fellowship/Exchange Programme;
- Participation in educational programme of urology nursing courses;
- Free subscription to European Urology Today (EUT) with a EAUN section;
- Free on-line access to the European Urology website;
- Free copies "Good Practices in Health Care" booklets
- Substantial reduction on subscription fee for the International Journal of Urological Nursing (online + print for €60/year), contact the EAUN now
Membership fee
All members pay an annual fee of € 30.
For any further questions concerning the EAUN membership, please e-mail us
