Highlights 8th International EAUN Meeting

Exchange of ideas, knowledge and research brings nurses closer together

The 8th International Meeting of the EAUN, held from 21 to 24 March in conjunction with the 22nd Annual EAU Congress, was very successful. No less than 245 nurses with experience in urological care visited the congress to get the latest updates about their profession. The interested audience could make use of simultaneous translations from English to German. Read More

Urinary tract dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis – Why do patients go untreated?

Symposium aims to prevent unnecessary suffering MS patients

During the 8th International Meeting of the European Association of Urology Nurses (EAUN) in conjunction with the 22nd Annual EAU Congress a symposium was held to discuss how to deal with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) related urinary tract dysfunction. Dr. A. Kaufmann, Centre of Continence and Neuro-Urology,
Clinic Maria Hilf GmbH, Mönchengladbach (DE), chaired an interesting session that covered both neurological and urological aspects. At the same time it was very oriented on practical issues. The symposium was sponsored by Astra Tech. Read More

Female urinary tract infections State-of-the-art lecture by Veronika Geng

On Friday 23 March Veronika Geng, EAUN board member, gave a state-of-the-art lecture on female urinary tract infections (UTIs) during the 8th International Meeting of the EAUN. The aim of the lecture was to inform on the causes, types and risk factors of UTIs. Furthermore the diagnostics,therapeutic aspects and prevention of UTIs were discussed. At present, 15% of all antibiotics used in the United States are prescribed to treat UTIs . As many as 13% of hospitalised urology patients suffer from nocosomialacquired, catheter-associated UTIs. There are no precise data on female UTIs, but it is clear that it occurs more often in females than in males.  Read more

Female Sexual Dysfunction: Clinical approach
What nurses want to know

Alessandra Graziottin is currently Director of the Centre of Gynaecology and Medical Sexuology at the H. San Raffaele Resnati in Milan (IT). She is Consultant
Professor at the Universities of Florence and Parma (IT). She received her medical degree at the University of Padua (IT) in 1978, where she specialised in
Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 1982 and in Oncology in 1985. She is also a certified Psychotherapist in Sexual Medicine. Read More

European Association of Urology Nurses (EAUN) Meeting, Paris 2006

In April of this year the EAU held its 21st Annual Congress in the beautiful city of Paris, and the EAUN held its 7th International Meeting in conjunction. Through the work of the EAUN Board under the guidance and direction of the EAU, an exceedingly extensive programme was created.

Commenting on the continued growth and need, EAUN chair Aase Grundal made specific mention of the latest booklet in the "Good Practices in Health Care Series". This latest guideline document provides information and advice on Intermittent Catheterisation. It was written by a team of EAUN members with the generous support of Hollister.

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