 | | State-of-the-art service at the Foch hospital in Suresnes |
The hospital has a newly renovated emergency department, 14 operation rooms, one Da Vinci robot, a large maternity ward and their own midwife and nursing school. In their 550 beds they have 41,500 hospitalisations per year and 14,000 surgical interventions.
At the front gate of the hospital, the 15 nurses from all over Europe who had come to start of the EAUN with an inspirational view of urology in France, were met by the head nurse of urology, Mme Daif.
Mme Daif gave us a guided tour of the urology department in Hopital Foch. This department is considered one of the biggest and most important centres of urology in France, and is the country’s second largest kidney transplant centre. They dispose of 54 beds in a state-of-the-art service. Last year they performed 92 cystectomies, 230 prostatectomies and 1500 endoscopic procedures.
The service of hospitalisation is split up into 3 wings. One wing is specialised in general urology, and one with major surgery such as nephrectomy, prostatectomy and cystectomy. The third wing is a special service unit consisting of 2 operating theatres for endoscopic procedures and ESWL, a post-operative care unit with 4 beds and a room for urodynamics. The nurses take turns in the services and all work 12 hours shifts from 8am to 8pm.
The department of urology in Hopital Foch is aiming to give more responsibilities to experienced urology nurses and it is their vision to have nurses performing prostate biopsies and cystoscopies in the near future. They have also set up a nurse-led clinic for precystectomy care and information.
All in all, it was a very interesting visit to a urology department that seems to have it all: engaged personal, state-of-the-art operating rooms and robots, patient categories that cover every aspect of general and specialised urology –not to mention a magnificent view over Paris from every room in the service!
I would like to thank Hopital Foch again for the visit!
Stina Lindedam, Rn
Dept. of Urology,
Herlev Hospital Frederikssund (DK)
Article from European Urology Today, volume 24, No. 2 |
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