European Association of Urology Nurses (EAUN)

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 1st International Meeting of the EAUN was held with an attendance of 110 participants from 11 different countries. In 2008, the EAUN meeting was attended by over 270 nurses from over 20 countries.

Chair	Ms. Kate Fitzpatrick	Dublin (IE)	Education & Accreditation
Vice-Chair	Ms. Bente Thoft Jensen	Århus (DK)	Science & Finances
Secretary	Mr. Willem De Blok	Amsterdam (NL)	Communication & Networking
Member	Ms. Veronika Geng	Lobbach (DE)	Guidelines
Member	Ms. Ulli Haase	Nieuwegein (NL)	Communication & Networking
Member	Ms. Susanne Hieronymi	Frankfurt am Main (DE)	Science & Subspecialties
Member	Mr. Lawrence Drudge-Coates	London (UK)	Subspecialties
Temporary Member	Ms. Susanne Vahr	Copenhagen (DK)	Guidelines
Chair Special Interest Group	Mr. Ronny Pieters	Ghent (BE)	Education & Accreditation

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
To liaise and collaborate with other organisations in the field of urology, particularly the European Association of Urology.

EAUN Bylaws and EAUN Long-term Strategy:

At the EAUN Annual General Meeting in Vienna, 21 March 2011, the Full members have approved the changes in the Bylaws:

The current Bylaws, approved by the members in 2011: EAUN 2011 Bylaws.

The EAU Executive Board has give its full support and confirmed the viability of the long-term strategic goals and plans mapped out by the European Association of Urology Nurses (EAUN) following their meeting in November 2008.

To open the PDF of the EAUN Long-term Strategy 2008-2013 click here.