Awards

Every year during the Annual European Association of Urology Nurses meeting, prestigious awards and prizes are handed out to deserving nurses in urology.  Here is a look at this year’s recipients.

Ronny Pieters Award Winner

In the Plenary Session at the EAUN21 Virtual Meeting, September 2021, the second Ronny Pieters Award was handed out to an EAUN Member who has significantly contributed to the development of urological nursing in Europe. Congratulations to Mrs. Rita Willener, recipient of the Ronny Pieters Award 2020.

The third Ronny Pieters Award will be handed out in the first Plenary Session of EAUN22 in Amsterdam on Saturday, 2 July, the Abstract Prizes and the Prize for the Best EAUN Nursing Research Project will be handed out in the Award Session on Monday, 4 July.

For full details on how to nominate an outstanding colleague please check the EAUN website

Nominations for the Ronny Pieters Award for the EAUN23 Meeting can be submitted to the EAUN from 1 September until the deadline of 1 November 2022.

 

Ronny Pieters Award 2020

Mrs. Rita Willener

Berne, Switzerland 

 

During EAUN21, the EAUN Chair will hand out four Best Poster Presentation Awards and one Prize for the Best EAUN Nursing Research Project Plan. Science-oriented posters and Practice-development oriented poster presentations are rated separately.
For both categories two prizes are available, a first and a second prize. The awards are a vital acknowledgement of the fact that the international urological nursing community is progressive and continues to push the level of clinical practice in urology nursing today.

 

First Prize for the Best Science-oriented Abstract

 

First Prize: Best Science-oriented Abstract

Mrs. Liesbeth Leinum

For the abstract: “Digital fluid balance monitoring can improve measurement accuracy. A pilot study”

Roskilde, Denmark

 

 

Second Prize for the Best Science-oriented Abstract

 

Second Prize: Best Science-oriented Abstract

Mrs. Louise Faurholt Øbro

For the abstract: “Prostate cancer patients’ perspectives of integrating mHealth and coaching in prostate cancer survivorship care”

Velje Aarhus, Denmark

 

 

First Prize for the Best Practice-development oriented Abstract

 

First Prize: Best Practice-development oriented Abstract

Mrs. Dilara Nur Turgut

For the abstract: “A comparison of job satisfaction, depression severity and quality of life between perioperative nurses who take part robot-assisted laparoscopic and pure laparoscopic surgery”

Ankara, Turkey

 

 

Second Prize for the Best Practice-development oriented Abstract

 

Second Prize: Best Practice-development oriented Abstract

Mrs. Judith Elliott  

For the abstract: “Re-thinking focus of care – A qualitative study investigating emotional and communicative needs of men before and after radical prostatectomy from a urotherapy perspective”

Munster, Germany

 

 

Prize for the Best EAUN Nursing Research Project

 

Best EAUN Nursing Research Project

Mrs. Sajida Salman Chagani

For the Nursing Research Project Plan: “Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) for patients undergoing radical cystectomy: A quasi experimental study”

Karachi, Pakistan

 

 

Previous Winners

The 2019 Award Winners can be found in the Resource Centre of EAUN19.

For an extended overview of all awards and previous winners please visit the EAUN Award Gallery.