Difficult Case submission for the 13th International EAUN Meeting, Paris, France, 25-27 February 2012 is open from 1 July 2025 until 1 November 2011.

Note: As of Paris the Difficult Cases session is no longer restricted to solved cases. Also not solved Difficult Urological Nursing Cases are welcome.

Detailed information on the project Nursing Solutions in Difficult Cases
At the International EAUN Meeting in Milan (2008) some colleagues remarked that in our latest Good Practice in Health Care series titled ‘The Male External Catheter’ (MEC) only ‘normal’ cases were described. Although it is common practice for a guideline to describe or focus on typical cases, the suggestion implies that there is a need for information on nursing practice in atypical (difficult) cases.

This is where we need your help. If you are among those who encounter problems in daily nursing practice and have found your own solutions, we would like to invite you to take a few photos and write a standard protocol. You can download a form with a list of standard questions (see point 6 under Submission Criteria and Rules). The form should include a description of the problem, the nursing intervention provided, the material you have chosen to help the patient and the final results.

Together with the EAUN you will share and pass on this knowledge to other nurses. The 10 best cases are presented by the authors and discussed with the audience in a special session at the 13th International EAUN Meeting in Paris. The EAUN will place the material on her website as a unique opportunity to learn from each other. All submissions that meet the criteria will be published on the EAUN website and in European Urology Today.

Jury
The cases will be evaluated by an expert jury. Jury members are:

• Ronny Pieters, Ghent, Belgium (Urology Nurse)
• Eva Wallace, Dublin, Ireland (Urology Nurse)
• Helen Forristal, Ireland (Nurse practitioner in urology, sub-specialisation in uro-oncology)
• Steen Walter, Odese, Denmark (Professor in Urology)
• Nevin Kanan, Istanbul, Turkey (Professor in Perioperative Nursing and Urology Nursing)

Free registration for the 13th International EAUN Meeting in Paris
Those who submitted the 10 best cases (as decided by the jury) will be granted a free registration for the 13^th International EAUN Meeting in Paris and will be invited to present their case in 5 minutes during a workshop.

Free EAUN membership
All submitters of Difficult Cases that meet the criteria and are not yet an EAUN member will be granted free membership of the European Association of Urology Nurses (EAUN) for one year.

Submission Criteria and Rules
Carefully note the submission rules and criteria, because submissions that do not comply with these rules and criteria will be rejected.

1. The authors and presenter of this Difficult Case must be registered nurses
2. The topic selected must be of relevance to urology nursing in difficult cases
3. The case is illustrated with (numbered) photos of the problem and the solution, preferably 2–5 photos in high resolution (300 dpi at 100%)
4. The solution described in this Difficult Case is your own solution and a nursing intervention
5. When invited to present the Difficult case in Paris you will present the case using the EAUN Difficult Cases slides 
   Titles of the slides:
   1. The problem, 2. Nursing intervention 3. Material used 4. The results
6. The case is presented in a completed submission form, click here to download the form
7. A written patient consent is submitted wherein approval is given for the photos and its unrestricted use and the reproduction of the cases for educational purposes.  A form can be downloaded here.
8. The copyright of photo and text material are transmitted to the EAUN
9. A conflict of interest form will be filled out upon request of the EAUN
10. The Difficult Cases can only be submitted by e-mail.

Send the completed Submission form and the photo material, accompanied by the form stated under criterion 7, ultimately on 1 November, 2011 to Ms. Hanneke Lurvink.

Deadline
1 November 2011, 0.00 hours CET

Copyright
The EAUN holds the right to reproduce the submitted photos and text material.

Presentation
Submitters that are invited to present in Paris will receive 4 standard slides in December 2011 with the following titles: The problem, Nursing intervention, Material used, Results. All presenters are obliged to use these slides in their presentation in order to improve the comparability of the presentations and the cases for the attending participants.

Join our search for the best nursing solutions!

You can send your contribution to Ms. Hanneke Lurvink.

Inspiration
To inspire and help you previously submitted cases can be viewed at our website, www.eaun.uroweb.org under the heading Useful resources for nurses.
Webcasts of presented cases are available on the congress website.
For more information please contact Ms. Hanneke Lurvink