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Goals and objectives of the
association centre around the four
pillars of advanced practice, not only
for trustee development, but also to
inspire membership:
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Clinical expertise/knowledge
i
Leadership
i
Research/audit/
quality improvement
i
Facilitating learning/education.
I, personally, have been a BAUN
member for 20 years. It has helped
to shape my development within
the urological speciality, brought me
into contact with some exceptional
professionals and this year I find
myself as president-elect. There
are untold benefits from sharing
experiences with like-minded nurses,
developing connections outside your
organisation and communicating
with all groups of urology nurses, as
this inspires you to aim for higher
personal development.
i
Working collaboratively with
other organisations and
exchanging information and
advice to the benefit
of patients
i
Promoting, encouraging, carrying
out or commissioning research,
surveys, studies or other work,
and making the useful
results available
i
Alone, or with other
organisations nationally
and internationally, seeking
to influence the urological
healthcare agenda.
As it has grown, BAUN has
forged links with the Departments
of Health throughout the United
Kingdom, various publishing
groups, other nursing organisations,
universities, device companies,
industry and pharmaceutical
companies. International links with
European and worldwide urological
nursing associations are well
established and continue to go from
strength to strength.
BAUN — helping to improve
urological patient care
T
he British Association of
Urological Nurses (BAUN)
is a registered charity which
aims to promote and maintain the
highest standards in the practice
and development of urological
nursing and urological patient care.
The charity’s objects are specifically
directed to the promotion of the
advancement of education in
urological nursing and urological
patient care for the benefit of the
entire community, and in particular
the provision of nurse education
and training, endorsement schemes,
education materials, meetings
and conferences.
Since its inception in 1995, the
aims of the association were always
to develop urological nursing and
support urology nurses. In 2001,
the first annual conference was
inaugurated; this remains the
highlight of the BAUN year, and
2020 sees our 35th year celebration.
BAUN’s aims include:
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Helping to improve the care of
urological patients in all
healthcare settings
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Organising conferences, courses
of instruction, exhibitions,
lectures and other
educational activities
i
Providing and procuring
educational materials, including
guidelines, websites, newsletters
and an
International Urological
Nursing Journal
(IJUN) for
BAUN members
i
Providing personal development
opportunities for BAUN members
through involvement in running
the association
Profile
Jane Brocksom, senior urology/consultant
nurse specialist, St James’ Hospital,
Leeds; president-elect, BAUN
Jane Brocksom explains how BAUN has deveoped into the vibrant
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UROLOGY AND CONTINENCE CARE TODAY
2018,Vol 1, No 1
BAUN trustees work hard to ensure
transparency and collaboration with
all levels of urological nurses. For
more information:
www.baun.co.ukBAUN
values
B
Business efficiency and
continuous improvement
A
Accountability and
transparency, including
trustees
U
Urologic nursing, our 20:20
vision, meeting the holistic
needs of ALL our members
from novice to expert
N
Nursing representation and
networking to raise our profile