Evie Mertens
Urology Nurse Practitioner
Bendigo Health

Evie is a Urology Nurse Practitioner who has been working with men and their partners diagnosed with prostate cancer since 2012. She works in public and private practice, in Melbourne and Regional Victoria. She is passionate about survivorship and improving outcomes, especially helping couples navigate through the side effects of prostate cancer treatment. Her main clinical areas of interest are uro oncology and sexual dysfunction, and she is training to expand her scope of practice and clinical skills in diagnostic cystoscopy, a nurse practitioner urology oncology clinic and will learn to perform transperineal prostate biopsy. She is currently the Vic state representative for ANZUNS and sits on the Victorian Urology Nurses Society board, and loves to mentor and support urology nurses.