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20TH ANNIVERSARY OF KUWAIT NURSING ASSOCIATION THURSDAY
BY LUBNA MAARAFI
KUWAIT, MARCH 6 (KUNA) -- THE 600-STRONG KUWAIT NURSING ASSOCIATION
CELEBRATES ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY ON THURSDAY.
THE ASSOCIATION WAS ADVERTISED ON MARCH 7 1982 IN VIEW OF ENHANCING THE
SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC STANDING OF THE NURSING PROFESSION AND STRENGTHENING
RELATIONS WITH SIMILAR ASSOCIATIONS IN ARAB AND OTHER COUNTRIES.
MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION SHOULD BE HOLDERS OF NURSING CERTIFICATES
RECOGNIZED IN KUWAIT.
THE ASSOCIATION JOINED THE INTERNATIONAL NURSING COUNCIL IN 1993. IT IS
PUBLISHING THE "AL-ATAA" MAGAZINE, WHICH OUTLINES LAWS AND REGULATIONS RELATED
TO THE NURSING PROFESSION AMONG OTHER CONCERNS.
IT ALSO ORGANIZES SCIENTIFIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL SEMINARS AND ARRANGES THE
EXCHANGE OF VISITS WIT DIFFERENT ARAB AND OTHER NURSING AND MEDICAL
ORGANIZATIONS IN ADDITION TO PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES ON NURSING.
IN MARCH 2000, THE ASSOCIATION TOOK PART IN THE FIRST CONFERENCE OF KUWAITI
WOMAN IN MEDICAL PROFESSIONS ORGANIZED BY THE 21ST CENTURY TEAM OF KUWAITI
VOLUNTEER WOMEN IN COOPERATION WITH THE KUWAIT PHARMACISTS SOCIETY.
IT ALSO PARTICIPATED IN MAY 2000 IN THE NURSING CONFERENCE HELD AT THE
KUWAIT OIL COMPANY (KOC) AL-AHMADI HOSPITAL.
IN MAY 2001, THE ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED THE 15TH NURSING WEEK IN KUWAIT IN
WHICH EXPERTS FROM EGYPT, OMAN, BAHRAIN AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TOOK PART.
THE ASSOCIATION TOOK PART AS WELL IN THE 22ND CONGRESS NURSING, ORGANIZED
BY THE INTERNATIONAL NURSING COUNCIL IN JUNE 2001.
DURING THE IRAQI OCCUPATION OF KUWAIT IN 1990-91, THE ASSOCIATION MEMBERS
PERFORMED AN HONORABLE ROLE BY PROVIDING THEIR SERVICES TO MANY PEOPLE
SUFFERING FROM DIFFERENT ILLNESSES. THE KUWAITI NURSES ALSO OPENED THEIR
HOUSES TO TREAT THE KUWAITI RESISTANCE MEMBERS WHO COULD NOT GO TO HOSPITALS
NOT TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE OCCUPATION TROOPS. (END)
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