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) LM.MAB KUNA 061119 Mar 02NNNN