Nursing Associations Module

The Moldovan Nursing Association

The Moldovan Nursing Association, founded in 1995 through the efforts of an AIHA partnership, currently boasts more than 13,000 members in all of Moldova's 11 judets. An estimated additional 12,000 nursing students have also participated in its activities. Its Board of Directors meets monthly.

The association organizes educational seminars and conferences to share information received through the partnership. Members have developed a 60-hour course on Universal Precautions, AIDS, and other blood transmitted diseases for nurses. New patient care standards adopted by the association have helped to decrease post-operative pulmonary complication from 12 percent to 5 percent and allowed for patient transfer out of ICU in two to three days. The association's members have also published several articles about their activities in local journals and a nursing page in the Romanian newsletter "Mysteries of Health".

In 1996, the Moldovan Nursing Association became a member of European Forum of Nursing Associations under the auspices of WHO. The Moldovan Nursing Association has 38 branches and eight professional groups.

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