Nursing journal, Vol. 26. No. 3., 2021.
Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.11608/sgnj.26.3.3
A Review of Activities of the Pulmonology Society of the Croatian Nurses’ Association 1974 – 2021
Slađan Režić
orcid.org/0000-0002-2360-8508
; KBC Zagreb, Odjel za osiguranje i unapređenje kvalitete zdravstvene zaštite, Kišpatićeva 12, 10 000 Zagreb, Hrvatska
Tatjana Munko
; Specijalna bolnica za plućne bolesti, Rockefellerova 3, 10 000 Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
Introduction. The professional association of nurses in Croatia and Ex-Yugoslavia during the late 1960s marked the establishment of sections profiled according to certain nursing specialties. One of them was the section of pneumophthisiology (pulmonology). Current successors of these Sections are the Societies of the CNA. Sections/societies make up the core of professional and expert communication, but there are very few publications on their work. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to highlight the activities of the Pulmonology society of the CNA since its inception in 1974 until 2021.
Methods. The data presented in the paper was collected from the minutes of assemblies and work reports of the Pneumophthisiology Section of the Nurses’ Society of the Socialist Republic of Croatia / the Pulmonology Society of the CNA. A valuable source of information from the time between 1975 and 1989 was the Bulletin that was published by the Section. Additionally, conference proceedings from conferences held were also used.
Results. The Pneumophthisiology section of the Society of Nurses of the Socialist Republic of Croatia was founded on 22 November 1974 with the aim of providing professional education to members and solving professional issues. Today it operates as the Pulmonology Society of the Croatian Nurses’ Association. It organized forty-two professional conferences, numerous seminars, workshops, study visits and public health activities. From 1975 to 1989, twenty-three issues of the professional journal of the Pneumophthisiology section, the so called “Bulletin”, were published. The Bulletin published papers, work plans, and work reports. From 1998 to 2008 four conference proceedings from professional conferences were published. Members of the Pulmonology Society also published papers in other publications. The activities of the Pulmonology Society were carried out in cooperation with other professional societies of nurses and doctors, as well as health care organizations and state administration bodies.
Conclusion. The Pulmonology Society of the CNA has been continuously active for forty-seven years. In accordance with the aims of its establishment, its key activity was the organization of various forms of professional education for nurses. In the earliest years of its activity, the Pulmonology Society published its professional journal, the “Bulletin”, and later also conference proceedings from professional conferences. The hallmark of the Pulmonology Society’s entire activity was cooperation with other professional societies and organizations.
Ključne riječi
Pneumophthisiology Section of the Nurses; Pulmonology Society of Nurses; Croatian Nurses’ Association; history of nursing
Hrčak ID:
267921
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Datum izdavanja:
22.12.2021.
Posjeta: 867 *