Nepal Association of Nepal (NAN)

The Nursing Association of Nepal is a professional organization of Nepalese nurses that was created in June 1962 AD June (Magh, 2018 BS) under the name Trained Nurses Association of Nepal (TNAN). Mrs. Lamboo Amaya, a royal nurse working in a nursing school at Surendra Bhawan, was the association's first president. In 1969 AD, the NAN became a member of the ICN.

Objectives of the NAN

1. To safeguard, promote, and develop all nurses' professional rights and interests in the country.
2. To increase the health level of the population in a country and to execute numerous initiatives around the country.
3. To improve nursing services by raising their standards.
4. To continue to work hard to create and expand the scientific nursing system.

Activities of NAN

1. Promote and defend the nurses' economy and general well-being.
2. Create and enforce an ethical code for nurses in Nepal.
3. Serve as Nepalese nurses' official representative in ICN.
4. Allow for the exchange of information among nurses by means of an official publication.
5. A gathering to commemorate ICN Day, NAN Day, and national conferences.
6. Launch of various health initiatives, such as workshops and seminars.
7. Assist members in their professional development.
8. Encourage the passage of nursing laws.
9. Giving nurses the opportunity to interact and discuss issues concerning their profession.

Membership

Any professional nurse who has graduated from the school and has been certified by the nursing council is eligible to become a full member of NAN. There is an option for yearly and life membership, as well as guest and honorary membership for an individual or institution with a definite cash payment of NAN.

Structure of Organization

1. Unit Committee: Any health institution with 200 or more nurses on staff can form a NAN unit committee of 9-11 members. Their tenure on the unit committee will be two years.
2. District Committee: If NAN, each district in the country can have a district committee with posts such as president, secretary, treasurer, and members 5-7.
3. Central Committee: As an executive board, the central committee will include 15 members. The positions will be president, vice president, general secretary, reassures, and ten members. There will be two seats for ANM and five seats for representation from each development region in the country among the ten members. A committee's tenure is three years.
4. Central Executive Committee: The central executive committee is made up of one person from each of the five regional branches, and its collaboration is referred to as the supreme executive.
5. Sub-committee: Each subcommittee will have one coordinator and four to eight members, depending on the needs of the group.
6. Financial assistance sub-committee
7. Publication Committee
8. Inter organization Coordination Committee
9. Research Sub-committee
10. Welfare Sub-committee

References

• www.nursingassoc.org.np/
• www.nnc.org.np/pages/about/power-functions-duties.php
• Pathak, Sumita and Sochana Sapkota. A Textbook of Leadership and Management. Bhotahity, Kathmandu: Vidyarthi Pustak Bhandar, 2014.
• www.naan.org.np/