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A
-Permanent
Committees
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The
administrative and financial committee: looked at the JNC budget, decided
on the amount of contribution of each sector, put a list of activities to
be delegated by HRH to the SG and vice president, the minister of health.,
decided on amount of salary for legal councilor and deciding on the amount
of incentive for adhoc task forces.
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The
Practice committee and licensure committee are not formed yet.
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Purchasing
committee: purchased equipments and selected furniture needed for the JNC.
according to the government purchasing by law and rules and
regulation.
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Receiving
purchase committee: received equipment according to specification
and rejected the furniture because it does not meet the
specification.
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The
planning committee: planned for the opened days and the leaflet of
the JNC.
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The
Professional committees: met once and decided on the general principles
for continuing nursing education.
B
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Adhoc taskforces
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Practice
act task force: a new draft was completed after amendments of the first
draft, sent for translation and will be ready next board meeting.
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Clinical ladder task force; completed the first draft after amendments
from the WHO consultant, will be translated and be ready for next board
meeting.
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Nursing education task force: will present JNC position and will propose
standards for nursing education, training.
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Practice standards task force; completed the first draft after amendments
suggested by WHO consultant, will put a process for dissemination, a
process on evaluating theses standards, guidelines for implementing
standards in education and practice, the taskforce needs six months more
to complete that.
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Nursing status taskforce: completed a report on current status of
nurses , suggested ways to enforce the status of directors of nursing in
various institutions, proposing job description, approving a clinical
ladder, offering leadership workshops for nurses, improving working
conditions, enforcing continuing education, specialization and bridging
courses.
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Specialization taskforce: proposed two levels for specialization, the
master level clinical specialist level, and diploma after licensure. The
taskforce is to put a process for licensure and relicensure of
specialties, decide on the main specialties, put standards for each
specialty, credential sectors who will organize these specialties.
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Code of Ethics task force: completed the nursing ethics after amendments
suggested by WHO consultant, will be translated into English and will be
presented to the board members later.
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Job description taskforce: will put a job description for the newly
graduated nurse, will decide on responsibilities, authorities and
accountabilities of each category. Putting general standards for all job
descriptions.
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Current
and Future Nursing Manpower taskforce: will complete the current number
until 2003, & will decide for the coming five year based on:
population number, minimum ratio for each specialty, patient acuity,
number of beds expected for the coming five years and establishing a data
base for nursing
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