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Nurses Association of Jamaica
4 Trevennion Park Road
PO Box 277
Kingston 5
Jamaica
Tel: 876 929 5213/ 876 926-6585
Fax: 876 968 2200
I
found that a lot of my fellow Jamaicans (including nursing students and professional nurses)
are researching information on this noble institution but without much luck.
So I mandated myself to seek and provide much
of this information for their benefit. Thanks again the helpful folks at the entity's head office in Kingston.
The following are extracts from a presentation prepared by
Mrs. Iris Wilson, President in October 2003.
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The Nurses Association of Jamaica came into being on July 19th,
1946.
The organization was then known as the Jamaica General Trained Nurses
Association (JGTNA).
The birth of the association was a result of the vision, determination and hard work of a small group of nurses who recognized the urgent need for improving standards of nursing education and service in Jamaica.
The association aimed to obtain state recognition of nursing as a profession at to advance the status of nursing.
The main objectives came to be known as the three “R”s
1.
Registration
2.
Reciprocity and
3.
Recognition
Registration
Registration of nurses was achieved on December 15, 1951 when the
nurses Registration law was passed. In early 1952, the regulations were made.
The General Nursing Council of Jamaica was established and the law was
proclaimed.
Reciprocity
Reciprocity of basic nursing education with the General Nursing Council of
England and Wales was achieved in May 1952. Nurses who wished to continue their
nursing education were accepted by the Royal College of Nursing in England to pause
Ward Administration and nursing Tutor courses.
Recognition
Recognition as a professional organization for nurses in Jamaica at the
national, regional and international levels. The association was admitted as a
member of the international Council of Nurses (ICN) at the Quadrennial Congress
in Brazil in 1953.
The association became a member of the Caribbean Nurses Association
(CNO) in 1960. The association is a member of the Commonwealth Nurses Federation
(CNF), Jamaica being a member of the English-speaking Commonwealth.
Over the years, it was recognized that the Social Economic Welfare of nurses needed to be addressed more forcibly hence the fourth “R” of Remuneration which deals with the Conditions of Life and Work of Nursing personnel was established.
Reference:
"Achievements of the Nurses Association Of Jamaica", Mrs. Iris wilson, October 2003
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