- Afmælisár 1919-2009
- Saga hjúkrunar
- Atvinnutorg hjúkrunar
- Aðalfundur 2009
- Alþjóðastarf
- Deildir Fíh
- English Information
- INA structure
- Statutes of the INA
- Policy on nursing and health care
- Ethical standards for nurses
- Icelandic nursing licence
- Nursing in Iceland
- Wage Agreement
- The Salary Statement
- Science fund
- Research and science fund
- Education fund
- Vacation fund
- Memorial fund
- Social security
- Fréttir
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- Hjúkrun 2007
- Hjúkrunarþing 2008
- Kjaramál
- Námskeið
- Nefndir
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- Spjallborð
- Starfsemi FÍH
- Skráning þátttöku
- Styrkir og sjóðir
- Tilkynningar og fundir
- Tímarit hjúkrunarfræðinga
- Trúnaðarmenn FÍH
- Umsókn um aðild
- Útgefið efni
- Vefslóðir
- Veftré
INA Structure
The highest governing body of the Association is the General Assembly, which convenes every year. All members are eligible to serve on the Board of Directors and committees of the Association.
INA representative
In each major hospital or other health care institutions at least one employee acts as a representative of the Icelandic Nurses´Association. Their responsibility is to make sure that members´ rights are upheld.
Professional Chapters
Within the Icelandic Nursing Association 20 professional chapters operate. They operate to the advancement of nursing in the area concerned and act as advisors to the Governing Board and committees of the Association.
The professional chapters operating are for example pediatric nurses, emergency nurses, rehabilitation nurses, psychiatric nurses, critical care nurses, public health nurses, heart nurses, nurse managers, endoscopic nurses and oncology nurses.
Local branches
The Association also has local branches operating in seven local areas of Iceland. The local branches operate to the advancement of nursing in their community and act as advisors to the Governing Board and committees of the Association.
Committees
The Association has appointed various committees such as a negotiating committee and ad hoc committees.
INA journal
The Association publishes a journal 5 - 6 times a year. The journal includes reviewed scientific articles, clinical article and news.
Alliances
The Icelandic Nurses Association (INA) is a member of the Association of Academics, which is an umbrella association for university educated employees in Iceland. Currently, the Association is made up of 25 unions of which the INA is the largest. The The president of the INA and Association employees are also members of several boards and committees under the auspices of the Association of Academics and are thus in a position to influence its work and operations.
The primary objective of the Association of Academics is to strengthen the professional unions of academics, safeguard their contractual rights and promote higher learning in Iceland. The activities of the Association are thus based on two primary principles: that academic education be recognized as a prerequisite to development and progress in Iceland and that it be valued as such in pay settlements.
The Association of Academics, as well as a number of other similar organizations in Iceland, has negotiated with the State Treasury about a range of issues, such as the harmonisation of sick leave rights for public sector employees, a new law on parental leave which entered into effect in 2001 and insurance matters, to name but a few.
The objective of the collective wage settlement is to support the progressive personnel policies of individual institutions where the focus is on equality and family issues. Alterations were carried out on the wage table in order to achieve this goal by increasing transparency and objectivity in payment decisions and thus reduce the hitherto unexplainable gender imbalance in wages and salaries.
The INA is as of 2008 not taking part in work on collective wage agreements and has suspended its cooperation within the Association of Academics.
Other alliances
The INA collaborates with the professional unions of midwives, physicians and nursing assistants on matters concerning the joint interests of their members. This is, however, not on a regular basis, but encourages more wide-ranging discussions on important issues.
International co-operation
The Icelandic Nurses´Association is a member of the Northern Nurses´Federation (SSN), the European Federation of Nurses (EFN), the International Council of Nurses (ICN) the Workgroup of European Nurse Researchers (WENR) and the The European Forum of National Nursing and Midwifery Associations
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