The Nurse and Midwifery Organisation of Ljubljana is a voluntary, independent, non-profit, apolitical, professional association of nurses, midwives and health technicians of the wider Ljubljana region and the surrounding area. Today organisation has more than 5.500 members. With our activities we wish to improve health, contribute to professional and personal growth of our members and actively participate in the introduction of changes dictated by developments in the profession of nursing and midwifery care and by the needs of society. Our organisation has lately become open to all people in the wider Ljubljana region who endeavour to promote health as defined in recent strategic documents dealing with quality of life of individuals and groups.
The programme of the organisation aims at preserving of health and preventing of illness, as well as at encouraging healthy lifestyles of its members and others; thus we contribute to quality, efficient and safe nursing and midwifery care and to the quality of life in general. The general purpose of the organisation is intensified professional associating according to the goals and aims defined in the statute. The organisation actively participates in preserving and developing of historical heritage of nurses, midwives and health technicians, it facilitates cultural, professional, social and sport activities of its members, develops contacts with similar societies and organisations in Slovenia and abroad. The professional purpose of the society is strengthening and developing the role and significance of professional activities of our members on the national and international levels. The organisation organises, coordinates and supports professional education of its members, and for this reason establishes links with professional institutions and individuals, stimulates and carries out scientific research work, collects professional, statistical and other data which are important for developing the profession, develops methods and forms of works which are in the interest of our members, cooperates in health policy-making with international organisations, the trade union, professional and other governmental and nongovernmental institutions, societies and associations.
The society's organisational structure is defined in the statute and other acts. The president of the society is, in accordance with the decisions of the last general meeting of voters, Đurđa Sima; the vice-president Andreja Kvas, MA, is responsible for the field of education, research and publishing, the vice-president Peter Požun is responsible for administrative tasks, financial and legal matters, coordination of interest activities, the vice-president Zdenka Dovč is responsible for the field of complementary and natural medicine in health and midwifery care.
