EORNA Board has had its annual spring meeting as also an Annual General meeting.
This time the Hungarian Association hosted the meeting in Budapest, during 26th – 29th April 2007.

Before the Board meeting the OC for EORNACongress had its planning meeting. The 5th EORNA Congress will take place 17- 19 April 2009 in Copenhagen. For getting the first announcement with information about registration and the Scientific Programme please, visit the website www.eornacongress.eu which will be updated constantly.

The STG made the announcement at the Board meeting, regarding the winner of the Mölnlycke Health Care Scientific Award in relation to EORNA Academy collaboration.
The Colleague who won is Ms Teja - Kajsa Liljeblad who works at Laurea University of Applied Sciences and lives in Otalampi, Finland. The theme of this research project of hers, is Operating Room Nurses Reducing Stressful Situations in Perioperative Environment. During the EORNACongress 2009 in Copenhagen Teja - Kajsa Liljeblad will present the outcome of this project. We whish her the best success with this piece work

Regarding the Mölnlycke Health Care Experience Point, also collaboration within the EORNA Academy, there are 17 applications altogether from Spain, Greece, Holland, Israel, Denmark, Netherlands, Holland, Portugal and Germany. The selection of the winners is not done yet, but in the beginning of July will the winners be notified. The meeting point will be in Gothenburg, Sweden during October 2007.

I also would like to thank Mölnlycke Health Care once again for the enormous generous support they give EORNA collaborating in this way with us.

EORNA Boards work is going forward and surely there will be more issues accomplished in the nearest future. This because EORNA is an association with many possibilities and competencies, taking the place the association deserves in the arena of perioperative care.

Finally, I wish you all perioperative nurses, friends and colleagues around the world, specifically each member of EORNA to have a joyful and relaxing summer.

Yours,

Irini Antoniadou
EORNA President