April 2007 - Volume 1, Issue 2

MEET THE TEAM

		Fatema A.Wahed M Ahmed, RN, MSN, ANP-CNS Nursing Development Consultant Minister's Office, Ministry Health President, Nursing Specialization Council for GCC States Member, GCC Nursing Technical Committee Member, Arab Consultative Committee for Nursing & Midwifery, Arab League Member, Chief Nurses Forum/WHO Member, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
		Fatema A.Wahed M Ahmed PO Box 12, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain

She is the Nursing Consultant for the Minister of Health in Kingdom of Bahrain and the Chairperson of MOH ministerial committee for Patient Safety; this committee is responsible for leading and coordinating MOH efforts to improve the patient safety and promote accountability of the health care delivery system to safety and risk management.

She completed her basic nursing education in Bahrain and obtained her Master of Nursing from the USA. In the interim period, she earned numerous academic qualifications in nursing education, management, disaster and emergency nursing, research, policy and leadership, and received 2 honorary academic distinction awards from His Highness the King of Bahrain.

She has a progressive career in health care in a wide range of roles including nursing specialist, nursing faculty, chief nurse for primary health care, chief nurse for Hospitals and Nursing Development Consultant. She is the first Bahraini Nurse to be appointed as Nursing Consultant for Minister of Health in Bahrain and in the region. Her strategic role made her instrumental in the development, implementation and evaluation of national strategic directions for nursing, national nursing workforce plan, nursing cadre, and nursing education reform.

She is one of the nursing leaders of Bahrain Nursing society and served as a chairperson for several committees within the society and published the first National Nursing Newsletter, " Nursing". She is UNSCO and WHO short-term consultant in EMRO since 2000. She developed institutional strategies, education policies, designed curriculums and education programs, set practice standards for several countries in the region including Yemen, Syria, and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

She is a member of several regional and international nursing and health care management organizations and associations including the Sigma-theta- tau International Nursing Honor Society in USA, American Nursing Trauma Society, American Nursing Association, American Association for Critical Care Nursing, American Emergency Nursing Association and International Scholars Society in USA. In addition, she is an international editor for ICN peer reviewed journal the "INR".

Currently she is chair and member in several national and regional nursing strategic committees i.e. Chairing the National Nursing Consultative Committee, the Nursing Executive committee, and Nursing Advanced Practice committee, and member in GCC nursing Technical committee, GCC committee for health care quality and patient safety, GCC center for Evidence Based Health Care Practice and Arab League Nursing and Midwifery Advisory committee. She is the WHO focal point in Bahrain for nursing services and patient safety.

Mrs. Al.Ahmed is a distinguished presenter and moderator for numerous national and international conferences and seminars, she have several publications including, strategic planning, visionary leadership, effective nursing management, faculty development, workforce planning, standard of nursing education, patient safety, emergency preparedness and disaster management, evidence based nursing practice and nursing ethics. She has expertise in research and evidence based health care practice and contributed significantly in developing the WHO framework for evidence based nursing and midwifery practice.