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Vision of Singapore Nurses Association

Nursing will be an autonomous and united profession, recognised and valued for its leadership in providing quality care and as a key player in influencing policy and decision.

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Mission of Singapore Nurses Association

To raise the profile of nursing in Singapore, facilitate and support the contributions of nurses to improve and enhance the health of the population.

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History of Singapore Nurses Association

Founded in July 1957, Singapore Nurses Association’s main objective is to work towards recognising and enhancing the professional contributions of Nurses.

The vision of two British nurses, Miss B. M. Griffin and Miss Edna George to promote the advancement of nursing as a profession resulted in the foundation of the Singapore Trained Nurses’ Association (STNA) in July 1957. The first elected Executive Council, headed by its President Miss Lim Kwee Neo, was formally registered with the Registrar of Societies in 1958.

The Association was admitted as a member of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) in July 1959. Since 1962, the Association has been honoured to have the First Lady as its Patron, and in 2018 the President of the Republic of Singapore became its Patron.

In line with the development of nursing in Singapore and to project a more professional image for nursing, the Association changed its name to the Singapore Nurses Association (SNA) in 1990. Since then, the Association has grown from a membership base of 100 to nearly 5000 members, and from humble beginnings in a borrowed office at the School of Nursing in 1957, to having its own SNA house at 77 Maude Road.

The Singapore Nurses Association has won the United Nations Association of Singapore Gold Citation Award for the most outstanding civic-minded organization in 1993 and the Silver Citation Award in 1995.

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SNA House

The Association’s dream of having its own home was finally fulfilled on 19 October 1996, when it moved into SNA House, at No 77 Maude Road, Singapore 208353.

The administration of the SNA shall be entrusted to a Board of Directors. The Board shall consist of the President, two Vice Presidents, Honorary Secretary, Honorary Assistant Secretary, Honorary Treasurer, Honorary Assistant Treasurer and 11 elected Council members.

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Members of the Board of Directors are elected every 3 years at the alternate Annual General Meeting. The President and the Vice-President are elected by all present at the AGM. The Office Bearers, namely, the Honorary Secretary, Honorary Assistant Secretary, Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Assistant Treasurer are elected from among, and by, the elected Board of Directors.

(Constitution amended 11 March 2017)

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SNA Board of Directors

	PRESIDENT Ms Samantha Ong Chief Nurse Institute of Mental Health
VICE PRESIDENT Mr Yong Keng Kwang Group Chief Nurse National Healthcare Group		VICE PRESIDENT Mr Sahari Ani Dean- Singapore Red Cross Academy Senior Director – Red Cross Youth
HON. SECRETARY Ms Coreen Low Senior Nurse Manager KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital		HON. TREASURER Ms Lim Siew Geok Assistant Director Tan Tock Seng Hospital
HON. ASST. SECRETARY Ms Joelle Yap Adjunct Lecturer, Nanyang Polytechnic Singapore Facilitator, Curtin University		HON. ASST. TREASURER Ms Brenda Lim Head of Department, Nursing National Skin Centre
BOARD MEMBER Dr Asmah Bte Mohd Noor Adjunct Lecturer Nanyang Polytechnic	BOARD MEMBER Ms Kuttiammal Sundarasan Chief Nurse Ren Ci Hospital	BOARD MEMBER Dr Kamala Devi Associate Professor National University of Singapore
BOARD MEMBER Ms Daphne Ng Assistant Director, Nursing Mount Elizabeth Hospital	BOARD MEMBER Ms Lee Leng Noey Deputy Director of Nursing, TTSH	BOARD MEMBER Ms Naomi Jonathan Senior Staff Nurse National University Hospital
BOARD MEMBER Dr. Jane Png Deputy Director of Nursing Singapore General Hospital	BOARD MEMBER Dr Edward Poon Director, Nursing Department Saint Luke’s Eldercare Ltd	BOARD MEMBER Dr Tiew Lay Hwa Director of Nursing Vanguard Healthcare
BOARD MEMBER Ms Lilian Yew Chief Nurse Raffles Hospital

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SNA House
77 Maude Road
Singapore 208353

Tel:  6392 0770
Fax: 6392 7877

Mon – Thurs: 8.30am to 6pm
Friday: 8.30am to 5.30pm
Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays

Official Website: sna.org.sg