It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to our first International Critical Care Nursing Conference .

I would like to cordially thank all the people who have worked in one way or another for the realization of this conference.  Also all the participants of this conference and the distinguished speakers who honor us with their presence.

We sincerely hope and wish that the conference will provide the opportunity for the voicing of opinions, for a fruitful dialogue with the participation of all and for the presentation of solutions for the problems addressed.  Ultimately, we hope to be able to synthesize tangible results through active participation of everyone. 

Today conference and its accompanying activities constitute a milestone in the enhancement of critical care nursing services.  This event provides us with the opportunity to stimulate a dialogue and raise awareness among our nurses, other health care professionals and management, to take action towards creating quality of critical care nursing.

In our conference we will be focusing on the critical care nursing practice,  leadership and management, education , research and evidence based nursing practice. 

The preconference nursing course will be conducted during the two days prior the conference, it will provide a comprehensive and up-to-date information on Critical Care Nursing.

Let us work collaboratively together to initiate change and quality of critical care system. 

Finally we would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to Saudi Arabia and to our conference also to extend our best wishes to all our nurses for their hard work. 

On behalf the Nursing Organizing Committee



Faten Abu Samn
Nursing Director
Riyadh Military Hospital