At the meeting of the organization's executive board on June 5th, it was agreed to hire Hörð Högnason, a nurse, as the organization's director of nursing as of July 1st. The position was advertised as open for application last April.
Hörður was born on Ísafjörður in 1952 and graduated from the Íslands School of Nursing in 1978. He studied for a postgraduate course in anesthesia nursing at the New School of Nursing in 1978-1981.
Hörður has over 20 years of work experience in nursing and has worked both as a department head and director of nursing at Fjörður Hospital in Ísafjörður.
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