Alan Glasper assesses the involvement of the RCN Society of Paediatic Nursing in Romania and its role in the development of post-basic education for Romanian nurses

Romania, a former dictatorship of the old Soviet Block, has a population of 32 million and is situated on the Black Sea with Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine and Bulgaria as neighbours. Although the population is primarily Romanian, there are a number of minority ethnic groups, such as Hungarians, Ukranians, Czechs and gypsies.