Adriano Friganovic

President, The European Specialist Nurses Organisation (ESNO)

Adriano Friganovic was born 14 November 1978 in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Works at University Hospital Centre Zagreb at Department of Quality Assurance and Improvement. Has worked as a head nurse of Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Medicine since 2016 to 2024. Also, has worked in the Division of Anaesthesiology and Intensive care of cardiac surgery patients since 1997., and from 2005 has worked as a head nurse until 2016. He graduated bachelor and master degree in nursing at University of Applied Health Sciences in Zagreb, Croatia and has PhD at Medical Faculty University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Works as college professor at University of Applied Health Sciences Zagreb. He is assistant professor at Faculty of Health Studies University of Rijeka.

Adriano is an acting president of Croatian Nurses Society of Anaesthesia, Reanimation, Intensive Care and Transfusion, president of Croatian National Nurses Federation, president of European Specialist Nurses Organizations, past president of World Federation of Critical Care Nurses, president of Alumni of University of Applied Health Sciences and chair of Congress Planning Committe of International Federation of Nurse Anaesthetics. He established a national online journal Shock and was a inaugural editor in chief. He is Editor in Chief of journal World of Health, and also an editorial board member for several other journals. He established Sustainable Health Equity Movement and is a member of Steering committee. He is founding member of Alpha Alpha Ghama chapter Sigma Theta Tau International.