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 IFNA GLOBAL CONNECTIONS                                                   July, 2016
In This Issue
Dissemination of IFNA Position Statements: An Update
Family Nursing Practice News
Family Nursing Education News
Family Nursing Research News
IFNA Conference News
IFNA Family Nursing Community News
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DISSEMINATION OF IFNA POSITION STATEMENTS:
AN UPDATE


IFNA President Dr. Carole Robinson (Canada) has sent personal emails about the IFNA Position Statements on Generalist Competencies for Family Nursing Practice and Pre-Licensure Family Nursing Education to over 140 University Schools of Nursing.  The plan is to continue dissemination efforts at an international level. The IFNA Practice Committee and IFNA Education Committee routinely include member reports of dissemination activity of the IFNA Position Statements in their monthly meetings. [Read more about IFNA Position Statement Dissemination Plan] 
 
Here is one response received from Dr. Sonja Grypma, Dean, Trinity Western University in Canada: "Thank you very much! I will pass it [email about IFNA Position Statements] along.  Your timing is great as we have a curriculum refresh currently underway and have been discussing different approaches to incorporating family-centered care in our BScN [undergraduate] program."
 

FAMILY NURSING PRACTICE NEWS
Dr. Nuria Esandi Larramendi (Spain) promotes family nursing in the care of older adults and their families. She is a lecturer at the University of Navarra and conducts research about family experience of living with chronic illness, particularly early stage Alzheimer`s disease. [Read more]

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FAMILY NURSING EDUCATION NEWS
Dr. Colleen Royle (USA) will offer an IFNA webinar on August 9, 2016: " Expanding Simulation Strategies to Include a Focus on the Family".

Registration is FREE to IFNA members.
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FAMILY NURSING RESEARCH NEWS 
Marianne Fjose (Norway) is conducting a mixed methods study to examine how elderly patients with cancer in the palliative phase and their family members experience relationships, interactions, and challenges in family life. [Read more]
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IFNA CONFERENCE NEWS

The Call for Abstracts for the 13th International Family Nursing Conference (#IFNC13) in Pamplona, Spain is now open from July 18, 2016 to October 7, 2016. [Read more]

Opening keynote speaker for #IFNC13 will be Dr. Martha (Marti) Driessnack (USA). She will weave children's art and stories with emerging research on the importance of intergenerational relationships and family lore, shifting the common question of "Where are you from?" to the more revealing "Who are you from?"
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IFNA FAMILY NURSING COMMUNITY NEWS
Current IFNA Membership is 330 from 31 Countries. 
 
Follow the NEW IFNA member blog Please use the following hashtags in your social media conversations:
#familynursing, #IFNAorg, #IFNC13

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