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FIRST IFNA CHAPTER ESTABLISHED IN
THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND
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Photo Credit: denverlibrary.org
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IFNA Bylaws
encourage the creation of IFNA Chapters. In April 2017, the IFNA Board of Directors
approved the establishment of the first IFNA Chapter Charter membership of IFNA members in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland. Seventeen family nursing scholars, involved in the UK and Ireland IFNA Chapter, are committed to the goal of promoting family nursing and family oriented health care in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales and providing local IFNA Chapter leadership through education, research, scholarship, socialization, and collegial exchange on all aspects of family nursing. For more information, contact IFNA me
mber,
Dr. Veronica Swallow (Great Britain)
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FAMILY NURSING PRACTICE NEWS
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Dr. Francine de Montigny (Canada) was named Officer of the Ordre National du Québec on June 22, 2017 for her dedication to families and family nursing care as well as to her efforts to advance the profession of nursing.
[Read more]
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Left to right: Premier of Quebec, Philippe Couillard and Francine de Montigny
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Dr. Lisa Whitehead (Australia) is involved in interprofessional research and service focused on adults with complex and chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, cancer and their families. She also serves as a member of the
IFNA Practice Committee.
[Read more]
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FAMILY NURSING EDUCATION NEWS
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Sixty-seven nursing students from 19 countries participated in IFNC13 in Spain in June 2017. Students are the next generation of family nursing practitioners and scholars and it is exciting to observe their passion for family nursing.
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FAMILY NURSING RESEARCH NEWS
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Dr. Kim Mooney-Doyle (USA) focuses on promoting family health in the context of pediatric palliative and end-of-life care. Her program of research includes elucidating the experience of parenting ill children and their siblings and examining the impact of family-level factors in siblings of children with life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses. She currently serves as co-chair of the
IFNA Research Committee
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[Read more]
 Dr. Catherine Laing (Canada) has established a program of research that is focused on the psychosocial impact of childhood cancer on children, families, and larger systems of health care and communities. She has studied children's cancer camp, explored the therapeutic value of digital storytelling, and is leading ground-breaking work using Social Return on Investment. She is a recipient of the 2017 IFNA Rising Star Award. [Read more]
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IFNA FAMILY NURSING COMMUNITY NEWS
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Current IFNA Membership is 397 from 33 countries.
IFNA Blog
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IFNA blog.
Blog Editor:
Dr. Joel Anderson (USA)
The
IFNA website has just undergone a major Responsive Design renovation and update which means that all the website content can be accessed by computer, tablet, and phone. The update also integrated the IFNA website with WildApricot, the IFNA membership management system.
The
IFNA Membership Committee recently led a Membership Campaign which resulted in 10 new IFNA members. Special thanks to
Dr. Suzanne Feetham (USA),
Dr. Susan Sullivan-Bolyai (USA), and
Dr. Linda Shields (Australia) for helping to recruit new members. Help spread the word about the benefits of an
IFNA membership.
Remember to cite the
IFNA Position Statements in your publications, course outlines, and conference presentations. Also share these Position Statements with local and national nursing and health care leaders and organizations. A social media toolkit is available for each IFNA Position Statement to make it easy for you to share this information through your social media channels.
Please use the following hashtags in your social media conversations:
@IFNAorg, #familynursing, #familyhealth,
#familyhealing,
#IFNC13, #IFNC14
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This monthly IFNA Newsletter is edited by the
IFNA Communications Committee.
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