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Did you know that the IFNA website page, " Practice Models for Nursing Practice with Families", receives the most visits to the IFNA website? Scroll down this Practice Models page to see the description about a new practice model, Strengths-Based Nursing (SBN), developed by Dr. Laurie Gottlieb, Canada. 

The IFNA Education Committee has recently appointed two new co-chairs:  http://internationalfamilynursing.org/association-information/leadership/committees/
Dr. Lorraine Holtslander, Canada, is an Associate Professor at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Kristin Lutz, USA, is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Oregon Health & Science University.  Thanks to Dr. Cynthia Steinwedel, USA, Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Bradley University, for her energetic and responsible leadership of the IFNA Education Committee over the past year.  Learn more about recent IFNA Education Committee activity.  

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The Research Committee continues to work to meet IFNA members' needs.  Results from the IFNA Research Survey 2013, Part B are informing efforts to build resources, engage members, and contribute to plans for the 12th International Family Nursing Conference in 2015.

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The 12th International Family Nursing Conference, sponsored by IFNA, will be held in Odense, Denmark, August 18-21, 2015.

The Conference Planning Committee is pleased to announce our three keynote speakers for the 2015 conference. Dr. Kenneth Doka, a professor of Gerontology at the College of New Rochelle and Senior Consultant to the Hospice Foundation of American, is an expert in practice and research issues related to end-of-life care. As a professor and associate dean for research at Kings College London, Dr. Alison Metcalfe's work has focused on family communication of genetic risk. Her research and practice have addressed communication issues across the family lifespan. Our third speaker, Stevan Weine is a professor of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Director of the International Center on Responses to Catastrophes. His research, which has been carried out in multiple countries, focuses on developing family-focused interventions for immigrants and trauma survivors. Our speakers all combine strong programs of research with a solid grounding in clinical practice. Their work centers on some of the key challenges facing families worldwide. 

Current IFNA membership: 225 members from 25 countries.

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