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Global Connections: 60th Issue of IFNA Newsletter
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This January 2019 newsletter "Global Connections" marks the 60th issue of the IFNA newsletter created by the IFNA Communications Committee.
The first IFNA newsletter was distributed in December 2013. Thanks to members of the IFNA Standing Committees for contributing monthly highlights about committee activities, new initiatives, conferences, and IFNA members around the world who are advancing family nursing and family health.
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FAMILY NURSING PRACTICE NEWS
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- Broekema, S., Luttik, L. M. A., Steggerda, G. E., Paans, W., & Roodbol, P. F. (2018). Measuring change in nurses' perceptions about family nursing competency following a 6-day educational intervention. Journal of Family Nursing, 24, 508-537. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840718812145
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rsig, A. L., Werner-Lin, A., Hoskins, L., Young, J., Loud, J. T., Peters, J., & Greene, M. H. (2018). Legacies and relationships: Diverse social networks and BRCA1/2 risk management decisions and actions. Journal of Family Nursing. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840718815844
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Mackie, B. R., Marshall, A., & Mitchell, M. (2018). Acute care nurses' views on family participation and collaboration in fundamental care.
Journal of Clinical Nursing, 27, 2346-2359.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14185
- Svavarsdottir, E. K., & Gisladottir, M. (2018). How do Family-Strengths Oriented Therapeutic Conversations (FAM-SOTC) advance psychiatric nursing practice? Journal of Nursing Scholarship. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12450
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FAMILY NURSING EDUCATION NEWS
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Pamela Farthing (Canada) is a faculty member at Saskatchewan Polytechnic School of Nursing in the undergraduate nursing degree program. She is currently a PhD candidate in the College of Nursing at the University of Saskatchewan and has a special interest family nursing education. Her research focuses on improving the health experiences and outcomes for adolescents with Type 1 diabetes.
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FAMILY NURSING RESEARCH NEWS
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Dr. Kathleen Knafl (USA), Frances Hill Fox Distinguished Professor, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was recently honored with a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Illinois at Chicago for her contributions to family research and the knowledge base for supporting families who are facing the challenges of childhood chronic illness.
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Dr. Natalie McAndrew (USA) is an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Nursing. Her research focuses on the family experience during life-threatening illness and the delivery of family care in intensive care units. She is a member of the
IFNA Acute Care Research Cluster.
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IFNC14 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE NEWS
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Conference Hashtag: #IFNC14. Please use this hashtag in all of your social media conversations. #IFNC14 has been registered on the
Healthcare Hashtag Project website which links this conference to key words such as "nursing" and "family health" and generates metrics about the reach of the #IFNC14 hashtag. Check this
website to see who are "The influencers of #IFNC14".
Expert Lectures have been announced for IFNC14:
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Dr. Janice M. Bell (Canada): 25 Years of the Journal of Family Nursing: Reflections on Significant Milestones, Compelling Knowledge, and Sticky Contributions to Family Nursing Science
- Dr. Catherine (Kit) Chesla (USA): Uncovering Family Health Experiences Using Interpretive Phenomenology
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Dr. Suzanne Feetham (USA): Advancing Family Nursing Capacity using Career Cartography to Develop Programs of Research and Practice to Inform Policy
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Dr. Nicole Letourneau (Canada): Nursing Assessment and Intervention to Promote Parent-Infant Relationship Quality: A Review of the Science and Practice
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Barbara Preusse-Bleuler (Switzerland): The Implementation of Family Systems Nursing in High Fidelity Simulations in a Bachelor of Nursing Curriculum in Switzerland
- Dr. Carole Robinson (Canada): Family Palliative Caregiving: What Every Family Nurse Needs to Know
- Dr. Marcia Van Riper (USA): International Family Research Collaborations to Examine Social Determinants of Health: Challenges and Opportunities
- Dr. Lorraine M. Wright (Canada): Two "Hidden" Social Determinants of Family Health: What Are They and How May We Facilitate the Translation of this Knowledge into Clinical Teaching/Practice?
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IFNA COMMUNITY NEWS
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2019 IFNA Awards:
Call for Nominations deadline of January 31, 2019 has been extended to
February 17, 2019. There are
7 awards in 4 categories. Please nominate a colleague or organization who is providing an outstanding contribution to family nursing and family health.
Please share the IFNA Position Statements
as widely as possible. Please remember to cite them in your publications, course outlines, and conference presentations. Please share them with students, colleagues, and other professional associations you belong to. Post them on social media: Social media toolkits are available for each IFNA Position Statement. Use hashtag #IFNAPosition in your social media conversations.
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@IFNAorg,
#IFNC14,
#familynursing, #familyhealth,
#familyhealing, #IFNAPosition
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