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 IFNA GLOBAL CONNECTIONS                                                September 2018
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IFNA Position Statements Available in Several Languages
Family Nursing Practice News
Family Nursing Education News
Family Nursing Research News
IFNA Conference Committee News
IFNA Community News
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IFNA Position Statements Available
in Several Languages

Several language translations of the IFNA Position Statements are now available, thanks to the leadership of the IFNA Practice and Education Committees and the generous volunteer efforts of IFNA members and non-members in our global family nursing community. 
 
 
IFNA Position Statement on Pre-Licensure Family Nursing Education is currently available in 6 languages: English, Chinese (traditional and simplified), Danish, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish.

 
 

 
IFNA Position Statement on Generalist Competencies for Family Nursing Practice is currently available in 9 languages English, Chinese, Danish, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, and Thai. 

 
IFNA Position Statement on Advanced Practice Competencies for Family Nursing is currently available in 4 languages: English, Japanese, Spanish, and Thai.

FAMILY NURSING PRACTICE NEWS 
Dr. Hanne Konradsen (Sweden) is an Associate Professor at Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Her program of research in Sweden and Denmark focuses on families' experiences of illness and family nursing interventions. [Read more]  
 
 
 
 
Dr. Debbie Sheppard-LeMoine (Canada) is an Assistant Professor and serves as the Assistant Director at St. Francis Xavier University Rankin School of Nursing. Her international research focus in family nursing is on interprofessional learning within a simulated family assessment environment. [Read more]
 
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FAMILY NURSING EDUCATION NEWS 
Dr. Roxanne Wilson (USA) is an Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, St. Cloud State University, Minnesota where she is responsible for undergraduate nursing research, mental health nursing, nursing leadership, and capstone courses. She incorporates the family experience in her teaching and has interest and expertise in translating research into practice. [Read more] 
     
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FAMILY NURSING RESEARCH NEWS 
Dr. Cynthia Danford (USA) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing in the Department of Health Promotion and Development. She studies obesity in families with young children with the aim of reducing obesity and cardiovascular risk and promoting child health. [Read more]


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IFNC14 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE NEWS
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".
 
 
 
The IFNA Conference Committee has organized a 19-member IFNC14 Local Planning Committee, led by IFNA member Dr. Pamela Hinds (USA), for the 2019 conference to be held in Washington, D.C. The IFNC14 Local Planning Committee represents regional universities and hospitals and is coordinated through the Children's National Health System (Children's National). The Committee is planning a warm American welcome to all attendees. As part of that welcome, the Committee is eager to facilitate travel planning for international attendees. The Local Planning Committee is working closely with the Legal Office at Children's National to prepare a personalized B-1 Business Visitor Invitation Letter for those travelers who would like to request such a document. Additionally, activities unique to this host city will be suggested for visitors. We encourage you to prepare and submit your abstracts (deadline: October 19, 2018) for this exciting conference! 
IFNA FAMILY NURSING COMMUNITY NEWS
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Blog Editor: Dr. Joel Anderson (USA) is a member of the IFNA Communications Committee.

Please remember to cite all of the IFNA Position Statements in your publications, course outlines, and conference presentations. Please share the IFNA Position Statements with local and national nursing and health care leaders and organizations. Social media toolkits are available for each IFNA Position Statement. Use hashtag #IFNAPosition in your social media conversations.

A 6th edition has recently been published of the family nursing textbook, " Family Health Care Nursing: Theory, Practice, and Research" (2018) edited by Dr. Joanna Rowe Kaakinen and colleagues. Earlier editions of this book were edited by Dr. Shirley Hanson.

Please use the following hashtags in your social media conversations:
@IFNAorg, #IFNC14, #familynursing, #familyhealth,
#familyhealing, #IFNAPosition

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This monthly IFNA Newsletter is edited by Dr. Janice M. Bell (Canada), co-chair of the IFNA Communications Committee
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