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 IFNA GLOBAL CONNECTIONS                                           April, 2016 
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Family Nursing Practice News
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Family Nursing Research News
IFNA Conference News
IFNA Resource Advancement Committee News
IFNA Family Nursing Community News
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New #IFNAchat
The first-ever Twitter #IFNAchat was hosted on April 20, 2016 by the IFNA Communications Committee and led by co-chair Wilma Schroeder (Canada). IFNA members from Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, and United States joined the conversation about the IFNA Position Statement on Generalist Competencies for Family Nursing Practice. A transcript of this first #IFNAchat is now available on Storify.

The next #IFNAchat will focus on the IFNA Position Statement on Pre-Licensure Family Nursing Education on May 18/19, 2016. Watch your inbox for more details and please participate in this unique family nursing conversation. It's easy and inspiring to connect with family nursing colleagues around the world (in short 140-character messages).

New IFNA Blog
The IFNA Communications Committee also launched a new IFNA BlogDr. Joel Anderson (USA) serves as the IFNA Blog Editor. Short blog posts from IFNA members related to family nursing are invited.
FAMILY NURSING PRACTICE NEWS
  Dr. Sandra Eggenberger (USA) is the Director of The Glen Taylor Nursing Institute for Family and Society. Institute researchers, practicing nurses, and faculty are continuously collaborating to evaluate and refine methods of teaching family nursing practice through simulation at undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. [Read more]

For more IFNA Practice News   [Read more].
FAMILY NURSING EDUCATION NEWS
A NEW family nursing education resource is available from
Dr. Patricia Young (USA) and Dr. Norma Krumwiede (USA) who have created the Family Construct Poster Presentation Assignment for first semester undergraduate nursing program students. [Read more]

For more IFNA Education News [Read more].
FAMILY NURSING RESEARCH NEWS
Dr. Sarah Neill (United Kingdom) conducts research about the experiences of families when young children are acutely ill at home. She uses qualitative methods to develop understanding about parent's decision making about when to seek help.
[Read more]



Dr. Tom Laws (United Kingdom) studies fathers' skills and competencies in caring for a child with a health problem.  His research focuses on men's health and fatherhood.
[Read more]
 




For more IFNA Research News [Read more]
IFNA CONFERENCE NEWS
The co-chairs of the IFNA Conference Committee,
Dr. June Horowitz (USA) and Dr. Jane Lassetter (USA) are pleased to announce the Conference Committee for IFNC13 in Pamplona, Spain, June 14 - 17, 2017.
[Read more]
 
IFNA RESOURCE ADVANCEMENT COMMITTEE NEWS
One of the major purposes of the Resource Advancement Committee (RAC) is to continue to raise funds for the 13th International Family Nursing Conference (IFNC13) in Pamplona, Spain and we are seeking IFNA members' ideas about creative ways to enhance sponsorship for IFNC13.  Successful fund raising has been key to the success of all these international conferences which began in 1988. [Read more]
IFNA FAMILY NURSING COMMUNITY NEWS
Current IFNA Membership is 408 from 32 Countries. 

It's not too late to register for two family nursing workshops offered this spring:
Please consider using the following hashtags in your social media conversations:
#familynursing, #IFNAorg, #IFNC13, #IFNC12
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