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Family Nursing in Portugal
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 Portugal joined several European governments in signing the Munich Declaration of 2000 with a commitment to address the needs of families in community, namely through the role of Family Health Nursing. Portugal has actively participated in the World Health Organization (WHO) Family Health Nursing initiative.
Nurses in Portugal were already strong supporters of family care in community settings with the creation of new units such as the Family Health Unit, where nurses offered a holistic approach to the care of families and individuals. Changes in the education of all nurses in Higher Education Institutions at the 3 cycles of Bologna Process (BSc, MSc and PhD), lead to the reorientation of the discipline of nursing in Portugal with family nursing gaining greater visibility. Courses with a focus in family nursing at the undergraduate and post graduate levels have grown exponentially and family issues have been privileged as a research topic in doctoral theses.
Since 2004, the Family Nursing Research Group (N?cleo de Investiga??o de Enfermagem de Fam?lia) of Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto, has been a driving force in advancing family nursing with the dissemination of research studies through conferences and publications, as well as developing international collaborative partnerships in both family nursing research and education. [Read more]
There are currently 6 IFNA members from Portugal.
Family Health Nursing Conference 2013
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Dr. Elisabeth Coyne, Australia recently submitted this photo of "Family Nursing in Action" in Australia of a nurse, Suzanne Oakley, who works as a "family nursing champion" to help engage nursing staff and patients in a family research project conducted by Dr. Coyne
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FAMILY NURSING RESEARCH NEWS
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 Dr. Suzanne Feetham, USA, is the 2015 recipient of the President's Award of the US Eastern Nursing Research Society (ENRS). We congratulate Suzanne and applaud her continued contributions to ENRS and IFNA! [Read more].
During their presentation at the 12th International Family Nursing Conference, members of the International Research Collaboration Subcommittee of the IFNA Research Committee will describe family from a global perspective, using the words of families themselves. Subcommittee members, representing different countries and continents, plan to video-record families to capture the thoughts of families around the question, "What is family?" The videos will be shared during the presentation entitled "Strengthening Support for Families Worldwide: Potential Directions for an International Collaboration in Family Nursing Research."
For more IFNA Research News
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IFNA FAMILY NURSING COMMUNITY NEWS
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Current IFNA membership: 440 members from 34 countries.
The IFNA Awards Committee is pleased to report that 9 Award Nominations from 3 countries were received for the April 1 Call for Nominations; a total of 20 Award Nominations from 8 countries were received for the May 15 extension of the Call for Nominations [Read more].
Please consider use the following hashtags in your social media conversations:
#familynursing, #IFNAorg, #IFNC12
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CONNECTION I CONVERSATION I COMMUNITY
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