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Family Nursing in Japan
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Family Nursing in Japan is thriving thanks to the foundational  and visionary leadership provided by the late Dr. Chieko Sugishita, University of Tokyo. In 1994, Dr. Sugishita established the Japanese Association for Research in Family Nursing (JARFN) which currently has over 1500 members and is led by Dr. Kazuko Ishigaki, Director, and an elected Board of Directors. In 1995, Dr. Sugishita launched the Japanese Journal of Research in Family Nursing (JJRFN). JJRFN and the Journal of Family Nursing have recently agreed to exchange and publish 5 abstracts each year. Graduate programs with an emphasis on family nursing have a long history in Japan and more recently a Certified Nurse Specialist (CNS) role in Family Nursing has been developed. In June 2011, JARFN sponsored the very successful 10th International Family Nursing Conference in Kyoto with 1007 participants from 34 countries, the highest attendance at any International Family Nursing Conference to date. There are currently 54 IFNA members from Japan. For more information see: Ishigaki, K. (2013). An outline of the history of family nursing in Japan and the Japanese Association for Research in Family Nursing (JARFN). Journal of Family Nursing, 19(2), 140-145. doi: 10.1177/1074840713486872
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 Dr. Megan Aston, Canada, has expertise in Family Health Nursing with a focus on maternal, infant, and child health. She has conducted numerous research studies examining therapeutic relationships between nurses and families in the community as well as in the hospital. [Read more]For more IFNA Practice News [Read more].
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FAMILY NURSING EDUCATION NEWS
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 Barbara Preusse-Bleuler, Switzerland, is featured in an IFNA YouTube video discussing her ideas about a unique peer-to-peer process she developed to help practicing nurses implement family nursing. 8 archived IFNA Family Nursing Webinars (by Janice Bell Canada, (2)-Sharon Denham, USA, Marie-Luise Friedemann, USA, Kathleen Knafl, USA, Maureen Leahey, Canada, Marcia Van Riper, USA, and Lorraine Wright, Canada) can be accessed for personal or classroom use for a small fee. The Family Nursing Education Forum within the IFNA Online Family Community is a valuable place for educator exchanges, helpful tips, and networking for all purposes.
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FAMILY NURSING RESEARCH NEWS
| |  Dr. Sue Kirk, United Kingdom, is a nurse researcher at the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester, who investigates the effects of disability and chronic illness on families and how support can be developed to meet their needs. [Read more]
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| 12th International Family Nursing Conference | |  The 12th International Family Nursing Conference will be held August 18-21, 2015 in Odense, Denmark. The website for abstract submissions will open October 1, 2014 and the submission deadline is November 24, 2014. In addition to abstract and poster sessions, presentation options for the 12th IFNC will include preconference workshops and expert lectures with a special submission deadline of October 15, 2014. The Call for Abstracts, including workshops and expert lectures will be distributed this summer. [Read more] |
IFNA FAMILY NURSING COMMUNITY NEWS
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Current IFNA membership: 225 members from 24 countries. Please complete your IFNA Member Profile to help others know about your work and interests in family nursing. IFNA member, Dr. Naohiro Hohashi, Japan, co-chaired a successful meeting of the 35th International Association for Human Caring Conference in Kyoto, May 24-28, 2014. There were 781 participants from 20 countries, the largest attendance ever for this annual conference and related society meetings. IFNA member, Dr. Kazuko Ishigaki, Japan, served as co-chair of the Special Interest Group (SIG) on Transcultural Nursing and Caring. The conference began with an invited keynote about family nursing offered by IFNA member, Dr. Janice Bell, Canada, "Helping Families Heal: One Nurse at a Time".
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