Highlights From the 11th International Family Nursing Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, June 19-22, 2013

摘要

In 2009, the International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) was formally launched at the 9th International Family Nursing Conference in Reykjavik, Iceland (Bell, 2011; Van Riper, 2010). A Coordinating Committee comprised of Drs. Janice M. Bell, Catherine (Kit) Chesla, Donna Miles Curry, and Kathleen Knafl began work in 2007 to develop the structure and processes for this new organization. The mission of IFNA is to foster the individual and collective development of nurses involved in the promotion of health care to families by providing a unique international forum of shared responsibility for the advance of family nursing. IFNA offers opportunities for leadership, socialization, and collegial exchange related to all aspects of family nursing. (Retrieved from the IFNA website: http://www. internationalfamilynursing. org) Generous financial support for the new organization was provided for the first 2 years of IFNA by the Glen Taylor Nursing Institute for Family and Society (http://ahn.rnnsu.eduursing/institute/), and family nurses from around the world were invited to join IFNA. A list of the 62 Founding Members of IFNA can be viewed on the IFNA website: http://internationalfamilynursing.org/ 2012update/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/110215_Founding.pdf.