The IFNA Education Committee was delighted to learn that 67 nursing students from 19 countries attended the 13th International Family Nursing Conference (IFNC13) in Pamplona, Spain in June 2017.
Here is a list of the 19 countries and the number of nursing students from each country:
Brazil – 5; Canada – 3; Columbia – 2; Finland – 3; Germany – 1; Iceland – 2; Italy – 3; Japan – 1; Republic of Korea – 1; Nigeria – 1; Portugal – 2; Spain – 10; Sweden – 3; Taiwan – 1; Thailand – 1; Turkey – 2; United Kingdom – 2; USA – 23.
Students participated in the conference in a variety of ways. A number of Spanish students assisted conference attendees and provided technical and trouble-shooting assistance to presenters. Many students presented posters and podium presentations. As well, several expanded the impact of IFNC13 by tweeting about the conference, such as Cristina Alfaro Diaz and Teresa Gutiérrez Alemán from the Universidad de Navarra, Spain and Raíssa Passos from McGill University, Canada.
Students are the next generation of family nursing scholars and practitioners and it is exciting to observe their passion to make a difference in family nursing practice, research, education, and policy.