Association Information

IFNA Membership / Organizational Chart

Core Values

The International Family Nursing Association embraces a compassionate family focus on health, social justice, human dignity and respect for all.

Mission

The mission of the International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) is to transform family health by:

1. Serving as a unifying force and voice for family nursing globally;
2. Sharing knowledge, practices, and skills to enhance and nurture family nursing practice; and,
3. Providing family nursing leadership through education, research, scholarship, socialization and collegial exchange on all aspects of family nursing.

Vision

Nurses transforming health for families worldwide.

Strategic Plan

Click here for the 2020-2025 IFNA Strategic Plan.

Bylaws

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Aims of the International Family Nursing Association:

1. Promote the care of families in health and illness;
2. Facilitate networking among family nurse researchers, educators and practitioners;
3. Provide mechanisms for dissemination of information regarding family nursing research, education and practice;
4. Advance family nursing research and foster the utilization of nursing research findings;
5. Encourage socialization and preparation of students for the roles of family nurse researcher, family nurse advanced practice and family nurse educator;
6. Promote the allocation of resources available for family nursing development; and
7. Comprise a professional source of evidence, information and advocacy in health policy, and health legislation to improve the care of families.