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Dr. Sandra Eggenberger Advances Family & Societal Health and Healing

Sandra EggenbergerSandra K. Eggenberger, PhD, RN, is the Director of The Glen Taylor Nursing Institute for Family and Society and Professor, Minnesota State University, Mankato, USA. The mission of the Institute to advance family and societal health and healing. Recent developments at the Institute include the development of a multi-site family nursing training program for practicing nurses and partnering with families in communities through monthly community family forums to create family-in-community action projects. Institute researchers, practicing nurses, and faculty are continuously collaborating to evaluate and refine methods of teaching family nursing practice through simulation at multiple competency levels including undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. For more information, read the most recent Annual Report of the Institute and the Institute Newsletter.

Dr. Eggenberger currently serves as the Secretary of the IFNA Board of Directors.  Glen and Becky Taylor, who provided the endowed fund to establish The Glen Taylor Nursing Institute, were honored for their generous and sustained financial support to IFNA and the International Family Nursing Conferences with the 2015 IFNA Distinguished Partner in Family Health Care Award. For more information please contact IFNA member, Sandra Eggenberger.

 

 

 

Join the #IFNAchat Family Nursing Conversation

Screen Shot 2016-04-18 at 9.12.40 PMThe first-ever IFNA Twitter chat, #IFNAchat, was held on April 20, 2016.  Hosted by the IFNA Communications Committee and led by co-chair, Wilma Schroeder (Canada), the focus of this #IFNAchat family nursing conversation was the IFNA Position Statement on Competencies for Family Nursing Practice. IFNA members from Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, and USA participated in the #IFNAchat which was held at two different times to accommodate the time zones in our global family nursing community. The transcript of the two conversations between IFNA members that occurred at this first #IFNAchat is now available on Storify.  For more information, contact IFNA member Wilma Schroeder.

Watch your email inbox for the schedule of the next #IFNAchat and join this unique family nursing conversation!

Jane Karpa Advances Family Centered Psychiatric Nursing Practice

Jane KarpaJane Karpa, BA, RPN, CMHW(A), MMFT, Assistant Professor, Chair of the Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Brandon University, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is committed to advancing a family nursing perspective in psychiatric nursing practice.  She is currently engaged in doctoral studies at the University of Manitoba and her research focuses on families’ experiences of living with Acquired Brain Injury. She also currently serves as the co-chair of the Teaching Resources Subcommittee of the IFNA Education Committee. For more information, contact IFNA member Jane Karpa.

Family Nursing Science in Finland Led by University of Tampere

The development of family nursing science in Finland has been led by dedicated faculty at the School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere for over 20 years. Family issues are the central focus of research and teaching with an emphasis on family health, well-being, and family health care nursing across the lifespan. The program of research at the University of Tampere began with descriptive studies and, over time, has included instrument development, theory formulation and testing, and intervention studies using a variety of research methods.

Despite this intensive work, family-focused health care in Finland needs to become even more visible. Stronger collaboration is needed between researchers, educational institutions, managers, and practicing professionals. Research and teaching collaboration within the European Union and with the Nordic countries is ongoing and will strengthen the strong foundation of family nursing science in Finland that already exists.

Dr. Päivi Åstedt-Kurki, PhD, RN, Professor, University of Tampere leads the development of family nursing science in Finland. Photo credit: Jonne Renvall
Dr. Päivi Åstedt-Kurki, PhD, RN, Professor, University of Tampere leads the development of family nursing science in Finland. Photo credit: Jonne Renvall

IFNA Education Committee Develops 4 Strategies for Disseminating the IFNA Position Statements

IFNA Position Statement on Pre-Licensure Family Nursing EducationThe IFNA Education Committee, co-chaired by Dr. Lorraine Holtslander (Canada) and Dr. Kristin Lutz (USA), have developed several creative strategies to share the good news about the two IFNA Position Statements on Family Nursing Education and Family Nursing Practice with nursing leaders in key health care and educational organizations:

1. Committee members will reach out to the organizations that they are currently involved with such as palliative care groups, Sigma Theta Tau, and various other nursing research groups from practice and educational perspectives and bring attention to the Key Message and URL (IFNA.Position Statement Dissemination Plan). Podium presentations and posters will cite the IFNA Position Statements, include them in the reference list as applicable, and members will bring a few print copies of the IFNA Position Statements to use as handouts.  For example, in March, Dr.Patricia Young will be giving a symposium about the work she and her colleagues are leading in family nursing education at Minnesota State University, Mankato and she will display the URL for the IFNA Position Statements on her slides, etc.
2. Committee members will look for opportunities to cite the IFNA Position Statements in their publications and course syllabi.
3. At each IFNA Education Committee meeting, members will discuss their progress, i.e., specific conferences attended, social media channels accessed, and connections with nursing leaders and organizations made to keep this dissemination plan iterative and alive.
4. The Committee will record their dissemination plan progress in the Committee minutes and will evaluate strategies used and bring new ideas to the table.

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