Julie B. Mogbo, RN, (Nigeria) is the Director of Family Health at Lead Nurse Africa International Foundation. She is a Trainer of Family Bond Systems, an intervention program featuring nursing and nursing related tools and skills to bring about enhanced and sustainable wellbeing for families. Her current research centers on Strengthened Family Bonds (family relationships) as a tool in shortening hospital stay, reducing hospital readmission, preventing psychosocial illnesses and enhancing family wellbeing. For more information contact IFNA member, Julie Mogbo.
IFNA Position Statement on Graduate Family Nursing Education
The International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) Position Statement on Graduate Family Nursing Education outlines the standards for graduate family nursing education and encourages nurse educators to develop graduate programs that promote the care of families. This document provides a guide for graduate level family nursing education and is built upon the IFNA Position Statement on Pre-Licensure Family Nursing Education (2013) and is complementary to the IFNA Position Statement on Advanced Practice Competencies for Family Nursing (2017).
How to Cite (APA 7th edition format):
International Family Nursing Association (IFNA). (2018). IFNA Position Statement on Graduate Family Nursing Education. https://internationalfamilynursing.org/2018/06/28/graduate-family-nursing-education/
Developed by the IFNA Family Nursing Education Committee and approved by the IFNA Board of Directors on October 12, 2017, this IFNA Position Statement on Graduate Family Nursing Education (GFNE) is available in several English language formats. (Translations into other languages are under development.)
- GFNE Complete PDF document in color with photos-English language
- GFNE Print-friendly PDF document in color (no photos)-English language
- GFNE Print-friendly PDF document in black & white (no photos)-English language
How to Cite (APA 7th edition format):
International Family Nursing Association (IFNA). (2018). IFNA Position Statement on Graduate Family Nursing Education. https://internationalfamilynursing.org/2018/06/28/graduate-family-nursing-education/
IFNA Statement Calls to End the Separation of Migrating Families at the U.S./Mexico Border
IFNA President, Dr. Jane Lassetter, has issued a Statement on behalf of the International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) calling for an end to the deplorable separation of migrating families at the U.S./Mexico border. Please read and share the full IFNA Statement: https://conta.cc/2I8XFwB
The IFNA Practice Committee has developed a resource for IFNA members called, “Caring for Refugee Families”. This document offers a “toolkit” of information for IFNA members about family focused assessment of and intervention of refugee families; position statements about refugees and refugee families; and useful documents about refugee health developed by nursing and healthcare organizations: https://internationalfamilynursing.org/2016/02/18/caring-for-refugee-families/.
Many organizations around the world have also issued statements condemning the actions of the U.S. government to separate migrating families at the U.S. border: https://internationalfamilynursing.org/2016/02/18/caring-for-refugee-families/#position
Dr. Midori Asano Examines Family Well-being in Families of Children with Special Needs in Japan
Midori Asano, RN, PHN, PhD, is a professor and Vice Director of the School of Health Sciences, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Nursing, Health Development Nursing, in Japan. Her research focuses on family well-being in families living with children who have special health care needs, such as allergic diseases, Autism spectrum disorder, and cancer. She also studies child-rearing in a variety of family structures such as single parent families and within various settings such as neonatal and general intensive care settings. She and her research team are utilizing “cards of the family value” to examine family strengths using a narrative approach. She recently collaborated with researchers in Sweden. For more information contact IFNA member, Midori Asano.
Dr. Connie Kartoz Teaches Family Assessment to Graduate and Undergraduate Students in the US
Connie Kartoz, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, is a family nurse practitioner and assistant professor at The College of New Jersey in Ewing, New Jersey, USA. She teaches concepts of family assessment to graduate nursing students using the Calgary Family Assessment and Intervention Models . She also develops and implements simulation scenarios at both graduate and undergraduate levels that include family members. Her research focuses on the experiences of non-caregiving adult children with aging parents. She is currently working on developing a scale to measure anticipatory loss for aging, but healthy parents. Connie is a new member of the IFNA Education Committee. For more information contact IFNA member, Connie Kartoz.
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