Congratulations to 2019 IFNA Award Recipients:
(For more information about each 2019 IFNA Award recipient see: https://internationalfamilynursing.org/ifna-membership/international-family-nursing-association-awards/2019-ifna-award-recipients/)
2019 Award Recipients for Excellence in Family Nursing Award
Catherine (Kit) Chesla (USA); nominated by Roberta Rehm (USA)
Kiyoko Kamibeppu (Japan); nominated by Akiko Araki (Japan)
Marcia Van Riper (USA); nominated by Janet Deatrick (USA)
2019 Award Recipients for Innovative Contribution to Family Nursing Award
Ana Canga Armayor (Spain); nominated by Nuria Esandi Larramendi (Spain)
Wendy Looman (USA); nominated by Anne Chevalier McKechnie (USA)
2019 Award Recipient for Distinguished Partner in Family Health Care Award
Chicago Center for Family Health (Co-founders and co-directors: John Rolland, MD and Froma Walsh, PhD) (USA); nominated by Janice M. Bell (Canada)
2019 Award Recipient for Rising Star in Family Nursing Award
Nuria Esandi Larramendi (Spain); nominated by Janice M. Bell (Canada)
Kim Mooney-Doyle (USA); nominated by Helene Moriarty (USA)
2019 IFNA awards were presented to chosen recipients at the 14th International Family Nursing Conference in Washington DC, USA in August 2019. The IFNA Awards Committee co-chaired by Dr. Norma Krumwiede and Barbara Preusse-Bleuler with members from 7 countries, led the selection process of these awards.
Here’s what it meant to be a recipient of a 2017 IFNA Award: It was a moment of great pride for me to receive the 2017 IFNA Rising Star award at the 13thInternational Family Nursing Conference in Pamplona, Spain; to be recognized for this work is more than a personal honor, it is also recognition for all the children and families with whom I work, that their experiences matter, and are important for us to understand. ~ Dr. Catherine Laing [Read more]
IFNA Award Categories:
Excellence in Family Nursing Award
Innovative Contribution to Family Nursing Award
Distinguished Partner in Family Health Care Award
Rising Star in Family Nursing Award
Description and Criteria of the IFNA Awards:
Excellence in Family Nursing Award – this award recognizes IFNA members for outstanding contribution to the development of family nursing practice, research, and/or education through either cumulative career achievement and/or a single contribution that has played a seminal role in the field. Three awards were offered in this category in 2019.
Innovative Contribution to Family Nursing Award – this award recognizes IFNA members who have provided sustained leadership in innovatively disseminating and implementing family nursing theory, research, and/or practice in their countries and languages. Two awards were offered in this category in 2019.
Distinguished Partner in Family Health Care Award – this award recognizes non-IFNA members and individuals outside of the discipline of Nursing, including associations, corporations, or non-profit organizations who demonstrate sustained investment and excellence in advancing family focused health care. One award was offered in this category in 2019.
Rising Star in Family Nursing Award – this award recognizes an IFNA member who has shown exceptional early career efforts to advance family nursing by contributing to the dissemination and implementation of family nursing as a new scholar. Two awards were offered in this category in 2019.
IFNA Awards Committee (2018-2019): Norma Krumwiede (USA) co-chair; Barbara Preusse-Bleuler (Switzerland) co-chair; Janice M. Bell (Canada); Maria do Céu Barbieri Figueiredo (Portugal); Barbara Habermann (USA); Naohiro Hohashi, (Japan); Catherine Laing (Canada); Maria Marcheti Angelica (Brazil); Nancy Moules (Canada); Marie Louise Luttik (Netherlands) IFNA BOD liaison.
*This IFNA Awards initiative which began in 2015 continues a tradition of honoring outstanding colleagues in our family nursing community. The Journal of Family Nursing (Dr. Janice M. Bell, Founding Editor) first conceived of these family nursing awards in 2005. Between 2005-2011, 37 colleagues in our family nursing community were honored for their distinguished and innovative contributions that advanced the nursing of families in the world [Read more].
