Given that one in every ten of the world’s children has a disability (1) the International Disability Day offers the opportunity to reflect on how nursing has been transformed from caring for disabled children within institutional settings to its current aim for family nursing. This includes caring for children within their own homes whenever possible. … Read more Dr Jenny Waite-Jones discusses International Disability Day
2021 Webinar Series Valuing the Voices of Patients and Families Across the Life-course in Family Research: Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Monday 4 October 2021, 13.00–14.00 (GMT+1) Register for our free Zoom webinar here If you are interested but the time is not convenient for you, please register and you will receive a … Read more Webinar – Valuing the Voices of Patients and Families in Family Research
Webinar recording now available here. Passcode: =0S#QuX+ We invite you to attend our second IFNA – UK and Ireland Chapter webinar, on ‘Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services in the UK: Past, Present and Future’. The webinar will take place on Tuesday 10 August 2021, from 1pm until 2pm, on Zoom. Click here to … Read more Webinar – Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services
We warmly invite you to another free virtual networking event, hosted by our parent organisation, IFNA, for members, their colleagues and friends who may be interested in family nursing and family-focused care. It will be a great opportunity to meet and hear from international colleagues. Although two events are planned, the event scheduled for Wednesday 12 … Read more Join the IFNA networking event on May 12th
Congratulations to one of our student chapter members, Orla Hayes, who has been awarded a conference scholarship by the International Family Nursing Foundation to support her attendance at the virtual 15th International Family Nursing Conference (IFNC15). Orla is a third-year undergraduate nursing student studying children’s and general (integrated) nursing at Dublin City University, Ireland. Nursing … Read more Orla Hayes awarded IFNC15 Scholarship
Chloe Hawkins – Learning Disability Nursing Student, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK Terminology when supporting families of children with learning disabilities is as vital as the nursing care we provide… Specialised family support for all is an essential part of nursing care. Recent figures reported by the International Family Nursing Association show how increased family … Read more A student’s perspective on communicating with families of children with learning disabilities
We warmly invite you and all of our IFNA – UK & Ireland Chapter members to join us at a free virtual networking event, hosted by our parent organisation, IFNA, for members, their colleagues and friends who may be interested in family nursing and family-focused care. It will be a great opportunity to meet and … Read more Join us at a free networking event
Today, Nursing Times published an article co-authored by Diana Greenfield and Veronica Swallow. This was based on a blog initiated and authored by Diana Greenfield, one of our IFNA – UK and Ireland Chapter Executive Group members. Click here to read the article on Nursing Times. Diana drew on the IFNA Position Statement on Planetary … Read more Spotlight on planetary health
Emily Carr – Adult Nursing Student, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK My experience of family nursing The word ‘family’ evokes, for many, the traditional sense of a nuclear family: wife, husband and children, but the modern world demands an ever developing need to move away from this restricted view. This is especially pertinent within the … Read more A student’s experience of family nursing
