Italian Student Asks About Family Nursing

Dear Dr. Bell: Nursing the family in Italy is not well developed, so our curriculum does not include a specific course on it.  I read your Journal of Family Nursing editorial, “Family Nursing Education:”Higher, Faster, Stronger” and would like to know more about family nursing. I hope you can help me!

Dear Andrea: Your interest in family nursing is exciting and I will try my best to answer your question.

I believe all nurses care for families, regardless of the clinical population they work with–so every nurse is a family nurse!  In North America, knowledge development in family nursing began in the early 1980′s. Here is a brief summary of what I think are the most significant developments in family nursing in the past 30 years: Read More >>

The Calgary Family Assessment Model: A True Story (Guest Blog by Dr. Lorraine M. Wright)

Greetings and thanks for dropping by to read this blog. I appreciate the invitation by Dr. Janice M. Bell to write a guest blog about the Calgary Family Assessment Model.

But where do I begin? Once upon a time….! Well, how about if I start by telling you how old the model is. In 2009, CFAM officially became 25 years old when the 5th Edition of Nurses and Families: A Guide to Family Assessment and Intervention was published by FA Davis in Philadelphia, PA. This book, co-authored by my good friend and colleague Dr. Maureen Leahey and me, has been the home of CFAM all these years.

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Family Nursing: A Global Snapshot

I was in a meeting today and a colleague remarked that she wanted to know more about what was happening in family nursing in other countries (outside of the USA). I thought it might be useful to provide a brief snapshot of the published documents that highlight major family nursing developments within countries around the globe as well as nurses who have championed family nursing in these countries. This list is not meant to be exhaustive–simply the publications and people that I am aware of in order to provide a glimpse of the major developments in family nursing around the world. Read More >>

History of the International Family Nursing Conferences

The First International Family Nursing Conference was hosted in June 1988 by the University of Calgary, Faculty of Nursing under the leadership of Dr. Lorraine M. Wright. Approximately 400 participants from 15 countries attended this first conference. In 2013, the 11th International Family Nursing Conference will be taking place in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Read More >>

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