The International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) launched a NEW Webinar Series on May 2, 2012 with the goal of increasing communication and collaboration in our global family nursing community. I was delighted to offer the first IFNA webinar on May 2, 2012 titled, "Getting to the HEART of Family Nursing Interventions". What I mean by "getting to…
I have a burning desire as a family nurse to increase the capacity of nurses to practice with families. How can we help new and experienced health care professionals learn how to address illness suffering and family healing? Photo compliments of the International Family Nursing Association My dream for our community of family nursing is that we…
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…
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…
Dr. Lorraine Wright and Dr. Nancy Moules providing live supervision with a clinical team observing: Family Nursing Unit, University of Calgary Family Nursing Unit, University of Calgary. Dr. Wendy Watson Nelson and students observing a clinical family nursing session from behind a one-way mirror. Dr. Fabie Duhamel, Denise Latourelle Family Nursing Unit, University of Montreal,…
"I am always saying to myself; that's not right yet. You can do it better - it's rare when I can prevent myself from taking the thing up again... X number of times, the same thing. Sometimes, it becomes an absolute obsession. But for that matter, why would anyone work, if not for that? To…
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I've found movies to be powerful learning experiences for my students and myself. Movies highlight family stories about the experience of illness, draw the viewer into the poignancy and loneliness of illness suffering, and often model how family members and health care professionals respond to illness…
My Family: August 2017 Every family has a story; every story has a family... They say that every story is told differently, depending on the audience. Here is my story. I come from a large, extended, matriarchal family of grandparents, aunts, uncles, and many cousins who have enriched my life within a network of supportive,…