Supported by Fáilte Ireland, Prof Lambert secured a bid to host the International Family Nursing Association’s (IFNA; https://internationalfamilynursing.org) 15th International Family Nursing Conference (IFNC15) at the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road, Dublin from Monday, June 28 – Thursday, July 1st 2021.
IFNA is the only international organisation focusing exclusively on family-focused nursing with the vision of “nurses transforming health for families worldwide.” Family nursing provides nursing care to the whole family and to individual family members with attention on relationships among members. IFNA’s biennial IFNC is the principal family nursing conference. Attended by inter-professional researchers globally, IFNC provides an exceptional platform to highlight and advance leading issues in family health research, practice, education, and policy through facilitated networking, raising visibility, supporting next generation socialization and by promoting family care in health and illness.
IFNC15’s theme is “Family Nursing throughout the Life Course” with a specific focus on capacity building, knowledge exchange, engagement and collaboration in relation to global trends in health and wellbeing for families. IFNC15 objectives are to:
expand nurses’ capacity worldwide to improve family health and wellbeing across the life course
strengthen the evidence base for family nursing through family systems research
strengthen knowledge exchange on family health and wellbeing in nursing education and family nursing practice
promote community-engaged collaboration among researchers, clinicians, educators, families, and community stakeholders
support nurses to lead and influence healthcare policy in support of family health and wellbeing and healthcare delivery worldwide.