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Editorial

Does International Family Nursing Need a Professional Organization?

Donna Miles Curry, RN, PhD

Wright State University, donna.curry{at}wright.edu

An International Family Nursing Conference has been held on a periodic basis since the 1980s. It started with several nursing professionals with a common interest: wanting to meet to share research and practice ideas. The organization of these conferences has been completely voluntary and sponsored by some very benevolent individuals and an institution of higher education. The fact that any of these conferences came off is attributed to considerable personal financial support and an untold number of volunteer hours. A group met in 2005 at the 7th International Family Nursing Conference in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, to discuss whether there was any interest in forming a professional organization for family nursing. This article explores the cost/ benefits of such an endeavor. Input from other small newly created professional nursing organizations is shared. Conclusions provide summative questions related to development of a formal international professional nursing organization that family nurses must address.

Key Words: family nursing issues • family/participant group

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Journal of Family Nursing, Vol. 13, No. 4, 395-402 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1074840707308581
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