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International Nursing Research Conference
Facing the Challenge of Health Care Systems in Transition
Jerusalem, Israel • June 30 - July 3, 2008 |
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In partnership with the
Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centres
for Nursing and Midwifery Development |
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The deadline for Submission of Abstracts has been EXTENDED until November 15, 2007
Thus far, the response to the Call for Abstracts has been excellent, and abstracts from potential participants to the conference continue to reach us daily. Nevertheless, by popular request we have decided to extend the deadline for submission to November 15, 2007; the summer vacation has prevented many prospective participants from completing their abstracts in time. So, please enjoy the summer break, but be sure to submit your abstracts in the fall.
We welcome research abstracts for oral and poster presentations, symposia and workshops.
On-line Abstract Submission: http://www.internationalnursingconference.org/index.asp?p=12
Keynote Speakers
http://www.internationalnursingconference.org/index.asp?p=18
Miriam J. Hirschfeld, RN, DNSc, MD(hon), DrSc(hon)
Professor, Department of Health Systems Management, Yezreel Valley College, Israel
Chief Nursing Scientist, WHO (retired)
Director, Human Resources for Health, WHO (retired)
Globalization, human resources and health
Afaf I. Meleis, PhD, DrPS(hon), FAAN
Professor of Nursing and Sociology, Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Women's health and nursing research in a changing world
Anne Marie Rafferty, BSc Mphil, DPhil (Oxon), RGN, DN, FRCN
Professor, Dean, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery
King's College London, UK
Research, nursing policy and nursing service – a historical, contemporary and future perspective
Ada Spitzer, PhD, RN
Professor, Vice President of External Affairs and Resource Management
University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
The future of nursing in the context of rapidly changing healthcare systems
Pre-Conference Workshops
http://www.internationalnursingconference.org/index.asp?p=11
Workshop 1: You Can Reduce Errors and Mishaps to Zero (or, Almost to Zero)
Workshop 2: The Art of Debriefing -A Tool for Change
Workshop 3: Trauma Nursing During Disasters and Mass Casualty Situations
For additional information on registration, accommodation and more, please visit the
conference website: http://www.internationalnursingconference.org/
Interest Form: http://www.internationalnursingconference.org/index.asp?p=4
To ensure that you receive future announcements, please complete the interest form,
if you have not yet done so.
We encourage you to take this opportunity to benefit from an exciting conference and to visit the unique and fascinating sites of Jerusalem and Israel.
We would appreciate your forwarding this information to an interested colleague.
Best regards,
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Orly Toren, RN, PhD
Chair, Organizing Committee |
Ilana Margalith, RN, PhD
Chair of the Israel Society for Nursing Research |
Conference Secretariat
International Nursing Research Conference
Diesenhaus–Unitours - Conventions Department
P.O.Box 57176, Tel Aviv 61571, Israel
e-mail: conven4@diesenhaus.com
Tel: 972-3-5651324, Fax: 972-3-5610152
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IAHC Call for Abstracts
Attached is the Final Call for Abstracts for the 2008 IAHC conference. The Conference will be held in scenic Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University of North Carolina Health Care System. Mark your calendar for April 6-9, 2008. It is fitting that this 30th conference exploring caring science is co-sponsored by the nation’s oldest public university, and will be held in a gracious southern historic inn on the edge of campus, the Carolina Inn. We have a stunning speaker lineup: Dr. Margarete Sandelowski from UNC-Chapel Hill reknowned for her qualitative methodology advancements; Dr. Kristin Swanson, an IAHC member who has a prominent sustained research program in caring with a middle range theory of caring; and Dr. Pamela Triolo, Senior Vice President for the University of Pittsburgh Health Care System who has implemented patient centered care as professional practice models and consulted with ANCC on updating the Magnet standards. Dr. Triolo will be speaking on Wednesday when we will be building the program around practice issues. Joining them are two workshop leaders and panelists. Dr. Jean Watson is co-founder of the conference and distinguished researcher, educator and author, and Dr. Samantha Pang is Head of School at Hong Kong Polytechnic University and investigator for a theory of the “good nurse” working with Asian populations. Watch for program details soon. Please distribute this flyer anywhere you go. Send it to all your colleagues. Post it in your workplace. You are our best marketing tool! The web site will be ready soon, but in the meantime, work on your abstracts. You do not want to miss the celebration of 30 years of caring science. We will have a number of special events, including a Sunday evening opening reception sponsored by Florida Atlantic University. Make your plans now. Closest airport is Raleigh-Durham International (RDU).See you in April!!
Gwen Sherwood and Valerie Lunsford, Planning Committee
Download call for abstracts flyer (pdf)
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CANADA: Governments failing native children, report says
14 August 2007
Hundreds of aboriginal children with severe medical problems in Canada are being moved to institutions in big cities because health authorities cannot agree on who should pay for their care, according to a new report. Yet if these children lived 'off-reserve' (not on indigenous land), they would virtually be guaranteed the care they need at home, according to the latest edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal. “That is discrimination, pure and simple,” Noni MacDonald, a professor of pediatrics and a senior CMAJ editor, said in an editorial. Amir Attaran, the Canada Research Chair in Law, Population Health and Global Development Policy, said the practice is “screamingly illegal,” a clear violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms http://laws.justice.gc.ca:80/en/charter/and of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
http://www.crin.org:80/resources/treaties/CRC.asp?catName=International+Treaties&flag=legal&ID=6
The editorial, co-written by the two academics, says that “governments deserve to be sued” for such a failure. The pair reject arguments that services for complex medical needs, such as those of ventilator-dependent children, cannot be provided on reserves because communities are too remote. “Geography is no excuse for the pusillanimous, inequitable distribution of wealth, such that advanced care exists only in the south and first nations children, parents and communities endure psychological and cultural stress to access it,” Dr. MacDonald and Dr. Attaran wrote. Cindy Blackstock, executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, said that in fact native children are being discriminated against both in remote communities and reserves located close to big cities.
Attempt to rationalise
“This is an attempt to rationalise pretty blatant discrimination,” she said. At the root of the problem is an age-old dispute about who pays for the medical care of Indian, Inuit and Métis people. Generally speaking, care provided on reserves is paid by Health Canada (or Indian Affairs, if it is a social service) and by the province off-reserve. But the situation gets complicated when someone travels away for care and then wants to return to the community and receive continuing care. The situation came to a head a few years back with the tragic case of a boy named Jordan from the Norway House Cree Nation in northern Manitoba. Jordan – whose family asked that his last name not be published to protect their privacy – was born in 1999 with a severe neuromuscular disorder. He was referred for care in Winnipeg, where he became wheelchair-bound and ventilator-dependent. But his health stabilised and he was discharged in 2001. He was placed in a specialised home near his home reserve but Ottawa and Winnipeg could not agree on who would pay. For two years, bureaucrats warred over the most mundane details of Jordan's care, right down to who would pay for a showerhead required for a wheelchair-accessible shower. Jordan ended up back in a Winnipeg hospital where he died at age of four.
Patient's interests second
“Jordan's interests fell a distant second; intergovernmental squabbling over the duty to pay came first,” Dr. MacDonald and Dr. Attaran write in their editorial. “Many of the services Jordan needed would be paid for without question for a white Manitoban, or off-reserve aboriginal. It was Jordan's living on-reserve that caused the bureaucracy to choke.” The boy's case became a cause célèbre in social welfare and child health circles. The term “Jordan's principle” was coined – the principle being that the needs of a child should supersede bickering over who pays the bills. [Source: Globe and Mail, Canada]
Further information
Visit: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=14437
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Ask the Children
Ask the Children - Overview of Children's Understandings of Well-being (pdf)
The New South Wales (NSW) Commission for Children and Young People is an independent organisation working with others to make NSW a better place for children and young people. The 'Ask the children' series makes kids' views available to the public and decision makers.
Copyright in this material is retained by NSW Commission for Children and Young People and it has been reproduced with permission.
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Car Safety for School Aged Children
Car Safety for School Aged Children (pdf) by Dr. Elizabeth Segedin and Dr. Gabrielle Nuthall, Intensive Care Unit, Starship, May 2007.
