NURSING NEWS

The Future of Nursing

By Tami Minnier, R.N. April 30, 2012

Do you really understand your nurses and nursing needs?

http://www.hhnmag.com/hhnmag/HHNDaily/HHNDailyDisplay.dhtml?id=7370004058

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DATE SET FOR 2013 CONFERENCE!

Southern Vermont College in collaboration with Southwestern Vermont Medical Center will co-sponsor the next KING Conference April 5-6, 2013 in Bennington, Vermont. The conference theme will tie into the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Institute of Medicine report The Future of Nursing with a focus on necessary competencies in nursing practice, education, and research. The Call for Abstracts and further details regarding the conference will be provided in March, 2012. Bennington is adjacent to both New York and Massachusetts; is only 3 hours from Boston or New York City; and 50 minutes from the Albany International Airport in Albany, NY. The Call for Abstracts is to be posted soon!

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NEW ADDITIONS TO THE WEB SITE

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS FOR 2013 CONFERENCE NOW POSTED!

Please go to 'Documents', Click on '2013 Conference', Click on 'Call for Abstracts'

For additional information, email 2013Abstracts@kingnursing.org

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MARCH-APRIL 2012 ISSUE OF THE SYSTEMS UPDATE IS POSED ON THE MEMBERS' 'DOCUMENTS' PAGE

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Click on Documents for a Powerpoint presentation by Southwestern Vermont Medical Center

King’s Conceptual System & Theory of Goal Attainment: Leading the way for the Nurse of the Future

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Welcome

Mission & Purpose

Welcome to the King International Nursing Group!

Colleagues of Dr. King in Michigan began the King International Nursing Group (K.I.N.G.) to bring together individuals who are interested in advancing King’s conceptual systems framework and related theories. We believe it is important to preserve and promote King’s work for its role in knowledge development for research, education, administration and practice.

Regardless of your location or practice, we encourage you to join the K.I.N.G. and become active within the organization. In April, we had an informative and stimulating educational conference in Bozeman, Montana. Jaqueline Fawcett’s key-note address was “Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Theory: Imogene King's Contributions to Advancement of Evidence-Based Nursing Practice.” In addition there were 8 concurrent session sspeakers and a symposium of current research by Patricia Messmer. PowerPoint and lecture materials are on the Members only web site.

The Education Committee is busy planning for the next conference. You will want to watch for location and topic.

We hope that you will visit this website frequently for information, suggestions and networking. Please feel free to share the link to the home page with your colleagues. If you have suggestions for how we might improve the web page, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Beverly Whelton, RN, PhD President (2011-2013)

KING Founder & Past President: Christina Sieloff, PhD, RN

Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Billings Campus

Montana State University - Bozeman

I have been honored to work with Dr. King as well as many colleagues who

support her work. I hope that you will join us as we continue to support nurses

and others in their efforts to expand both Dr. King's work and nursing

knowledge.

The King International Nursing Group wishes to recognize and thank its Lifetime and Charter members. The Lifetime members are: Richard Bogue, Jacqueline Fawcett, Mary Killeen, Patricia Messmer, Diana Newman. Charter members are: Barbara May, Thomas Stenvig. Without the support these individuals, the K.I.N.G. would not have reactivated as successfully as it did.