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2026 Conference

IHCNO 2025 DAISY Awards Online Presentation - September 24

Please join the IHCNO Board of Directors to celebrate the 2025 IHCNO DAISY Home Care Nurse Honorees!

Award Presentation Recording

President's Message - 

I very much enjoyed visiting with those of you who attended the President’s Forum virtual meeting on November 11. The President’s Forum is a special time for me to listen to you and understand what is important to you as a nurse and as a member of IHCNO. I will continue the quarterly meetings in 2026 with the next one on February 10 at 8 am Eastern Time. 

I am pleased to report that Dr. Mary C. Narayan was elected to the Board of Directors at the November 11 meeting. Dr. Narayan was a co-investigator in the 4-survey research study completed in January this year to identify the scope, standards, and competencies of home-based nurses. Mary’s participation on the Board will provide Directors in-depth information about the IHCNO task force review of study findings. The findings can guide committees as they develop projects related to home-based nursing curriculum, practice, research programs, and policy. 

IHCNO will have additional openings on the Board of Directors in March 2026. A requirement for the position is that the prospective nominee has been active in a committee or leadership role in IHCNO. Please contact us at info@ihcno.org if you want to know more about a Director position.

All of our committees welcome new members. Committees include:

• Advocacy
• Bylaws
• Communication
• DAISY Award
• Education
• Finance
• Membership Outreach
• Program Planning
• Publications
• Research

IHNCO is making progress in developing an edited book for the publisher Springer Nature. Major strengths of the book include its international research base, a theoretical framework to define home-based nursing, and diverse global case studies.  The 400+ page book is expected to have around 40 chapters to present current evidence-based trends in student learning, clinical excellence, defining and measuring quality of care, and technology.  We are recruiting international authors to write short chapters. Please let me know at info@ihcno.org if you would like to contribute to a topic.

I am looking forward to a productive 2026 filled with fun and adventures with IHCNO friends and projects.

Susan Hinck

Welcome to our newest members!

These members have joined our international nursing community since January 1, 2025:

Thank you to our 2025 donors - we appreciate your support of IHCNO:

Thank you to everyone who participated in our 2025 Webinar Series

Into The Future: Advancing Home-Based Nursing Practice Webinar Series

This series is an opportunity for nurses to obtain updated home health care information and tools that foster effective patient-centered communication, care planning, and innovative service modalities - all of which are essential for improved patient health outcomes, safety, quality of life, and alignment between the care provided and the needs and wishes for care of the patients.

Registration is still available for On-Demand recordings and CE credits.

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