About Us
The World Federation of Neuroscience Nurses (WFNN)
Founded in 1969, the WFNN initially consisted of nursing organizations representing five member countries. During the past three decades, that number has grown to 16 member organizations spread over five continents. Growth has kept pace with innovations in medicine and the increasingly important role of neuroscience nursing specialty organizations.
WFNN is the host organization once every four years for the largest international gathering of neuroscience nurses and affiliated specialties to compare notes, to network, and to build a firmer foundation for healthcare by emerging nations.
For further information, please visit: www.wfnn.nu
The Neuroscience Nursing Foundation (NNF)
NNF was established in 1993 to provide funding support for research, education, and prevention activities related to the professional development of neuroscience nurses and the general welfare of the public. In 2005, its mission was broadened to include an international commitment to:
- enhance the recruitment of gifted young nurses into the neuroscience specialty;
- foster diversity in investigation;
- document the benefits and relative costs of neurological nursing care;
- provide funding support for the advancement of the neuroscience nurse as teachers to medical caregivers at all levels, including medical students, non-neurological house staff, primary practitioners, patients, their families and the public in general
For further information, please visit: www.aann.org/nnf/index.htm
The Canadian Association of Neuroscience Nurses (CANN)
CANN was founded in 1969 by a group of neuroscience nurses as an organization to promote collaboration and knowledge dissemination across Canada. Over time it has developed and has as its mission:
To set standards of practice and promote continuing professional education
and research.
Members of CANN collaborate with individuals, families, interdisciplinary teams and communities to prevent illness and to improve health outcomes for people with, or at risk, for neurological disorders.
For further information, please visit: www.cann.ca
York University - Faculty of Health
Established on July 1, 2006 the Faculty is an innovative and supportive environment for learning, teaching and discovery. It is on an exceptional mission to build a leading centre of innovation, excellence and compassion in health and human sciences.
Our vision is to educate future global leaders in redefining and advancing health and human science. Through exceptional education and research, we emphasize effective approaches for keeping people and communities healthy and sustaining our health systems.
The School of Nursing, Faculty of Health offers an innovative teaching approach that goes beyond a purely medical model to focus on the development of the theoretical, scientific and philosophical knowledge of human caring.
Today, society is calling for fundamental changes to our understanding of the meaning of health, the role of healthcare practitioners, and the purpose of healthcare systems. This has resulted in an increasing demand for healthcare services and practitioners that focus on the experiences of human beings in a way that respects patients' values and choices about health and quality of life.
For further information, please visit: http://www.health.yorku.ca/
