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Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University
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Happy New Year 2024 to the global membership of the International Association of Human Caring and students, nurses, and other health professionals who hunger for peace and loving-kindness in the world.
As president of IAHC, and on behalf of the board of directors, I would like to offer heartfelt intentions for your health, your happiness, and your continuing achievements in providing the best care possible for patients, students, colleagues, and the communities in which you serve. Your leadership in caring has the ripple effect that will change the world, one act of kindness at a time.
Our board chairs and committee members have been very busy this year, co-creating organizational benefits that fulfill our central purpose as a worldwide forum to advance caring science knowledge and to apply this knowledge for the improvement of human care. We invite nurses and professionals from other health care disciplines to share in the effort to improve caring knowledge and practice.
I am pleased to announce that Dr. Mary Ellen Wright will be the new editor for the International Journal for Human Caring in 2024. Dr. Wright is a published scholar and researcher and was carefully chosen to succeed Dr. Zane Wolf, and has been working with Dr. Wolf for many months toward a seamless editorial transition. We are all enormously grateful for the long-term commitment and expertise Zane has given to the caring community. Her scholarship, attention to detail, dedication to nursing theory, and also her mentorship to authors and researchers has unquestionably elevated the level of IJHC to a world class journal.
Taking on the editor position forced Dr. Wright to step away from her IAHC President-Elect position. A call for nominations was sent out this summer and a ballot sent to the membership. Dr. Dawn Hawthorne was elected as our new President-Elect. She and I will work closely together for the next six months and Dr. Hawthorne will assume the presidency of IAHC in June 2024, as I complete two years as your president. We appreciate her willingness to serve and recognize her commitment to the organization through work on the Education Committee and the Scholarship Committee.
We look forward to other members stepping forward to serve as Dawn is doing. This year IAHC will be looking for nominations for President-elect, Secretary, and two board positions. Please reflect on your talents to move our organization forward. Your gift is someones prayer.
Finally, I warmly invite you to tell your colleagues about IAHC. Show them the website. Tell them about our monthly online educational offerings and our amazing journal. Give them a flyer for our 2024 conference! Although our online conferences have been stellar, we are so looking forward to meeting together in person this year at Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing in Boca Raton Florida. Please see the website for details and keep June 22 - 23, 2024 circled on your calendar!