Are you interested in helping us help home care nurses?

Volunteer organizations like IHCNO can only move forward with the help of volunteers. We invite you to join one of the following committees and send us a message with your interest. A committee chair from IHCNO will contact you to determine your volunteering availability as needs develop.

Ready to Volunteer?
Reach out to [email protected] to get started today!

Advocacy Committee

The Communications Committee is responsible for maintaining the IHCNO website in both context and content, utilizing social media platforms, providing newsletters and messages in digital format with a goal of encouraging home care nurses from around the world to utilize the IHCNO website for information and the exchange of ideas.

Bylaws Committee

Communication Committee
 

DAISY Award Committee


Education Committee

The Education Committee aims to foster growth in home care nursing knowledge, understanding, and practice through conference and webinar planning, providing information and resources for our website, and conducting other educational and collaborative activities for home care nurses and patients.

Finance Committee

Membership Outreach Committee

Help us support nurses in our network. Welcome new nurses and answer their questions. Or help grow our network through outreach efforts and making connections.

Nominations Committee


Program Planning Committee


Publications Committee


Research Committee

 Researchers and nurses interested in research can help by serving on our grants review committee, by helping design and facilitate research on the International Guidelines for Home Health Nursing, by helping nurse researchers find fellow researchers interested in international collaboration, or by mentoring nurses new to research.

History
March 2009 – Tina Marrelli, former editor of Home Healthcare Now, shared her hope for a “home care nurse-focused organization” in the journal. For more information, see Tina’s editorial: Marrelli, T. (2009). The interdisciplinary team, a free resource, and a survey to complete about the International Home Care Nurses Organization (IHCNO). Home Healthcare Now, 27(3) 138-139.

October 2009 – Tina Marrelli collaborated with Elizabeth Madigan, IHCNO leaders, reporting on the survey in which home health nurses communicated their hopes for IHCNO which was envisioned as a global “platform” for home health nurses to communicate and network. For more information, see: Marrelli, T., & Madigan, E. (2009). Update about the International Nurses Organization – A functional home care nurse-focused “meeting place.” Home Healthcare Now, 27(9), 513.
May 2011 – April 2012 – Planning committee development and global outreach.
June 2013 – Inaugural Global Conference – Co-hosted with Case-Western University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA