CONGRATS to the new NCF group at Marian University (IN) on your NCF chapter affiliation! Special thanks to student leaders Loralee and Hilary, plus Professor Corliss, Faculty Advisor.
A person dying from AIDS faces a horrible, painful death. In 2008, 2 million people died from this terrible disease, with 2.7 million people becoming newly infected, adding to the 33.4 million people already living with HIV, according to estimates. This means that the rate of infection is still growing!
What does "value" mean? An NCF student leader, Alyssa Allegretto, searched the Scriptures to find the meaning of "value" as a Christian preparing for the nursing profession.
Our NCF student ministry reflects the complex realities of our time. Some NCF student groups are taking advantage of technological resources by using Blackboard (Bb) to create online environments for their groups.
The Institute of Medicine's report on the future of nursing was recently released. Read AJN interim editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy's brief analysis of the report and be encouraged by the findings that are supported by healthcare experts.
NCF is on a mission. We're exhorting nursing students to follow Jesus whole-heartedly in school and in nursing, and we're inviting nurses into God's mission of transformation as they serve him in their profession.
We are faced with many opposing views in nursing. As Christian nurses, fear of being labeled "a fanatic" may tempt us to tone down our faith. However, we are joined with Jesus who declared, "I am the light of the world.
