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Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 17(2) 
http://dx.doi.org/10.14574/ojrnhc.v17i2.508 

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Editorial 

See You in Nashville for the 2018 International Rural Nursing Conference 

Pamela Stewart Fahs, PhD, RN, Editor 

 

Do you know where you will be July 23 – 26, 2018?  I will be in Nashville, TN at the 

International Rural Nursing Conference: Advancing Rural Health through our REACH: Research, 

Empowerment, Academics, Clinical Practice and Health Promotion.  I certainly hope you will be 

there!  The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing; The University of Kentucky 

College of Nursing and the Rural Nursing Organization are co-hosting this exciting conference.  

The conference will at the Nashville Airport Marriott in Nashville, TN.  This conference will give 

you the latest information on what is happening in rural nursing and health care. 

The world of rural nursing and health care is broad, yet like a rural community; it is small 

enough that there is familiarity. Judging from past rural conferences there will be friends, old and 

new attending.  This is a conference for practitioners, educators, and researchers. If you work to 

ensure the health of rural populations, you do not want to miss this conference.  Do not delay; the 

closing date for abstracts submission is January 15, 2018.  Abstracts will be peer reviewed and 

acceptance decisions will be made by February 28, 2018. 

You may submit an abstract at http://training.ua.edu/irnc/abstractsubmissions.php .  At least 

one author from each accepted paper or poster must register for the conference on or before March 

31, 2018.  To register for the conference, go to http://training.ua.edu/irnc/.  See you in Nashville!