Contributor: Jennifer M.L. Stephens There are countless examples of transhumanist thinking percolating into modern entertainment over the past decades. In “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” Iron Man and Captain America have a conversation about the transhuman artificial intelligence (AI)-synthetic humanoid character named Vision. Captain America: "The rules have changed."Iron Man: "We're dealing with something new."Captain America: … Continue reading Transhumanism and Posthumanism in Nursing
Recruitment Support for Student Research in Nursing/Nursology
Here at Nursology.net, we support students and early career scholars who are conducting nursing-theory guided research. Today, we are happy to announce a study in need of our support titled, "Tertiary Nursing Care for People with Pulmonary Sequelae of COVID-19: An Interpretive Description Study," by masters of nursing student Cameron Albright BScN, RN from Athabasca … Continue reading Recruitment Support for Student Research in Nursing/Nursology
Sharing Resources to Disseminate Knowledge and Improve Comfort Theory-Guided Practice
Contributor: Judith Paré PhD, RN In 2016, the Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness Care (MCSIC) was formed through a collaboration of local healthcare, advocacy, and academic institutions. The mission of the organization is “to strengthen the communication, collaboration, and connection between the healthcare system and communities, and between patients and clinicians, to support what matters … Continue reading Sharing Resources to Disseminate Knowledge and Improve Comfort Theory-Guided Practice
Dialogues on Unitary Science – March 6, 2023 & Martha E Rogers (MER) Grant Application Guidelines
Please join us on Monday, March 6, 2023 from 4:30 to 6:00 PM Eastern for the Society of Rogerian Scholars’ bi-monthly Dialogues on Unitary Science. The purpose of this Dialogue is to assist participants in their preparations of: 1) abstracts for the annual Society of Rogerian Conference and/or 2) applications for the MER Scholars Fund … Continue reading Dialogues on Unitary Science – March 6, 2023 & Martha E Rogers (MER) Grant Application Guidelines
Human responses from people with chronic kidney disease: analysis with Afaf Meleis’ Transition Theory
Contributor: Bruno Alexandre Silva Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is one of the chronic diseases that can impact people's everyday lives most. According to (Hill et al., 2016), it is estimated that this disease has an incidence of 11 - 13% in the global population. This disease can be classified as in several stages, and the … Continue reading Human responses from people with chronic kidney disease: analysis with Afaf Meleis’ Transition Theory
Call for Editor – Visions: Scholarship of Rogerian Nursing Science
Visions is the scholarly publication of the Society of Rogerian Scholars (SRS). First published in 1993, Visions has transitioned to being Visions: Scholarship of Rogerian Nursing Science and is now published in Advances in Nursing Science. Visions will maintain its own Editor, Editorial Advisory Board, and Peer Review Panel. One article per issue of ANS … Continue reading Call for Editor – Visions: Scholarship of Rogerian Nursing Science
How Does Nursing Theory Fit into Nursing Education?: From the Perspective of Two Nurse Educators
Contributors: Erin Dolen, MSN-Ed, RN, CNECatherine Quay, MSN, RN-BC, CNE Last year, we conducted a study with Dr. Jane K. Dickinson as part of our doctoral program in Nursing Education at Teachers College Columbia University, that explored the use of nursing theory to guide nursing doctoral research. Our findings revealed that doctoral nursing students rarely … Continue reading How Does Nursing Theory Fit into Nursing Education?: From the Perspective of Two Nurse Educators
Is Nursing Theory Guiding Nursing Doctoral Research?
Source In March of 2022, at the Nursology Theory Conference, our research team presented a study that explored the use of theory, and specifically nursing theory, to guide nursing doctoral research. There was very little published research on this topic; therefore, a group of us decided to look into it. The topic of theory-guided research … Continue reading Is Nursing Theory Guiding Nursing Doctoral Research?
The History and Future of “Advances in Nursing Science”: Reflections of the Founding Editor
Mysteries of PublishingHistory of Nursing Journals ANS Website The year was 1977. It was barely 6 years after completing my doctoral (PhD) degree, with five journal articles in child health nursing and a major child health textbook titled Child Health Maintenance: A Family-Centered Approach, all successfully published. There were fewer than 10 doctoral programs in … Continue reading The History and Future of “Advances in Nursing Science”: Reflections of the Founding Editor
Promoting comfort in the operating room for patients undergoing elective surgery
Contributor: Carla Alexandra dos Santos Pacheco I've been an operating room nurse for 19 years and from the beginning until today I've always made it a point to protect the person in my care. It was beautiful to see, read and feel much of what I put into practice daily in the theories of comfort … Continue reading Promoting comfort in the operating room for patients undergoing elective surgery