Guest Contributor: Cassidy J. OhnstadDNP (psychiatric mental health) student, University of Wyoming Person-centered care (PCC) is a valuable approach to holistic, individualized care that contrasts with the current cookie-cutter model of healthcare. Unlike patient-centered care, which often focuses narrowly on illness and treatment, PCC recognizes the person as a whole being with unique experiences, values, … Continue reading Reflections on Person versus Patient Centered Care
Moral Anguish Demands Moral Action
Posts by Marsha Fowler In the early 1980s, Andy and I mused on many things including moral uncertainty, moral dilemma, and moral distress. We would never have thought that moral distress was entry level, barely across the threshold. Perhaps we now need “moral anguish.” Moral anguish: when we know what is right and good, but … Continue reading Moral Anguish Demands Moral Action
Updated Information on Two Grants Available from the Martha E. Rogers Scholars Fund
On behalf of my colleagues, Violet Malinski and Richard Cowling, I am posting this blog for any and all other colleagues who are interested in Martha E. Rogers' Science of Unitary Human Beings. The MER Scholars Fund is pleased to announce that the next deadline for application to the Martha E. Rogers Scholars Grant is … Continue reading Updated Information on Two Grants Available from the Martha E. Rogers Scholars Fund
Taking Care of Us: Giving Voice to Both Sides of the Family Care Experience
Contributor: Karen S. Lyons, PhD, FGSA Growing up in Ireland gave me a great love for the art of story-telling and shared narratives, especially in times of stress and grief. But I also realized that there could be many sides to the same story and that it was far less important to determine if there … Continue reading Taking Care of Us: Giving Voice to Both Sides of the Family Care Experience
For the ICE Agent on the Morning News
Poet – Marilyn McEntyre What happened to you? Who hurt you into angerso deep all you know to dois hurt and hit, all you seeblurred by a fog of rage? What stuck sluicegatedammed the flow of feeling, cut off the curious hopeyou surely had when youwere five, when you worea hat with bunny ears? What touch … Continue reading For the ICE Agent on the Morning News
A Pantoum in Memory of Alex Pretti
Poet - Amy Haddad, MSN, MFA, PhD, FAAN, Nurses move toward those who suffer.Nurses respond with compassion,even in the face of personal danger.His instinct was to help, not attack. He responded with compassion.He reached out to protect a stranger knocked to the ground;tried to help, not attack.Shakey phone videos of his murder repeat and repeat. … Continue reading A Pantoum in Memory of Alex Pretti
Pavane for a Dead Nurse
Poet - Marilyn McEntyre You know what to do. You step up.You step in. Sometimesyou don’t ask. You just act.In the ICU, in the icy street,you watch. You’ve seenmore harm than most.You know how death maycome in the thick of things,how utterly one momentmay be divided from the nextby a bullet, a cry, a breath.Prone … Continue reading Pavane for a Dead Nurse
Call Them Somali Americans
Contributor - Kathleen "Katie" Clark, DNP, RN Witness - Why we cannot look away I write this as a nurse educator in Minneapolis, where federal immigration enforcement has become part of everyday life. As nurses, we have a fundamental responsibility to respond to the crises and challenges of our time, centering on emancipatory approaches. As … Continue reading Call Them Somali Americans
Reducing Mental Health Stigma in Nursing Education: Lessons from Peplau’s Interpersonal Relations Theory
Contributor - Elouise Runnels Ford, RN, MSN, MHEd Mental illness remains one of the most stigmatized health conditions worldwide, and stigma often extends into healthcare, including nursing (Ben Natan, Drori, & Hochman, 2024). Nurses play a critical role in supporting individuals with mental health challenges, yet unintentional biases can influence the care they provide and … Continue reading Reducing Mental Health Stigma in Nursing Education: Lessons from Peplau’s Interpersonal Relations Theory
Nursing Voices in the US Immigrant Crisis
Alex Pretti, ICU nurse assassinated by ICE on January 24, 2026 At our January Nursology.net Advisory Team Zoom meeting, we heard from a colleague who lives and works in the great city of Minneapolis. She spoke of the suffering in her neighborhood, where people are being terrorized by atrocities committed against Brown people and others. … Continue reading Nursing Voices in the US Immigrant Crisis
Plan now to attend the 2026 Virtual Nursology Theory Week (VNTW)!
This important 5-day conference is a prime opportunity - particularly for students who are embarking on new career paths in nursing! The conference spans 5 days from March 19th - 23rd, offering maximum flexibility for attending sessions of your choice. The program details will be posted within the next week. So start planning now to … Continue reading Plan now to attend the 2026 Virtual Nursology Theory Week (VNTW)!
Jo Ann Ashley (1939-1980) – Guardian of the Discipline
Co-contributor: Karen Anne Wolf, PhD, RNP, DPNAP Guardian of the Discipline Jo Ann A. Ashley (October 29, 1939-November 20, 1980) I am indebted to Peggy Chinn, who recently alerted colleagues, including me, to Jo Ann Ashley’s work and asked if someone would write a blog about Dr. Ashley. I volunteered to do so, in part … Continue reading Jo Ann Ashley (1939-1980) – Guardian of the Discipline
Neuman Systems Model Virtual Dialogue and Awards Opportunities
The Neuman Systems Model Trustees are delighted to announce an upcoming virtual dialogue on March 27, 2026. Two of our Trustees from the Netherlands will present "Why the Neuman Systems Model Matters Today and in the Future," providing an optimistic perspective of how a nursology conceptual model can advance nursology knowledge, bridging challenges to the … Continue reading Neuman Systems Model Virtual Dialogue and Awards Opportunities
The Nurse as Broken Glass
Contributor - Rachell NguyenAesthetic Knowing Broken into many scattered pieces,The nurse lies shattered and broken.Light temporarily dims, sound decreases,Similar to death, unspoken. Yet, behold, the glass can be mended full,Tougher and more durable than ever,The nurse stands up from torment’s pull,Wiser, stronger, even more clever. The glass still has its beauty and brightness,Even through pain, … Continue reading The Nurse as Broken Glass
Thinking Nursology: Practice as Habit
Co-contributors: Christina Nyirati andJacqueline Fawcett * We maintain that most nursologists conduct research and practice within the context of nursology knowledge, although that knowledge is not always explicit, for it is impossible to think atheoretically (Fawcett, 2019). What, then, does “thinking nursology” mean? For us, this means thinking within the context of explicit nursology knowledge, … Continue reading Thinking Nursology: Practice as Habit
Truth in Action and Presence in Practice: Integrating Gandhi’s Philosophy and the Careful Nursing Model in Contemporary Nursing
Contributor - Julie Joseph, MSN,RN, CCRNPhD Student, Texas Woman's University A Global Journey Toward Truth and Presence in Nursing Having practiced in India and Ireland, and currently working in the United States, I have observed nursing from diverse cultural perspectives. Across these contexts, one insight remains constant: nursing is more than a profession; it is … Continue reading Truth in Action and Presence in Practice: Integrating Gandhi’s Philosophy and the Careful Nursing Model in Contemporary Nursing
Restoring the Bridge Between Nursing Theory and Clinical Practice: A Call to Rebalance
Contributor - Aissatou GueyePhD student, Boston College Connell School of Nursing “When nurses cross freely between the two shores of theory and practice, knowledge becomes wisdom, and practice becomes an act of artistry and consciousness.” In nursing classrooms, we speak of caring as both art and science—an integration of empirical evidence, aesthetic knowing, personal presence, … Continue reading Restoring the Bridge Between Nursing Theory and Clinical Practice: A Call to Rebalance
2026 Abstract due dates and Events on the horizon!
Welcome to the New Year of 2026! We are starting the new year by announcing abstract due dates for two nursing theory- related conferences, and a reminder of the Nursology Virtual Nursing Theory Week! Abstracts Roy Adaptation Association-International Conference – New Deadline for Abstract Submission: January 15, 2026. Abstracts can be submitted in either English or … Continue reading 2026 Abstract due dates and Events on the horizon!
We Are Taking a Holiday!
Our Nursology.net team is taking a winter holiday break from blog posts! We remain open to receive your contributions and plan for our 2026 blogs. We welcome your contributions for any section of the website anytime! While we are taking a blog post break, explore other amazing resources on Nursology.net! Here are a few recently … Continue reading We Are Taking a Holiday!
Teaching Community Health Nursing Innovatively with Nursology Knowledge–Pender and Watson
Guest Contributor: Jennifer M. HackelAdjunct Professor of Nursing, University of Southern Maine Teaching Community Health Nursing to undergraduate students during the pandemic offered this professor a good opportunity to ground them in nursology. The clinical placement for my section of eight students was immersing them in the community where I live -- a rural unbridged … Continue reading Teaching Community Health Nursing Innovatively with Nursology Knowledge–Pender and Watson