Notable Works During the 1980s, I was the sole author or co-author of a trilogy of papers about what I referred to as Hallmarks of Success. The first paper was Hallmarks of Success in Nursing Theory Development (Fawcett, 1983). The second paper was Hallmarks of Success in Nursing Research (Fawcett, 1984a, 1984b). The third paper … Continue reading Hallmarks of Success in Nursology Theory Development, Research, and Practice
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Dr. Gaurdia Banister – Guardian of the Discipline
Guardians of the Discipline It is my honor to introduce readers to Dr. Gaurdia Banister as a Guardian of our Discipline of Nursology. I have known of Dr. Banister for several years and most recently am having the pleasure of her membership on one of the University of Massachusetts Boston PhD nursology program learner’s dissertation … Continue reading Dr. Gaurdia Banister – Guardian of the Discipline
Notable Works: Carter, M. A., & Haji Assa, A. S. (2023). The problem of comparing nurse practitioner practice with medical practice
Notable Works Co-contributors: Kunta Gautam, Ralph Klotzbaugh, Christopher Reeves Carter and Haji Assa (2023) have written an intriguing and thought-provoking paper about the “curious” historical and continuing comparison between the practice of nurse practitioners (NPs) and that of physicians (MDs). They contended that the ontology and epistemology of NPs and MDs are so different “that … Continue reading Notable Works: Carter, M. A., & Haji Assa, A. S. (2023). The problem of comparing nurse practitioner practice with medical practice
Evelyn Rose Benson: Public Health Nursologist Extraordinaire
Guardian of the Discipline Evelyn Rose Benson I met Evelyn Rose Benson at an annual meeting of the Nursing History Archives of the Boston University Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center circa 2001. We quickly became good friends, meeting once each academic semester for dinner or Sunday brunch at a restaurant in Boston or Brookline or … Continue reading Evelyn Rose Benson: Public Health Nursologist Extraordinaire
Evolution of One Version of Our Disciplinary Metaparadigm
This blog presents the evolution of my version of nursology’s metaparadigm. I present this blog in the context of my admittedly Eurocentric white privilege perspective. Therefore, I very much welcome comments and other blogs that present different perspectives. Jacqueline Fawcett What apparently is the origin of the idea of or word for metaparadigm comes from … Continue reading Evolution of One Version of Our Disciplinary Metaparadigm
Policy With or Without Theory: Questions to be Answered
Contributors:Chantal Cara, Jacqueline Fawcett, Deanna Gray-Miceli, M. Lindell Joseph, and Maya Zumstein-Shaha We maintain that health policies of interest to nursologists must be based on explicit nursology knowledge, thereby providing the necessary specific perspective that helps distinguish nursology from other scientific disciplines. We know, however, that not all nursologists agree with our position. Therefore, the … Continue reading Policy With or Without Theory: Questions to be Answered
The Joyous Privilege of Peer Reviewing
Mysteries of Publishing I have served as a peer reviewer for several journals for almost all of the 58 years of my academic career. I consider peer reviewing a joyous privilege, albeit sometimes a bit of a burden. Source Joyous privilege is in being at least a small part of shaping what gets published. I … Continue reading The Joyous Privilege of Peer Reviewing
Remembering Betty Neuman (September 11, 1924 – May 28, 2022)
Source Betty Neuman was born and raised on a farm in rural Ohio and died in the early morning hours of May 28, 2022 near Seattle, Washington, where she had located several years ago to be near her family. Betty Neuman is the nursology theorist who developed the Neuman Systems Model, a widely and internationally … Continue reading Remembering Betty Neuman (September 11, 1924 – May 28, 2022)
Nightingale 2020-2021: A Symposium Commemorating the Bicentennial of Florence Nightingale’s Birth
Conference Report Friday, November 5, 2021Sponsored by the Nursing Archives Associates,History of Nursing Archives,Howard Gotlieb Archival Center, Boston University Libraries This symposium focused on the far-reaching influence of Florence Nightingale as the founder of modern nursing and healthcare reformer. An overview of Nightingale’s bicentenary observance activities in the UK, including some of the response to … Continue reading Nightingale 2020-2021: A Symposium Commemorating the Bicentennial of Florence Nightingale’s Birth
In Memoriam: Barbara Fulton Shambaugh
June 20, 1937 – February 28, 2022 “Barbara Fulton Shambaugh died on February 28th, [2022] after a decades long battle with Alzheimer’s and dementia” (Obituary, 2022) She is buried at Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Watertown and Cambridge, Massachusetts. Barbara was married to Philip Wells Shambaugh for many years before he died. Wells, as he preferred … Continue reading In Memoriam: Barbara Fulton Shambaugh