I have been honored to have opportunities to interact with learners (aka students) enrolled in a master’s degree program at St. Mary’s College School of Nursing in Kurume, Japan as part of my appointment as a Visiting Professor at the college. During our (virtual) time together in February 2023, I shared my firm belief that … Continue reading Avoiding the Theory-Practice Gap: A Roy Adaptation Model Perspective
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Nursology Conceptual Models, Theories, and Specialties
This blog is an extension of one that I posted on nursology.net in December, 2018 (Fawcett, 2018). In that blog, I asked what specialties could be considered legitimate for our discipline and proposed that nursology specialties should be based on the concepts of each nursology conceptual model (see the Models and Theories Gallery). The Alphabet … Continue reading Nursology Conceptual Models, Theories, and Specialties
Cultures, Subcultures, and Transcultural Nursing
Contributors: Carol Bloch PhD, RN, CTN-A, CNS; Carolyn Bloch, PhD, RN, CTN-A, CNS; and Jacqueline Fawcett, RN: PhD; ScD (hon); FAAN; ANEF Jacqueline Fawcett: I am very pleased to collaborate with Drs. Carol and Carolyn Bloch for this blog about culture, subcultures, and transcultural nursing. This blog is an extension of a previous blog about … Continue reading Cultures, Subcultures, and Transcultural Nursing
Hallmarks of Success in Nursology Theory Development, Research, and Practice
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
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)
In Memoriam 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 … 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
Life-Work Balance: A Roper-Logan-Tierney Model of Nursing Perspective
The scarcity of the nursologist workforce, coupled with the huge challenges of the current pandemic have underscored the need for care of ourselves as we live in a time of personal, professional, and political uncertainty about what will happen to each of us and our significant others and when whatever will happen will occur. We … Continue reading Life-Work Balance: A Roper-Logan-Tierney Model of Nursing Perspective
Bringing Theory To Life
Guest Contributor - Erin C. Stratton, PhD, RN When I was young, becoming a nurse was not something I had ever considered. By happy chance, during college while reading a friend’s Fundamentals of Nursing book, I came to the realization that being a nurse combined three of my favorite subjects: science, math, and people. I … Continue reading Bringing Theory To Life
Peace and Power Process in Action in Nursing Department Meetings: A Case Study
Jacqueline FawcettLisa SundeanJoAnn Mulready-Shick Academic department structures and governance tend to reflect university–wide structures and governance that are typically characterized as hierarchical, competitive, and power-over/power as control. The decision to revise a department of nursing by-laws provided an opportunity to transition to adopt a more egalitarian structure with shared governance between the department faculty and … Continue reading Peace and Power Process in Action in Nursing Department Meetings: A Case Study
The Epistemology of Nursology: One Perspective
On May 12, 2021, I was honored to present the keynote address for the 2nd International Videoconference Forum, “The Epistemology of Nursing Knowledge: Its Importance in Times of Pandemic," sponsored by the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, in Puebla, México. The topic I had been asked to address was the epistemology of our discipline. Although … Continue reading The Epistemology of Nursology: One Perspective
The Definition of Health: Thoughts from Japan
Health is a central concept in most if not all versions of the metaparadigm of nursology (Fawcett, 2019). I have defined health as “human processes of living and dying” (Fawcett & DeSanto-Madeya, 2013, p. 6) and conceptualize health as inclusive of wellness, illness, and disease within that process. I deliberately separated wellness from illness and … Continue reading The Definition of Health: Thoughts from Japan
Nursing is a Discipline–Donaldson and Crowley Notable Work
Notable Works The first time that I understood that nursing – what we now call nursology (Fawcett, 2018; Fawcett et al., 2015) – is a discipline was in 1978 when I read the just published Donaldson and Crowley’s now classic journal article, “The discipline of nursing.” My pride in what we are has always been … Continue reading Nursing is a Discipline–Donaldson and Crowley Notable Work
Winning Essay – “Bringing Florence Nightingale to the Bedside of the Critically Ill Patient”
In celebration of the bicentenary of Florence Nightingale’s birth, the Nursing Archives Associates of the Boston University Libraries’ Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center held an essay contest, open to nursing students enrolled at all levels of study— undergraduate, master’s and doctoral - and focused on Florence Nightingale’s influence on the evolution of nursing, both historical … Continue reading Winning Essay – “Bringing Florence Nightingale to the Bedside of the Critically Ill Patient”