We are delighted to announce that the publisher of Nursing Outlook has made the featured article for our 2025 Virtual Nursology Theory Week available for free download through the months of February and March! Use the DOI link below, then click on "Download PDF" that appears along the bottom of the page! Iheduru-Anderson, Kechi, & … Continue reading Featured Article for VNTW 2025 Conference – Available for Free Download
Author: Peggy L Chinn
January 24, 2025 – Virtual Workshop for Graduate Nursing Student Projects
Applying the Roy Adaptation Model (RAM) for DNP & PhD Graduate Nursing Student Projects Date/Time: Friday, January 24, 1-4PM ET (12-3 PM CT, 11AM-2PM MT 10AM-1PM PT) Our upcoming workshop is designed exclusively for graduate nursing students who are eager to delve deep into the intricacies of the Roy Adaptation Model for use in projects. … Continue reading January 24, 2025 – Virtual Workshop for Graduate Nursing Student Projects
Welcome to 2025!
Wishing everyone good health for the New Year! We invite you to relax into the New Year with a brief breathing meditation! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBQMdbTrLwU We will return next week with our regular blog messages focused on the development of nursing knowledge! From the Nursology.net Team!
Discussion Sessions Related to Walter’s Post “The Value of Integrating Nursing Theories in an Era of Legislative Censorship.”
Reminder - all are welcome to join any or all of the discussion sessions focusing on ideas and actions inspired by Robin Walter's November 19, 2024 blog post titled "The Value of Integrating Nursing Theories in an Era of Legislative Censorship." The discussions will draw on Walter's theory "Emancipatory Nursing Praxis" and will explore ideas … Continue reading Discussion Sessions Related to Walter’s Post “The Value of Integrating Nursing Theories in an Era of Legislative Censorship.”
Introducing the 2024-25 Nursology.net Interns!
The 2024-25 Nursology.net internship program is now underway! We announced this program in May 2024, and received over 20 applications! In addition to participating in the Advisory Team meetings, Interns will participate in learning sessions related to website management skills and participate in selected tasks involved in website management, including preparation and posting of their … Continue reading Introducing the 2024-25 Nursology.net Interns!
Happy Anniversary Nursology.net!
On September 18, 2018, we posted the blog message titled "Today - the official launch of Nursology.net!" The site was conceived about a year earlier by a group of Nursologists who were members of the "Theory-Guided Practice Expert Panel of the American Academy of Nursing. We were concerned about the gradual trend to delete courses … Continue reading Happy Anniversary Nursology.net!
Inspiration for Students (or anyone!) Writing Nursology.net Blogs
Academic terms are starting up again all over the world, and many students (and their professors) are looking for inspiration to embark on new learning activities! Nursology.net has established a history of encouraging students, or guests from any nursing career stage or setting, to contribute to the blog. Those of us who manage the site, … Continue reading Inspiration for Students (or anyone!) Writing Nursology.net Blogs
What Does Intersectionality Have to Do with Nursing?
In nursing, we have a strong and steady commitment, in theory and in practice, to the idea of "the whole" This idea is expressed in the term that is sometimes spelled with the letter "w" (wholism), and sometimes starting with the letter "h" (holism). The difference between the spellings is subtle, but noticing this difference, … Continue reading What Does Intersectionality Have to Do with Nursing?
Nursing Activism, Compassion and Freedom
There are many reasons, in this year of 2024, for people worldwide to be reflecting on the meaning of freedom. Ongoing wars between nation groups bring into sharp focus the reality of power imbalances that encroach on the freedoms of those with less power. Struggles for basic human rights rage internally in nations around the … Continue reading Nursing Activism, Compassion and Freedom
Words Matter
These days I am immersed in a major writing project - preparation of the 12th Edition on the text that many nursing students have learned to refer to as "Chinn and Kramer"! This edition is co-authored with my colleagues Lucinda Canty and Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu. With each edition of any textbook, there are major updates to … Continue reading Words Matter
Lucinda’s House – An Emancipatory Nursing Exemplar
“If you are a Black woman, you could start prenatal care early, you could receive adequate prenatal care, you can have insurance, you could have numerous degrees, be financially well-off, you could be Serena Williams, and you can still die or come close to dying from a pregnancy-related cause.” https://lucindashouse.org/ Lucinda Canty, PhD, CNM, FACNM, … Continue reading Lucinda’s House – An Emancipatory Nursing Exemplar
Virtual Nursology Theory Week – Preview and Register!
The program for the March 21-25 2024 Virtual Nursology Theory Week is now available for preview, and registration is open! Theme – “Nursology Theory Think Tanks for the Future.” The conference program promises to be the best yet! The program features three plenary panels on Thursday, Saturday and Monday! The “knowledge sessions” each day feature … Continue reading Virtual Nursology Theory Week – Preview and Register!
Becoming an Accomplice in Decolonizing Nursing Knowledge
Notable Works The recent attention that has emerged related to disparities in health and healthcare, along with acknowledgement of systemic racism, has been known and acknowledged in the nursing literature long before the surge that happened after the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Long before this happened, there were many voices calling … Continue reading Becoming an Accomplice in Decolonizing Nursing Knowledge
Due Diligence: Sifting the Dependable from the Dubious
Mysteries of Publishing The avalanche of information that has occurred since the emergence of the World Wide Web has resulted in an amazing, almost unlimited access to realms previously unimagined! In addition to amazing benefits, there are also hazards that are still emerging in a context that might be best labeled the 'World Wild Web"! … Continue reading Due Diligence: Sifting the Dependable from the Dubious
July 4th – It’s Complicated
The complicated meanings of the July 4th holiday have been glaringly obvious for Black Americans for a couple of hundred years, but hidden and ignored for the most part by many Americans. The holiday is celebrated in the United States to commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which declared the 13 original British … Continue reading July 4th – It’s Complicated
What Do Editors Do?
Mysteries of Publishing The term "editor" is among the most confusing and vague job titles ever adopted for any role! Most occupations require some descriptive adjective to pinpoint the exact context or focus ("high school teacher," "college teacher," "ICU nurse," "community health nurse," etc.). But even with qualifiers, the term "editor" only vaguely names the … Continue reading What Do Editors Do?
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
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
Responding to Peer Review
Mysteries of Publishing* Peer review is of such importance in scholarly publishing that there is now an annual global "Peer Review Week"! This year's event is coming up - September 19-23 - with the theme “Research Integrity: Creating and supporting trust in research.” The week will feature online events, live events in many different locations, … Continue reading Responding to Peer Review
Women’s Rights are Human Rights: Women’s Health is Human Health
On this momentous day in the United States, as we witness the blatant evil heaped on American women by the Supreme Court action to end the protection of abortion access, it is time to renew our commitment as a discipline to the optimum health and well-being of all. The U.S. now joins Russia, North Korea … Continue reading Women’s Rights are Human Rights: Women’s Health is Human Health