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
Application of Theory
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
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?
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
Dialogues on Unitary Science
Jane Hopkins-Walsh Please join us on Monday, January 9, 2023 4:30 to 6:00 PM Eastern for Society of Rogerian Scholars’ bi-monthly Dialogues on Unitary Science. The purpose of our Dialogues is to learn and deepen our understanding of the Science of Unitary Human Beings. The dialogue will focus on Dr. Jane Hopkins-Walsh’s dissertation research: “Exploration … Continue reading Dialogues on Unitary Science
Feeling Like a Nurse – Self Defining the Moment
Contributor: Isla A. McKenzie-Henry, MSN, RN, CNE-cl, NEA-BC (EdD Candidate) This is the last in a series of posts about a nursology study conducted by a student-faculty group from the Online Nursing Education (ONE) program at Teachers College Columbia University. The study, “Use of Foundational Concepts in Program and Course Descriptions: An Analysis of Prelicensure … Continue reading Feeling Like a Nurse – Self Defining the Moment
Using the Neuman Systems Model with GRIT
Contributor: Betsy M. McDowell, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF I live in a southern state of the United States. Southerners are known for eating grits, whether as shrimp and grits, grits casserole, cheese grits, or numerous other grits recipes. So, it may be surprising that I personally have never been a big fan of grits. I … Continue reading Using the Neuman Systems Model with GRIT
Combining Theoretical Frameworks to Study Feeding Experiences in Mothers of Children with Down Syndrome
Contributor:Emma Marston, RN, BSN, CLC In this post, I discuss my rationale for combining two theoretical frameworks - feminist theory and an ecological model - to study maternal experiences related to food and feeding children with Down syndrome. First, I acknowledge my positionality: I am a PhD candidate in nursing and a white, married, heterosexual … Continue reading Combining Theoretical Frameworks to Study Feeding Experiences in Mothers of Children with Down Syndrome
Nurse as Patient
I listened with great interest to the webinar presentation by Shannon Zenk, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, Director, National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), on “The Future of Nursing Research: Innovation, Collaboration and Impact,” to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing on April 28, 2022. Dr. Zenk outlined the priorities of the NINR (2022) as … Continue reading Nurse as Patient