It has been in our midst from the start, gliding through the thatched undergrowth of our history, now and again managing to coil itself around us, restricting our circulation, but never sufficient to stop the blood-flow to our heart. Or so some would think, though many would not notice. But indeed the snake of biomedical … Continue reading A Snake in our Midst: The Constriction of Nursing Ethics by the Serpent Bioethics
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A Pinay’s Reflection
Contributor: Ashley M. Ruiz PhD, RN First off, I’m entitling this post “A Pinay’s Reflection”. In submitting this piece I’ve been intentional in whether or not to explain this title to a dominantly white audience. On the one hand, not explaining the title, and specifically the term “Pinay” may be a missed opportunity that leaves the … Continue reading A Pinay’s Reflection
Happy Anniversary, Nursology.net!
This week marks 3 years since Nursolog.net became a reality! My thanks to the vision of Jacqueline Fawcett, Peggy Chinn and other members pf the AAN theory-guided practice panel who were part of that initial envisioning of bringing nursing knowledge into the digital age and making the theoretical and conceptual basis for nursing practice more … Continue reading Happy Anniversary, Nursology.net!
Morality Police and Steel Rape: Our Future from the 1800s
Contributor: Marsha Fowler, Ph.D., MDiv, MS, RN, FAAN The skirmishes and battles have changed, but the war has not. First wave feminists battled the constellation of the regulation of prostitutes, the control of venereal disease, and the toxic sexual double standard. Our battle today is the callous and obdurate slaughter of Roe v Wade, a … Continue reading Morality Police and Steel Rape: Our Future from the 1800s
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
Part III: Nightingale’s Neglected “Upstream” Advocacy
This is the third in a series focusing on Seacole and NightingalePart I: Debunking A “Bitter Rivalry”: The Notable Works of Mary Seacole and Florence NightingalePart II: The Nursing/Healing Work of Mary Seacole: Skillful Nurse and Doctress It is clearly beyond the scope of a blog to highlight Nightingale’s many achievements and it is unnecessary, … Continue reading Part III: Nightingale’s Neglected “Upstream” Advocacy
Part II: The Nursing/Healing Work of Mary Seacole: Skillful Nurse and Doctress
This is the second in a series focusing on Seacole and NightingalePart I: Debunking A "Bitter Rivalry": The Notable Works of Mary Seacole and Florence NightingalePart III: Nightingale's Neglected "Upstream" Advocacy Mary Seacole (source) In reading Seacole’s book, my impression is that she was a woman healer, recounting instances both of providing nursing care, as … Continue reading Part II: The Nursing/Healing Work of Mary Seacole: Skillful Nurse and Doctress
Part I: Debunking A “Bitter Rivalry”: The Notable Works of Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale
This is the first in a series focusing on Seacole and NightingalePart II: The Nursing/Healing Work of Mary Seacole: Skillful Nurse and DoctressPart III: Nightingale's Neglected "Upstream" Advocacy “Women have always been healers. They were the unlicensed doctors and anatomists of Western history. They were abortionists, nurses, and counselors. They were pharmacists, cultivating healing herbs … Continue reading Part I: Debunking A “Bitter Rivalry”: The Notable Works of Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale
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
Why I Chose a Career in Theory Development in Nursing Science
During the years between 1977 and 1979 I was pursuing a Master of Science degree with a focus on psychiatric mental health nursing at Virginia Commonwealth University. It was a time of professional excitement and personal struggle. I was a single father of an adopted three-year old daughter. I had delayed pursuing my graduate degree … Continue reading Why I Chose a Career in Theory Development in Nursing Science
Thelma M. Schorr (Dec 15, 1924 – Dec 20, 2024)
Guardian of the DisciplineDeath - December 20, 2024 Thelma Schorr is among the greatest of nursing journal editors, serving at the American Journal of Nursing (AJN) company for forty years from 1950-1990. She progressed from editorial assistant to editor-in-chief, and then ten years as president and publisher. When she assumed the editorship of AJN, Thelma … Continue reading Thelma M. Schorr (Dec 15, 1924 – Dec 20, 2024)
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”
WWFD: What Would Florence Do in the COVID-19 Pandemic?
On May 12th we celebrate Florence Nightingale’s 200th birthday in the midst of a global pandemic. Nightingale, the acknowledged founder of modern nursing, was no stranger to the unfettered spread of communicable diseases. During her service in the Crimean War ten times more soldiers died from dysentery, cholera, typhoid fever, and typhus than the wounds … Continue reading WWFD: What Would Florence Do in the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Nightingale’s Vision for Nursing in 2020
“It will take 150 years for the world to see the kind of nursing I envision” The year 2020 marks the bicentennial of Nightingale’s birth and approximately, at least, the 150th anniversary of her prediction that “It will take 150 years for the world to see the kind of nursing I envision.” What was that … Continue reading Nightingale’s Vision for Nursing in 2020
Lillian Wald (March 10, 1867 – September 1, 1940)
Guardian of the Discipline Co-authored by Deborah Lindell, Adeline Falk-Rafael, Jacqueline Fawcett A recent article in the American Journal of Nursing (Pittman, 2019) reignited our interest in Lillian Wald’s landmark accomplishments, most notably co-founding, with Mary Brewster, of the Henry Street Settlement in New York City in 1893 (Dock & Stewart, 1938). “Their work” according to … Continue reading Lillian Wald (March 10, 1867 – September 1, 1940)
Inspired by Virginia Henderson
I first met Virginia Henderson when I was a student at Yale School of Nursing. She was a guest in one of our courses, and she started the class by saying, “I’m a million years old and deaf as a doornail, so speak up!” She was a force, and I loved her from the start. … Continue reading Inspired by Virginia Henderson
Honoring our Heritage, Building our Future
Today we are adopting a new nursology.net tag line “Honoring our Heritage, Building our Future” in concert with the annual focus in May of each year on nursing and nurses, anchored around Florence Nightingale’s birth date - May 12, 1820. Almost 100 years later, nursology theorist Martha E. Rogers was born on the same date … Continue reading Honoring our Heritage, Building our Future
Update on early nursing theory think tanks facilitated by Margaret Newman
On November 13th, I posted information about early nursing theory think tanks organized by Margaret Newman! A few days ago, I happened to be looking for something entirely unrelated in the early issues of Advances in Nursing Science and discovered a little notice announcing the second nursing theory think tank! I have added the link to the … Continue reading Update on early nursing theory think tanks facilitated by Margaret Newman
An Introduction to the Canadian Nursing Theories Perspective
In a previous blog, I admitted my ignorance of nursing science during both my early diploma nursing education, and at least the first 18 years of my nursing practice. But in the mid 1980s, I became aware of an increasing trend in Toronto area hospitals to adopt nursing theoretical frameworks. Long after the fact, I … Continue reading An Introduction to the Canadian Nursing Theories Perspective
Nursology think tanks, anyone?
AddendumNotice in ANS 1:3 (April 1979) of 2nd NTTT gathering What if we had a host of small nursology think tanks happening all over the world? Sound impossible? No, it is not impossible, and we have an historial model from which to build! As Jacqueline Fawcett observes in her reflections below, this Nursology blog can … Continue reading Nursology think tanks, anyone?