Notable Works “Nursing Philosophy and Theory in Japan: Current Trends and Challenges” (Sakashita et al. 2025) has rapidly emerged as a notable work that provides a very important advancement in decolonizing nursology knowledge. Evolution of Nursology Knowledge in Japanese Doctoral Nursing Programs The authors are commended for their systematic, scholarly approach to tracing the evolution … Continue reading Notable Works–Decolonizing Knowledge: An Example from Japan
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Notable Work from Gerontology translated to Nursology– Elder Abuse Survivors’ Perceptions
Notable Works Burnes, D., MacNeil, A., Hsieh, J., Rollandi, I., Scher, C., Zanotti, P., Flallo, O., Rotsaet, C., Sirey, J. A., & Lachs, M. S. (2024). Distressing aspects of elder abuse victimization: Perspective of survivors. Clinical Gerontologist, 48(5), 1200-1210. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317115.2024.2445028 A recent communication to nursology.net from a Canadian colleague pointed out that there is little … Continue reading Notable Work from Gerontology translated to Nursology– Elder Abuse Survivors’ Perceptions
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
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
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
A Central Unifying Focus of the Discipline
Notable works Contributor: Tim Sowicz, Ph.D., RN Willis, D. G., Grace, P. J., & Roy, C. (2008). A central unifying focus for the discipline: Facilitating humanization, meaning, choice, quality of life, and healing in living and dying. Advances in Nursing Science, 31(1), E28-E40. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ans.0000311534.04059.d9 Drs. Fawcett and Chinn (2019) describe nursology as “distinct and autonomous … Continue reading A Central Unifying Focus of the Discipline
The Focus of the Discipline of Nursing
Notable works Newman, M.A., Sime, A.M. & Corcoran-Perry, S.A. (1991). The focus of the discipline of nursing, Advances in Nursing Science, 14(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1097/00012272-199109000-00002 Based on my many years of experience in nursing education, I believe that the most important concept that students need to grasp is that nursing is a discipline. Nursing isn’t the application … Continue reading The Focus of the Discipline of Nursing
Race and Microaggression in Nursing Knowledge Development*
Notable works Hall, J. M., & Fields, B. (2012). Race and microaggression in nursing knowledge development. ANS. Advances in Nursing Science, 35(1), 25–38. https://doi.org/10.1097/ANS.0b013e3182433b70 Exactly ten years ago, in the January-March 2012 issue of Advances in Nursing Science, an article appeared titled “Race and microaggression in nursing knowledge development” authored by Joanne Hall and Becky … Continue reading Race and Microaggression in Nursing Knowledge Development*
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
Decolonizing Nursing
Series: Notable WorksSee Recording of March 9th Platica, hosted by Caroline Ortiz Source As the year 2020 starts to unfold, along with escalating tensions world-wide related to power imbalances, inequities, and injustices, I am drawn to consider how our own endeavors related to the development of nursing knowledge intersect with these very large tensions that … Continue reading Decolonizing Nursing
Notable Works on “Medicalization” by Beverly Hall and Janet Allan
Note: we are delighted to introduce a new Nursology.net series featuring notable works exploring concepts and issues that are related to the development of nursing knowledge. As this series evolves, you can see the posts in the series "Notable Works" under the main menu "Series/Collections" In 1988, Janet Allan and Beverly Hall, both prominent nursology scholars … Continue reading Notable Works on “Medicalization” by Beverly Hall and Janet Allan