Welcome to Chloe Olivia Rose Littzen, who has now joined ourNursology.net blogging team!Chloe is a founding member of theNursing Theory Collective andcurrently a PhD Student at the University of Arizona (Tuscon) I. Introduction In June of this year, a blog post was shared on Nursology.net by the Nursing Theory Collective, a group of scholars and … Continue reading An Update from the Nursing Theory Collective
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What makes a theory or model “nursing”?
To our readers: the Nursology.net blog exists to prompt thoughtful discussion of critical issues related to the development of nursing knowledge. We welcome your thoughts, challenges, alternative points of view, and critical questions! Do not hesitate to comment on this or any other post at any time! You are our "peer reviewers" and your perspectives … Continue reading What makes a theory or model “nursing”?
Nursology’s Philosophical and Practical Knowledge: Unified and Interdependent
Guest Contributor: Martha Raile Alligood, RN, PhD, ANEF A few months ago, Martha Alligood sent me (Jacquelyn Fawcett) this intriguing article: Rovelli, C. (2018). Physics needs philosophy, philosophy needs physics, Foundations of Physics, 48, 481-491. We decided to write a paper, which has evolved into this blog, about the relationship between philosophy and science in … Continue reading Nursology’s Philosophical and Practical Knowledge: Unified and Interdependent
Breaking the Silence-Exploring Perceptions of Power as Freedom in the World of Nursologists
by Julianne Mazzawi, Jacqueline Fawcett and Rosanna DeMarco In 2015, the American Nurses Association released a purpose and position statement indicating that it is an individual and shared responsibility among all nursologists and employers to promote and sustain a culture of respect that is free of incivility, bullying, and workplace violence. Such a culture reflects … Continue reading Breaking the Silence-Exploring Perceptions of Power as Freedom in the World of Nursologists
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
Confronting Cultural Noise Pollution
Much earlier in my career a group of colleagues and I conducted a survey published in the American Journal of Nursing that addressed friendship in nursing*. We were motivated to confront the message that nurses are their own worst enemies, and not friends. The results of the survey affirmed that although the message persists, and sometimes … Continue reading Confronting Cultural Noise Pollution