This important 5-day conference is a prime opportunity - particularly for students who are embarking on new career paths in nursing! The conference spans 5 days from March 19th - 23rd, offering maximum flexibility for attending sessions of your choice. The program details will be posted within the next week. So start planning now to … Continue reading Plan now to attend the 2026 Virtual Nursology Theory Week (VNTW)!
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Now Open! Registration and Abstract Submission for VNTW 2026
Theme - The Future of Nursing Knowledge Development The Virtual Nursology Theory Week (VNTW) 2026 will be held on March 19 through 23, 2026 (Thursday to Monday). As in past years, we will have a full schedule with Panel Presentations, a closing Keynote, Knowledge Sessions: Podium and Poster, and Daily Discussions for 4 of the … Continue reading Now Open! Registration and Abstract Submission for VNTW 2026
Nursology.net: What’s in it for Nursing Students?
Image description: Light-skinned human-being wearing a red button-up shirt holding up a question mark on paper over their face. As a doctoral student, the first time I was introduced to the concept or idea of Nursology was during my first year in my nursing philosophy and theory course with Dr. Pamela Reed. Prior to Dr. … Continue reading Nursology.net: What’s in it for Nursing Students?
“Let’s talk theory” – Perspectives from the Associate Degree Nursing World
Contributors: Emma Crocker, DNP, RNPatrick McMurray, BSN, RN Shelley Mitchell, BA, BSN, MS, RNElizabeth Mizerek, MSN, RN, FN-CSA, CEN, CPEN, CNE, FAEN, PhD CandidateTimothy Joseph Sowicz, Ph.D., NP-C Authors’ Disclosure:The authors would like to note that all members put in equal amounts of work in this project. Nursing theory is the foundation of our practice, … Continue reading “Let’s talk theory” – Perspectives from the Associate Degree Nursing World
How Evidenced Based Practice Supports Inequality
Guest contributor: Mike Taylor, Member, Nursology Theory Collective About six years ago, the Maryland Department of Health sponsored a conference for all state stakeholders with an interest in chronic disease, including nursing and medical groups, hospitals, EMS and diabetes product companies. The latest evidenced based practice models were being presented but I was only half … Continue reading How Evidenced Based Practice Supports Inequality
Virtual Nursology Theory Week March 17-24, 2021!
View Nursology Theory Conference Site!Invitation to discuss terminology! Details for a Virtual Nursology Week 2021 have just been announced on the Nursology Theory Conference website! This virtual conference will be a combination of the March 2020 program that was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and a transition to what we can anticipate when we are … Continue reading Virtual Nursology Theory Week March 17-24, 2021!
Never a Guardian: Remembering Breonna Taylor
Want to learn more about Nursing and Racism? Read the following Nursology blogs: Nursing and Racism and Decolonizing Nursing. Artwork used with permission of the artist Ariel Sinha The Guardians of the Discipline is a series featured on Nursology.net as a way to commemorate the giants whose shoulders we stand on as we forge our … Continue reading Never a Guardian: Remembering Breonna Taylor
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, and the Future of Nursing Theory: A Webinar of Disciplinary Reflection
To learn more about the Nursology Theory Collective, or join us in future work, please click here.See video and full report here On Friday, June 12th, the Nursology Theory Collective hosted a live webinar titled, "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, and the Future of Nursing Theory." In this webinar, Dr. Lucinda Canty and Patrick McMurray addressed … Continue reading Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, and the Future of Nursing Theory: A Webinar of Disciplinary Reflection
Access to Nursing Knowledge: A Privilege or a Right?
From the Directory of Nursing Journals In the practice environment, nurses are guided by evidence-based practice, policy, and procedures specific to their institutions. Comparably, nurses in academia refer to recent and relevant academic literature based upon institutional licenses. In preparation for the Nursing Theory Annual Conference, a gap was revealed among members of the Nursology … Continue reading Access to Nursing Knowledge: A Privilege or a Right?
Unity in Our Diversity: the KING Collaborative Conference and Nursology
The following blog post discusses events related to the King Collaborative Conference in Washington D.C. in November 2019, and the first in-person meeting of the now renamed Nursology Theory Collective.
Shaping the Future of Nursing Education and Practice: AACN Essentials Revision and the Next Generation NCLEX
In support of our mission “to advance the discipline of nursing/nursology through equitable and rigorous knowledge development using innovative nursing theory in all settings of practice, education, research and policy,” the Nursing Theory Collective (NTC) emailed the workgroup chairs of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials Task Forces on September 16th, 2019. … Continue reading Shaping the Future of Nursing Education and Practice: AACN Essentials Revision and the Next Generation NCLEX
An Update from the Nursing Theory Collective
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
Moving Towards the Next Fifty Years Together
We are delighted to welcome guest bloggers representing the Nursing Theory Collective formed March 2019 Case Western Reserve Nursing Theory Conference: Chloe Littzen, Jane Hopkins Walsh and Jessica Dillard Wright I. Introduction In March 2019, 130 nurses from all over the world gathered at Case Western Reserve University Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing in … Continue reading Moving Towards the Next Fifty Years Together