Contributors – Rachell NguyenDave Calubaquib Generated by ChatGPT Imagine a preoperative nurse busy managing a full panel of patients. The clock is ticking, surgical suites are ready, and everyone feels the pressure of time. Suddenly, a patient, gowned and with an intravenous (IV) catheter in place, just moments from being moved in, looks up with … Continue reading The Ethical Tension Between Process and Humanistic Patient Consent
Professional Issues
Lost in Translation, Found in Caring: Overcoming Linguistic Distortions of “Care” vs. “Caring”
Guest Contributors: Midalys Quevedo Navarro, Assistant Professor & PhD Student, Faculty of Medical Sciences of Mayabeque, CubaANDTetsuya Tanioka, Professor of Nursing, Tokushima University, Japan | Director, Rozzano Locsin Institute Within nursing and the human sciences, the translation of concepts is not a mere linguistic exercise but a significant task that requires safeguarding the essence of … Continue reading Lost in Translation, Found in Caring: Overcoming Linguistic Distortions of “Care” vs. “Caring”
Beyond Borders: The Moment I Realized There Is More Than One Way to Be a Good Nurse
Contributor - Aaron Salinas, MSN, DNP I arrived in Poland expecting to learn new clinical skills. What I did not expect was to learn something about myself. During a simulation, our team responded to a patient experiencing severe hypoglycemia. The patient was unconscious, and the situation required immediate action. I was working alongside nurses and … Continue reading Beyond Borders: The Moment I Realized There Is More Than One Way to Be a Good Nurse
The Quiet Legacy of Care: Honoring Nurses Beyond the Headlines
Contributor – Obidigwe Adaora Victoria The recent death of ICU nurse Alex Pretti sparked nationwide protests against ICE and President Trump’s immigration policies. Federal law enforcement agents fatally shot the 37-year-old in Minneapolis, citing him as a “domestic terrorist.” Pretti’s tragic killing also points to something more urgent and telling. Every day, healthcare professionals, particularly … Continue reading The Quiet Legacy of Care: Honoring Nurses Beyond the Headlines
Nursing Has an Autonomy Problem, and We’re Finally Talking About It
Contributor - Obidigwe Adaora Victoria The year 2024 was supposed to be a turning point for North Carolina. Or at least that’s what Megan Conner and her colleagues thought. Instead, it put nursing back by decades. The Safe, Accessible, Value-directed and Excellent Health Care Act (SAVE Act) could have kept Conner’s patients out of the … Continue reading Nursing Has an Autonomy Problem, and We’re Finally Talking About It
Same Nurse, Different Hat: The Shift from Clinical Interviewing to Qualitative Research Interviewing
Contributors - Mary Jo Gamper, MSN, RN, CPNP You are conducting a qualitative interview with a caregiver. As they begin to describe a difficult experience, emotion rises in the room. Instinctively, you feel the pull to respond…to comfort, to affirm, to guide, to help. These are the reflexes of a nurse. In that moment, you … Continue reading Same Nurse, Different Hat: The Shift from Clinical Interviewing to Qualitative Research Interviewing
When the Scalpel Meets Sustainability : The Hidden Future of Surgical Nursing
Guest Contributor: Sheroza Gulzar AliBScN, MScN candidate, Aga Khan University It was a Tuesday morning—the kind that begins with an espresso and a theatre board listing twelve laparoscopic cholecystectomies. I remember pausing, gloved hands hovering over the back table, as the scrub tech ripped open another bundle of disposable instruments. Behind us, three orange biohazard … Continue reading When the Scalpel Meets Sustainability : The Hidden Future of Surgical Nursing
Reflections on Virtual Nursing Theory Week 2026
Contributor: Mana Ghanbar Nezhad In virtual nursing theory week, I learned that nursing is far more than performing tasks or following procedures; It is a complex, relational, and dynamic profession that requires the integration of ethical values, clinical knowledge, technological competence, and systemic awareness. Caring is not simply about having good intentions; it is something … Continue reading Reflections on Virtual Nursing Theory Week 2026
When Exhaustion Speaks, Let Nature Answer: The Secret Sound That Revives Nurses
Guest Contributor: Rimsha SaleemMSCN student at Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan Life in the Rhythm of Natural MusicWhat is life? People often see life as an endless circle of activity where time passes but peace and meaning lost somewhere. Sometimes the true essence of life seems lost rather than fully experienced in the chaos of … Continue reading When Exhaustion Speaks, Let Nature Answer: The Secret Sound That Revives Nurses
6 Minutes: The Death of Nursing
Contributor - Vincent Derby The privatization of healthcare has shifted the focus from clinical excellence to the prioritization of shareholder equity. Meline (2025) found that for-profit hospitals invest less into nursing services, leading to higher nurse-to-patient ratios, 4.7 to 6.8 at non-profit versus for profit respectively (Muir et al, 2025), resulting in a lesser amount … Continue reading 6 Minutes: The Death of Nursing
Nursing as a Science of Solidarity
Contributor - Midalys Quevedo Navarro Nursing as a Science of Solidarity (English Version) Amid crises that wound, inequalities that fragment, and borders that raise walls, nursing rises as a voice calling for a science of solidarity. A science that does not confine itself to numbers or laboratories, but expands as a bridge among peoples, as … Continue reading Nursing as a Science of Solidarity
More Cutlery in Our Drawers: Unpacking Mishel’s Theory of Uncertainty – Part 2, Forks
Contributor - Justin McFail, MSN, RN Last year I wrote a piece about Spoon Theory as a way of understanding self-care. My spoons have been limited this week. My wife very nicely shared her COVID virus with me. While our cases have been mild in comparison to many, my spoons – our spoons – have … Continue reading More Cutlery in Our Drawers: Unpacking Mishel’s Theory of Uncertainty – Part 2, Forks
The Heart of Nursing: Where Science, Art and Empathy Converge
Contributor: Obidigwe Adaora Victoria What lies at the heart of nursing? Is it an art or a science? Or is it just about care and empathy? These questions are perhaps as old as the profession itself. It won't even surprise me if the early caregivers in Egypt, India, and Greece asked themselves the same question … Continue reading The Heart of Nursing: Where Science, Art and Empathy Converge
Tug of War
Contributor - Rachell Nguyen Equal strength being pulled from both sidesNeither willing to concede to the otherPulling with all the will-power in the worldSwearing to not give in to one another. Such as the concepts of rules and empathy,The fall of one breaks life’s tranquility,No rules brings chaos, no love conveys spite,All order loses its … Continue reading Tug of War
Maslow Got It Backwards
Guest Contributor: Shahnawaz Soomro At some time in our lives, the majority of us have come across Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, perhaps at a management training session, in a psychology textbook, or on a motivational poster on someone's office wall. It is a tidy, reassuring pyramid. The most fundamental physiological needs, food, drink, shelter, and … Continue reading Maslow Got It Backwards
Moving Towards Cultural Humility in Advanced Practice Nursing Education
Contributor: Hannah Scranton Contemporary nursing practice occurs within social and structural contexts that shape both health outcomes and clinical relationships. While cultural competence has been incorporated into U.S. nursing curricula, its emphasis on knowledge acquisition and generalized cultural characteristics is insufficient for preparing nurses to engage with complex, intersecting identities and power dynamics in contemporary … Continue reading Moving Towards Cultural Humility in Advanced Practice Nursing Education
Norwegian Nurse Educators Recognize that Nursing Theories are of Vital Importance…Do You?
Contributor: Savina O. SchoenhoferCo-developer of the theory of Nursing As Caring Source: ChatGPT A study of Norwegian nurse educators’ perceptions of the meaning of nursing theories at the baccalaureate level, recently published in the Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences (Kvande et al., 2026) prompted me to ask the question that titles these reflections. That focus … Continue reading Norwegian Nurse Educators Recognize that Nursing Theories are of Vital Importance…Do You?
Speaking “Nursology” into the Dictionary: Why Everyday Usage Matters
Nursology is our discipline's name - and the more we use that word out loud, in print, and online, the more likely it is to appear in everyday references people turn to online, including general dictionaries such as Merriam‑Webster and the Oxford English Dictionary. Nursing philosopher Joyce Paterson first coined the term "nursology" in 1971, … Continue reading Speaking “Nursology” into the Dictionary: Why Everyday Usage Matters
How the Burnout Crisis is Hurting Nurse Leaders
Contributor - Obidigwe Adaora Victoria, RN Burnout leads to turnover, says Claire Zangerle, CEO of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership. And she should know. As a chief nurse executive, she’s been working at Ground Zero. While chatting with Chief Healthcare Executive, Zangerle didn’t sugarcoat the issue. She calls it a problem because that’s exactly … Continue reading How the Burnout Crisis is Hurting Nurse Leaders
Too Young, Too Female, Too Anxious: A Peace and Power Nursing Reflection
Contributor - Jodi Clee Kennedy, MSN, RN, AGACNPTWU PhD Student I opened my eyes at 7:00 a.m. to a heart rate of 130 beats per minute. I had committed to a dress rehearsal at noon for my Active Older Adult group at the YMCA. I couldn’t miss it. For three weeks leading up to the … Continue reading Too Young, Too Female, Too Anxious: A Peace and Power Nursing Reflection