The program for the March 21-25 2024 Virtual Nursology Theory Week is now available for preview, and registration is open! Theme – “Nursology Theory Think Tanks for the Future.” The conference program promises to be the best yet! The program features three plenary panels on Thursday, Saturday and Monday! The “knowledge sessions” each day feature … Continue reading Virtual Nursology Theory Week – Preview and Register!
Nurses and Self-Compassion
A few months ago, I spoke at the Northwest Indiana Nurses Research Consortium about nurses and Self compassion (thank you Marsha King and Lynette Rayman for this opportunity). I traced the notion of giving mercy and compassion to oneself back to the genesis of why so many of us chose nursing as our profession: our … Continue reading Nurses and Self-Compassion
Upcoming Dialogues on Unitary Science
Contributor - Patty Bartzak, DNP, RN, TCRN, CMSRN, CNRN Please join us on Monday, February 5, 2024 from 4:30 to 6:00 PM Eastern for the Society of Rogerian Scholars’ Dialogues on Unitary Science. The purpose of our Dialogues is to learn and deepen our understanding of the Science of Unitary Human Beings. The dialogue will … Continue reading Upcoming Dialogues on Unitary Science
Avoiding the Theory-Practice Gap: A Roy Adaptation Model Perspective
I have been honored to have opportunities to interact with learners (aka students) enrolled in a master’s degree program at St. Mary’s College School of Nursing in Kurume, Japan as part of my appointment as a Visiting Professor at the college. During our (virtual) time together in February 2023, I shared my firm belief that … Continue reading Avoiding the Theory-Practice Gap: A Roy Adaptation Model Perspective
Announcing The Nurse Theorists “Portraits of Excellence” FITNE Videos on Nursology.net!
We are very pleased to notify all Nursology.net visitors that the entire three volumes of "The Nurse Theorists: Portraits of Excellence" are now available on our website. The videos are available for viewing by those who access nursology.net, Downloading is not allowed due to our licensing agreement with the Fuld Institute for Technology in Nursing … Continue reading Announcing The Nurse Theorists “Portraits of Excellence” FITNE Videos on Nursology.net!
Kwanzaa: A Pan-African Holiday Celebrating Community and Culture
Contributor - Donna Shambley-Ebron "My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together." - Desmond Tutu Today is the beginning of Kwanzaa, a weeklong celebration of history, family, community, and culture observed by African Americans and other people of African descent throughout the world. Although Kwanzaa is not generally observed … Continue reading Kwanzaa: A Pan-African Holiday Celebrating Community and Culture
Advance Information! Virtual Nursology Theory Week March 21-25, 2024
The details for the program for our Annual Virtual Nursology Theory Week are emerging, with the abstract submission process scheduled to conclude over the coming week, and the general plenary sessions are now confirmed! The "knowledge session" presenters will be scheduled soon and we will announce the full schedule of presentations! Registration will be open early … Continue reading Advance Information! Virtual Nursology Theory Week March 21-25, 2024
Understanding the Cup: A Reflection on How Nurses Understand Self-Care
Contributor - Justin McFail, MSN, RN Understanding how to care for myself is not selfishness, it’s altruism for oneself. The adage goes something like, “you can’t pour from an empty cup.” If there’s one thing that I’ve learned working, broken, exhausted, and maybe perhaps recovered from the years of my life that nursing has given … Continue reading Understanding the Cup: A Reflection on How Nurses Understand Self-Care
The Founding & History of the American Journal of Nursing
Contributor: Maureen "Shawn" Kennedy, MA, RNHistory of Nursing JournalsMysteries of Publishing “The American Journal of Nursing (AJN)is the oldest (since 1900) continually circulated and most honored broad-based nursing journal in the world. Peer-reviewed and evidence-based, AJN adheres to publishing standards set by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE; www.icmje.org), the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME; www.wame.org), and … Continue reading The Founding & History of the American Journal of Nursing
Identity-grounded Ethics: Ethical methodology and analysis of racism (and other -isms) in Nursing
There is little in the way of an ethical analysis or racism in the bioethical literature. Nor is there anything on racism that incorporates identity-grounded ethics in a bioethical analysis. Even more damning is the fact that racism, sexism, and classism (land ownership) are embedded in US Constitution and bioethics has yet to come to … Continue reading Identity-grounded Ethics: Ethical methodology and analysis of racism (and other -isms) in Nursing