Nursing Knowledge-focused Groups

Anne Boykin Institute for the Advancement of Caring in Nursing (ABI)

The ABI mission is to: provide global leadership for nursing education, practice and research grounded in caring science; 2) promote the valuing of caring across disciplines; and 3) support the mission of the College of Nursing. The ABI is engaged in dynamic initiatives such as: hosting annual summer academies attracting participants from around the world to dialogue about caring in various areas of nursing and to develop concrete actions for transformative change; building a library of resources on caring and caring science accessible on our website; and creating learning circles that encourage growth in studying and applying caring knowledge in teaching, research and practice.

Center for Nursing Philosophy

The Mission of the Center of Nursing Philosophy (CNP) is twofold:

  1. To create a formal structure with the capacity and resources to engage school, university, and allied institutions’ faculty in dialogue across the philosophical spectrum
  2. To lead the advancement of nursing philosophy by supporting faculty and student scholarly collaboration, publication, and dissemination

The CNP aims to provide a platform for increased nursing philosophy scholarship development and dissemination, as well as wider engagement with the local, national, and international philosophy community to identify new foci for inquiry and advancement.

Global Academy of Holistic Nursing (GAHN)

The Global Academy of Holistic Nursing advances excellence in holistic nursing praxes and global health care transformation. GAHN envisions Global communities that embrace praxes of holistic health, wellness, and social justice.

  • Holistic Nursing Praxes is the integration of Holistic Nursing knowledge, skills and values needed to affect a sense of wellbeing in individuals, groups and communities.
  • Social justice is the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges needed to eradicate health disparities and promote safe and healthy communities.

The Global Academy of Holistic Nursing contributes to and serves the global community by:

  • Cultivating a network of holistic nursing scholars committed to social justice
  • Expanding the role of transcultural integrative caring-healing processes within healthcare
  • Providing leadership in promoting and sustaining global health care transformation

International Association for Human Caring (IAHC)

The International Association for Human Caring (IAHC) provides the forum for discovery and dissemination of caring science. Download the History of IAHC here (shared by permission)

Members of the IAHC believe:

  • Caring is the human mode of being
  • Caring is the essence of nursing and the moral imperative which guides nursing praxis (education, practice and research)
  • Caring is both spiritual and human consciousness that connects and transforms everything in the universe  Caring in nursing is action and competencies which aim toward the good and welfare of the others 
  • Caring in nursing is a special way of being, knowing and doing with the goal of protection, enhancement and preservation of human dignity
  • Care is culturally diverse and universal and provides the broadest and most important means to study and explain nursing knowledge and nursing care practices.

The goals of the IAHC are to:

  1. Identify major philosophical, epistemological and professional dimensions of care and caring to advance the body of knowledge that constitutes nursing.
  2. Assist nursing and other disciplines to use care and caring knowledge in human relationships and to facilitate the application of this knowledge to transform organizational systems in which nurses function to become care-focused.
  3. Explicate the nature, scope, and functions of care and caring and its relationship to nursing.
  4. Identify the major components, processes and patterns of care and caring in relationship to nursing from a transcultural nursing perspective.
  5. Stimulate nurse scholars and other professionals world-wide to systematically investigate care and caring and to share findings with colleagues at an annual research conference.
  6. Disseminate knowledge through refereed publications and public forums.
  7. Maintain an organization with elected officers and paid members for the purpose of maintaining a network of scholars.

International Consortium of Parse Scholars (ICPS)

A network of nurses committed to the advancement of nursing as a unique discipline concerned with human dignity and living quality. The purpose of the ICPS is to contribute to the living quality of humankind through sciencing and living the art of humanbecoming.

Goals

  1. To provide a forum for nurses and other health professionals committed to sciencing and living the art of humanbecoming.
  2. To provide various venues for learning and discussing the humanbecoming paradigm with research, practice, education, and administration.
  3. To advance nursing science from the humanbecoming paradigm through presentations and publications.

Activities

  • Biennial weekend seminars: An opportunity to network, relax, and learn about the humanbecoming paradigm.
  • Illuminations bi-annual newsletter: An opportunity to keep up to date with happenings around the world in relation to Parse’s humanbecoming paradigm regarding sciencing and living the art.
  • E-mail: An opportunity to join lively discussions of cutting edge issues in nursing science via the internet. Dr. Parse is a regular participant!
  • An opportunity to participate in wonderful projects as yet to be created.

Founding Members

  • William K. Cody, RN; PhD; Charlotte, NC USA
  • Christine Jonas-Simpson, RN; PhD; Toronto, Ontario Canada
  • Patricia S. Lyon, RN; MSc; Toronto, Ontario Canada
  • Gail J. Mitchell, RN; PhD; Toronto, Ontario Canada
  • Rosemarie Rizzo Parse, RN; PhD; FAAN; Pittsburgh, PA USA
  • F. Beryl Pilkington, RN; PhD; Toronto, Ontario Canada

International Philosophy of Nursing Society (IPONS)

The broad purpose of the Society is to bring together individuals from different countries into an international network to promote and support the growing discipline of philosophy of nursing.

The aims of IPONS are:

  • to promote and establish philosophy of nursing, and health care in general, as a credible and important field of philosophical and critical inquiry;
  • to establish a growing international network for this purpose;
  • to conduct and support philosophical inquiry in a manner that informs and engages with health care practice, theory, research, education and policy from national and international perspectives;
  • to support philosophical inquiry into nursing and health care across cultures and countries, including those who may find it difficult for their voices to be heard.

The Society, in association with Wiley-Blackwell, has its own scholarly journal, Nursing Philosophy which is published four times per year.

King International Nursing Group (KING)

Mission and Purposes

The mission of the KING  is to improve the quality of patient care, and to contribute to the science of nursing, through advancement of Imogene King’s Conceptual System for Nursing.  This includes the Theory of Goal Attainment as well as other theoretical formulations derived from the Framework.

 The Purposes of the KING Shall Be to:

  1. Examine the power of King’s Conceptual Systems as a basis for administration, education, practice, research and theory.
  2. Provide an educational forum to integrate King’s Conceptual System and related theories into practice.
  3. Provide an international arena through which nursing scholars can collaborate and disseminate their work.
  4. Facilitate networking between nurses interested in King’s Conceptual System and related theories.
  5. Contribute to the science of nursing through further development of King’s Conceptual System and related theories.

Publishes the KING Systems Update, which is the electronic newsletter, for members only

NANDA International Inc. (NANDA-I)

Our Purpose

Implementation of nursing diagnosis enhances every aspect of nursing practice, from garnering professional respect to assuring consistent documentation representing nurses’ professional clinical judgment, and accurate documentation to enable reimbursement. NANDA International exists to develop, refine and promote terminology that accurately reflects nurses’ clinical judgments.

Our Vision

NANDA International will be a global force for the development and use of nursing’s standardized terminology to ensure patient safety through evidence-based care, thereby improving the health care of all people.

Our Mission

To facilitate the development, refinement, dissemination and use of standardized nursing diagnostic
terminology.

  • We provide the world’s leading evidence-based nursing diagnoses for use in practice and to determine interventions and outcomes.
  • We contribute to patient safety through the integration of evidence-based terminology into clinical practice and clinical decision-making
  • We fund research through the NANDA-I Foundation
  • We are a supportive and energetic global network of nurses, who are committed to improving the quality of nursing care and improvement of patient safety through evidence-based practice.

Neuman Systems Model, Inc. (NSM)

Mission and Purposes

The mission and purposes of the Neuman System Model Trustees Group, Inc. are to preserve, protect and maintain the integrity and relevance of the model for the global nursing community and global health care community.

Dr. Betty Neuman established the Trustees in 1988.  Each Trustee is a professional nurse from the United States, Canada or Holland who has demonstrated commitment to the development or use of the model in education, practice,  administration or research. As international interest in the model continues,  Trustees will be added from other nations.

The functions of the Trustees are to:

  • Engage in the continuing development and evaluation of the NSM through contributions of nurses and other health care professionals worldwide.
  • Educate nurses and the health care community about the NSM and its applications.
  • Conduct international forums to update and apprise the professional community of work related to the NSM.
  • Create multidisciplinary partnerships that advance the model.
  • Maintain a comprehensive NSM bibliography.
  • Support and extend the efforts of Betty Neuman through scholarly and creative works.

Newman Center for Nursing Theory

The center’s mission is to promote the development of nursing theory and to generate new theories or expand existing theories with a particular focus on Dr. Margaret Newman’s theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness. Using a model of scholarship, leadership, innovation, and practice, the Center provides for direct collaboration with international nurse scholars, practitioners, and students committed to generating knowledge for nursing education, practice, and research.

Newman Theory/Research/Practice Society in Japan

The Newman theory/research/practice society in Japan started as a Newman’s theory and practice study group on August 28, 2006 after 15 nurses engaged in a Newman’s Scholars’ Dialogue with Dr. Margaret Newman in Memphis. Ten years later, the group transformed into a Non-Profit Organization (NPO). The membership is currently 150 and Dr. Emiko Endo is the chair of the board of directors. Our work advances Margaret Newman’s theory of health as expanding consciousness (HEC).   See more information, with link to two videos here

Orem International Society (OIS)

International Orem Society for Nursing Science and Scholarship was
incorporated in the State of Missouri in 1991. The Society publishes Self-Care, Dependent-Care & Nursing is the official OIS Journal.  Access to the recent journal and to the journal archive is freely available here.

Roy Academia Nursology Research Center (RANRC)

Concept
　The Roy Academia Nursology Research Center aims to explore Mercy, Caring and Love through the avenues of both practice and education, which are executed across three departments: educational program development, postgraduate education, and continuing education.

  • The educational program development department facilitates education, practice and research based on the Roy Adaptation Model, conducts activities for the Roy Adaptation Association of Japan (RAA-J), and develops programs that enhance nursing skills for undergraduate and graduate students.
  • The postgraduate education department works with a wide range of students, from those planning to continue their research post-graduation to those conducting activities as clinical nurse specialists (CNS). Faculty members also assist students with research as well as offer counseling to undergraduates interested in pursuing a graduate degree.
  • The continuing education department is responsible for developing the curriculum for use in the wards at St. Mary’s Hospital, and continues to reform the currently-used clinical ladder education program to include elements for which nurses can receive continuing education credits. The department also offers a continuing education program for nurses who work in community-based settings.

Roy Adaptation Association (RAA)

The Roy Adaptation Association is a society of nursing scholars who seek to advance nursing practice by developing basic and clinical nursing knowledge based on the Roy Adaptation Model. Founded in 1991, members include: clinicians, scholars, students, researchers, and institutions, with seven international chapters. The Association publishes the Roy Adaptation Association Review. RECENTLY ANNOUNCED: The Roy Academia Nursology Research Center has been established at St. Mary’s University of Kurume, Japan. The purpose of the Center is” to explore Mercy, Caring, and Love through practice and education” (RAA Review, 22(1), 4, Fall 2018). 

Society for the Advancement of Modeling and Role-Modeling  (SAMRM)

The purpose of the Society shall be to advance the development and application of the theory, Modeling and Role-Modeling, by:

  • Promoting the continuous study and integration of the theoretical propositions and philosophical foundations through research, practice and continuous education;
  • Developing a network for the support, stimulation and growth of the membership through newsletters, conferences and membership meetings;
  • Disseminating knowledge and information through conferences and publication of conference proceedings;
  • Addressing society needs by contributing to improvement of health care through proactive promotion of holistic health.

(from https://www.mrmnursingtheory.org/founding.html)

Society of Rogerian Scholars (SRS)

Purposes

  • ​Advance nursing as a basic science.
  • Explore the meaning of a philosophy of wholeness for nursing.
  • Foster the understanding and the use of the Science of Unitary Human Beings as a basis for theory development, research, education, and practice.
  • Provide avenues for dissemination of information related to the Science of Unitary Human Beings.
  • Create forums for scholarly debate.
  • Provide educational forums on the Science of Unitary Human Beings.

Mission

The mission of the Society of Rogerian Scholars, Inc., is to advance nursing science through an emphasis on the Science of Unitary Human Beings. The focus of the Society is education, research, and practice in service to humankind.

Published Visions: The Journal of Rogerian Nursing Science as a free-standing journal until 2022; all issues are online and free to all viewers. In January 2023, one “Visions” article is published as a section in Advances in Nursing Science.

The Martha E. Rogers Scholars Fund of the Society of Rogerian Scholars offers two grant opportunities, each for $2000. The awards are for research or clinical practice project in process based in Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings (SUHB). The deadline for the Martha E. Rogers Scholarship is April 1st annually, and for the Elizabeth A. M. Barrett Grant September 1st annually.

Transcultural Nursing Society (TCNS)

Focuses on Leininger’s Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality and other theories focused on culture.

Mission

The mission of the Transcultural Nursing Society (TCNS) is to enhance the quality of culturally congruent, competent, and equitable care that results in improved health and well being for people worldwide.

Vision:  The TCNS seeks to provide nurses and other health care professionals with the knowledge base necessary to ensure cultural competence in practice, education, research, and administration.

Philosophy/Values:  Transcultural Nursing (TCN) is a theory based humanistic discipline, designed to serve individuals, organizations, communities, and societies.  Human care/caring is defined within the context of culture.  Culturally competent care can only occur when culture care values are known and serve as the foundation for meaningful care.  Scholarship is the foundation of the discipline of TCN.  Advanced educational preparation in TCN enhances the practice of culturally competent care. Certification documents evidence of the ability to provide culturally competent care.

Watson Caring Science Institute (WCSI)

The Watson Caring Science Institute (WCSI) is an international non-profit organization created to advance the philosophies, theories and practices of Human Caring, originated by Jean Watson. The Theory and Science of Human Caring seeks to restore the profound nature of caring-healing, and bring the ethic and ethos of Love back into Healthcare. Through an extended network of professional, clinical and academic colleagues, the Institute will translate the model of Caring-Healing/Caritas into more systematic programs and services which can continue to transform healthcare, one nurse/one practitioner/one educator/one system at a time.

The Institute offers many educational opportunities and conferences.  To subscribe to the Newsletter providing details for these opportunities, go to https://www.watsoncaringscience.org/contact-wcsi/

Goals and Objectives

  • Transform the dominant model of medical science to a model of Caring Science by reintroducing the ethic, philosophy and diverse practices of caring and Love (Caritas), necessary for healing.
  • Deepen the authentic Caring-Healing relationships between caregiver and patient/family, to restore Love and compassion as the ethical, values foundation of healthcare.
  • Translate the model of Caring-Healing/Caritas into fully integrated trans-disciplinary programs and services to help transform healthcare one nurse / one caregiver / one educator / one leader / one system at a time.
  • Ensure caring and healing for the public, improve nurse and care provider retention in healthcare settings, enhance patient care outcomes, promote safe practices, and decrease costs to the system.