Nursology

Contributed by Jennifer StephensNursology.net Advisory Team Nursing theorists seem to be clear about what the discipline is aiming for. Jean Watson describes caring as nursing’s moral ideal, Kristin Swanson defines it as a nurturing way of relating to a valued other, and Boykin and Schoenhofer hold that every person is caring by virtue of being …

Contributors: Dr. Francisco Javier Arroyo Cruz and Students of 402 Care Bioethics, Escuela Superior de Tlahuelilpan UAEH. How do we ensure that nursing education goes beyond theoretical rote learning? Traditionally, we turn to textbooks, analyze principles within a classroom setting, and hope students can apply them later in clinical practice. However, nursing care—especially th...

The Nursology.net Advisory Team and the Margaret A. Newman Center for Nursing Theory are launching the Nursology Forums – a series of virtual 1-2 hour gatherings that will focus on burning questions about nursing knowledge and its application in practice, education, research, and health care policy. Each Forum will be hosted by a nurse scholar …

Guest Contributor: Blake McNeill MSN, RN “It can’t be reasoned with. It can’t be bargained with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear… and it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.” -Kyle Reese (Cameron, 1984). AI may not yet be trying to wipe out humanity, but many fear losing their jobs …

Contributor- Julie Durand Nurse practitioner education increasingly emphasizes competency-based curricula, accreditation standards, and measurable outcomes. As nursing educators and leaders, however, our responsibility extends beyond ensuring that students can demonstrate competencies. We must also create learning experiences that cultivate inquiry, reflection, critical thinking...