Contributor – Kathleen Donaher-Keough, PhD, RN Why This Matters to Nursing Source From a nursing policy perspective in the United States, defining collaborative care as an Essential Health Be…

Guest Contributor: Cassidy J. OhnstadDNP (psychiatric mental health) student, University of Wyoming Person-centered care (PCC) is a valuable approach to holistic, individualized care that contrasts…

Register here The original "Overdue Reckoning" team - Lucinda, Christina and Peggy - have scheduled four "Overdue Reckoning" sessions that will focus on the horrendous government assault against immigrants - an assault that is harming everyone. Save the dates! March 28, April 4, 18 & 25. 5 pm Eastern We are creating this Zoom space for 4 weeks so that we can talk about our experiences, what we are feeling, experiencing, and how what is happening is real.

Posts by Marsha Fowler In the early 1980s, Andy and I mused on many things including moral uncertainty, moral dilemma, and moral distress. We would never have thought that moral distress was entry …

Contributor: Karen S. Lyons, PhD, FGSA Growing up in Ireland gave me a great love for the art of story-telling and shared narratives, especially in times of stress and grief. But I also realized th…

Poet – Marilyn McEntyre What happened to you?  Who hurt you into angerso deep all you know to dois hurt and hit, all you seeblurred by a fog of rage? What stuck sluicegatedammed the flow of feeling…

We acknowledge that there have been a few formal statements from nursing organizations in response to these actions. See in particular the strong Statement from the Washington State Nurses Association on the killing of Alex Pretti. National Nurses United has organized to oppose ICE presence in healthcare facilities. On January 24th the ANA issued a brief statement about the killing of Alex Pretti, but without mentioning their own Code of Ethics.

Poet – Amy Haddad, MSN, MFA, PhD, FAAN, Nurses move toward those who suffer.Nurses respond with compassion,even in the face of personal danger.His instinct was to help, not attack. He respond…

Poet – Marilyn McEntyre You know what to do. You step up.You step in. Sometimesyou don’t ask. You just act.In the ICU, in the icy street,you watch. You’ve seenmore harm than most.You know how…

Contributor – Kathleen “Katie” Clark, DNP, RN Witness – Why we cannot look away I write this as a nurse educator in Minneapolis, where federal immigration enforcement has be…

Contributor – Elouise Runnels Ford, RN, MSN, MHEd Mental illness remains one of the most stigmatized health conditions worldwide, and stigma often extends into healthcare, including nursing (…

Alex Pretti, ICU nurse assassinated by ICE on January 24, 2026 At our January Nursology.net Advisory Team Zoom meeting, we heard from a colleague who lives and works in the great city of Minneapoli…

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, …

The Neuman Systems Model Trustees are delighted to announce an upcoming virtual dialogue on March 27, 2026. Two of our Trustees from the Netherlands will present “Why the Neuman Systems Model…

Co-contributors: Christina Nyirati andJacqueline Fawcett * We maintain that most nursologists conduct research and practice within the context of nursology knowledge, although that knowledge is not…

Contributor – Aissatou GueyePhD student, Boston College Connell School of Nursing “When nurses cross freely between the two shores of theory and practice, knowledge becomes wisdom, and practi…

Welcome to the New Year of 2026! We are starting the new year by announcing abstract due dates for two nursing theory- related conferences, and a reminder of the Nursology Virtual Nursing Theory We…

Cannabis has been a DEA Schedule I drug since the initiation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) in 1970. Schedule I drugs are those classified as having a high potential for abuse and no known …

Our Nursology.net team is taking a winter holiday break from blog posts! We remain open to receive your contributions and plan for our 2026 blogs. We welcome your contributions for any section of t…

Contributor – Diana Dupelord, BSN, RNRecent graduate, Florida International University  At a young age, I viewed intimate partner violence (IPV) as a problem reserved for adults. Based o…