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Aug 10

ANS 49:3 Now Published!


This latest issue of ANS is packed with timely and cutting-edge articles and editorials that you will not want to miss! Here is the Table of Contents, with links to each item!

Jun 18

VISIONS in ANS 49:2


Each issue of ANS includes an article for the Society of Rogerian Scholars journal – Visions. The current issue of ANS includes an article by eminent Rogerian Scholar John Phillips. Dr. Phillips has been featured on Nursology.net as a “Guardian of the Discipline.” His Phillips’ original, creative writings spanning the years 1990 – 2023 – were published in the book titled Evolving Rogerian Nursing Science: John R. Phillips’ Unique Contributions.

The current articla in ANS is titled “Perspectives of Living-Dying” explains an understanding of Rogers’ view of living-dying as a developmental process

Abstract

This article presents a Rogerian perspective on living-dying through a dialogic narrative situated in a health care facility. Drawing on Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings, the work illustrates living-dying as a developmental, pandimensional process rather than a linear cause-and-effect event. Through evolving conversations among patients, nurses, and clinicians, the narrative reveals how awareness, patterning, and integrality shape experiences of dying, care, and wellbecoming. The integration of the arts and humanities—music, poetry, and dialog—offers nurses creative modalities to deepen understanding of living-dying and to support compassionate, unitary nursing practice in clinical and educational settings.

Jun 3

Current NCPD Article in ANS


Each issue of ANS includes an article that is available for Nursing Continuing Professinal Development credit! Read the article, complete the test, and (assuming you pass the test!) print your certificate! Here is the current NCPD article:

Reciprocal Adaptation in Postpartum Fathers: A Mid-Range Theory of Role Negotiation, Relational Reciprocity, and Family Adjustment
Schmitz, Rachael E.
Online only – NCPD test included

ABSTRACT –

Paternal postpartum depression is an underrecognized public-health concern affecting approximately 10% of new fathers in the US. 1 Despite this prevalence, paternal postpartum depression remains underdiagnosed and poorly addressed within obstetric and mental-health systems that prioritize maternal experience. 1 Emerging evidence indicates that fathers face substantial barriers, including gendered expectations of parenting, limited health care inclusion, and face stigmas in their help-seeking habits, contributing to the strain and adverse child outcomes. This theory integrates Gender Role Conflict Theory, Transitions Theory , and Family Stress Theory , positioning adaptation as a dynamic, feedback-driven process shaped by masculine beliefs, partner support, and systemic inclusion. The theory, Reciprocal Adaptation in Postpartum Fathers: A Mid-Range Theory of Role Negotiation, Relational Reciprocity, and Family Adjustment , points to the influence of nurses as pivotal agents in recognizing paternal distress, promoting early screening, and facilitating family-centered care that supports both fathers and families.

NCPD Credit

Access the instructions here for completing the requirements to earn you NCPE credits.

May 19

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ANS March-April, Vol 49 No 2 Now Available


This is a timely and important issue of ANS, focused on the “Evolutions of Theory for Nursing Science”. The Guest Editorial by Sharron Docherty and Danny Willis describe the issue as follows:

Nursing science is undergoing a profound and necessary transformation. As the profession responds to complex health, social, and technological challenges, theory continues to serve as a catalyst for progress. This special issue of Advances in Nursing Science, “Evolutions in Theory for Nursing Science,” brings together nineteen papers that illuminate the dynamic, pluralistic, and justice-oriented directions shaping contemporary theoretical work. Collectively, they demonstrate a profession that is self-reflexive, methodologically innovative, and deeply engaged with the urgent realities of our time.

Advances in Nursing Science 49(2):p 79-80, April/June 2026. | DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000658

Here is the Table of Contents for this issue:

Editorial – Nursing Theories in the Current Sociopolitical Contexts of Nursing
Editor Eun-Ok Im

Guest Editorial: Evolutions in Theory for Nursing Science
Docherty, Sharron L; Willis, Danny G

Nursing Theory During a Time of Transition: Rupture or Rapture?
Walker, Lorraine O.

Original Articles

Nursing Clinical Care and the Concepts of Work, Labor, and Action by Hannah Arendt: A Reflective Study
Bessa, Marcelino Maia; Alves, José Gerfeson; da Silva, Lucia de Fátima; de Freitas, Maria Célia; de Melo Fialho, Ana Virgínia; Paz de Oliveira, Sherida Karanini; Freitas, Rodrigo Jácob Moreira de

Nursing Approaches to Safety for Transgender, Non-Binary, and Gender-Expansive Patients: A Roy Adaptation Model Application
Jackson, Kristopher J.; Klotzbaugh, Ralph; Fawcett, Jacqueline

An Analysis and Evaluation of the Theory of Moral Reckoning
Kohout, Elizabeth; Powell, Melissa; Tolentino, Dante Anthony

Trust-Building Across Levels of Care: A Conceptual Framework for Nursing Practice
Sergison, Jill E.; Velickoff, Luke; Hepler, Bonnie; Knisley, Mitch

Job Demands-Resources Theory: A Modern Framework to Address Military Nurse Wellbeing
Christiansen, Mollie F.; Kenny, Deborah
Open

Theory of Women’s Health Across the Lifespan
Roberts Davis, Mary; Song, MinKyoung; Anderson, Lyndsey; Hiatt, Shirin O.; Rosenkranz, Susan J.; Tibbitts, Deanne; Tilden, Ellen L.; Denfeld, Quin E. 

Nurse-Led, Equity-Driven Quality Improvement: An Adaptation of the Donabedian Model
Merrill, Thomas; Cary, Michael P. Jr.

Theorizing From, About, Through, For, With, and Towards: Six Prepositions to Guide Theoretical Reflexivity in Nursing
Cleofas, Jerome Visperas; Abesamis, Luis Emmanuel A.

Parallel Itineraries: A Situation-Specific Theory for Community Care of People with Dependency-Related Skin Injuries
Maella-Rius, Natalia; Martinez-Rodriguez, Laura; Torra-Bou, Joan-Enric

Evolving a Historic Theory to Address a Modern Threat: Infant Stress-Mediated Cardiac Arrest Following Cardiac Surgery
Riley, Christine M.; Pintz, Christine; Harlow, Ashleigh; Mastropietro, Christopher W.; Darcy-Mahoney, Ashley; Zhou, Quiping (Pearl); Hinds, Pamela S.

Reciprocal Adaptation in Postpartum Fathers: A Mid-Range Theory of Role Negotiation, Relational Reciprocity, and Family Adjustment
Schmitz, Rachael E.

A Caregiver–Infant Interaction Framework to Guide Nursing Approaches to Supporting Early Relational Health: From Theory to Nursing Action
Hepler, Bonnie; Gondwe, Kaboni Whitney; Brandon, Debra

Integrated Framework for Assessing Multi-level Determinants of HIV Acquisition Affecting Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: Assessing Risk and Protective Factors (INFORM-HERS)
Al-Mujtaba, Maryam; Relf, Micheal V.; Nyblade, Laura C.; Mulawa, Marta I.

Epigenetics, Structural Determinants, and Race: An Integrated Conceptual Framework for Embodied Stress, Resilience, and Black Women’s Cardiometabolic Health
Harris, Latesha K.; Nordone, Shila K.; Bentley-Edwards, Keisha L.; Randolph, Schenita D.

Visions: Perspectives of Living-Dying
Phillips, John R.

An Onto-Epistemological Review of Human-Centered Design Family Planning Research: Implications for Relationship-Based and Theory-Guided Nursing Inquiry
Gerchow, Lauren; Pasha, Veronica C.; Squires, Allison; Fayard, Anne-Laure 

A Situation-Specific Theory of Self-Care Behaviors in People Living With an Intestinal or Urinary Ostomy
Villa, Giulia; Vellone, Ercole; Rasero, Laura; Alvaro, Rosaria; Manara, Duilio Fiorenzo; Iovino, Paolo

Mar 5

Earn continuing education credits with the current ANS featured article!


The current issue of ANS features this article that you can use to earn Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD) credits! Read the article, and then successfully complete the NCPD test!

The article is A New Situation-Specific Theoretical Framework to Guide Ectopic Pregnancy Research in Nursing
Hepburn, Kirsten E.; Moore, Tiffany A.; Shade, Marcia Y.; Rowland, Sheri

Here is the information about the test, and how to access it!

 NCPD Test

Feb 25

Check out the current issue of ANS!


Here is what you will find!

Editorial by Eun Ok Im! The Future of Nursing Theory and Philosophy: Where to Go?

A New Situation-Specific Theoretical Framework to Guide Ectopic Pregnancy Research in Nursing
Hepburn, Kirsten E.; Moore, Tiffany A.; Shade, Marcia Y.; Rowland, Sheri

An Update to the Middle-Range Theory of Self-Care of Chronic Illness
Riegel, Barbara; Jaarsma, Tiny; Strömberg, Anna

A Situation-Specific Theory on Kidney Health Inequities Among Midlife Women From Ethnic Minority Groups in the US (KH-MWMG Theory)
Kim, Dongmi; Im, Eun-Ok

Proposing Technology-Enhanced Wisdom: A Middle-Range Theory for Contemporary Nursing Practice in the Age of AI
Vyas, Pankaj; Gephart, Sheila

Establishing Directionality in the Self-Regulation-Self-Efficacy Change Relationship to Best Leverage Theory Within Cognitive-Behavioral vs. Educational Obesity Treatment
Annesi, James J.; Bakhshi, Maliheh

    Intersectionality as a Theoretical Framework for Health Inequities in Pregnancy: Theory Analysis
    Hashemi, Fatemeh; Tedder Sonney, Jennifer

    Preserving Professional Human Caring in Nursing in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
    Wei, Holly; Watson, Jean

    Strategies to Engage Systematically Marginalized Youth and Their Families in Research Using High-Tech Methods
    Hardin, Heather K.; Bender, Anna E.; Killion, Cheryl M.; Moore, Shirley M.

    A Socioecological Model of Heart Failure Self-Care
    Whyte, Michelle; Sethares, Kristen A.

    Nursing Professional Identity: A Critical Review of the Concept Amidst COVID-19
    Payne, Alayna; Lalonde, Michelle; Vanderspank-Wright, Brandi; Perron, Amélie

    Dec 17

    VISIONS: Scholarship of Rogerian Nursing Science


    The “VISIONS” article in the current issue of ANS is titled “Unitary Nursing-Caring Science and Natural Laws of Nature” authored by Jean Watson, RN, PhD, AHN-BC, FAAN, LL (AAN) and
    Demitri Watson Ervedosa, BA-SLHS

    Abstract

    Unitary Rogerian concepts are more evident in nursing’s evolving disciplinary discourse since the seventies. This article explores ancient universal Laws of Nature that coincide with Unitary Nursing/Caring Science. These principles of life have not been addressed in nursing literature. Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings in convergence with Watson’s Transpersonal Caring Science/Unitary Caring Science, are highlighted as evidentiary exemplars of the presence of these Natural Laws, referred to as Hermetic truths. By uncovering the universals that underpin Unitary Nursing/Caring Science, the discipline of Nursing is helped to mature to a higher level of consciousness, affirming the timeless universal unitary nature of Human-Universe phenomena of Nursing.

    Dec 3

    ANS October-December 2025 – Vol 48:4


    The current issue of ANS is packed with articles that inform, inspire and invite scholarly discourse that contributes to the ongoing development our discipline! Check out the Table of Contents here, and link to specific items for a journey into a world of current thought in nursing!

    From the Editor

    What is Nursing Science?
    Im, Eun-Ok

     Editorial

    Call to Action
    Chinn, Peggy L.

    Reflections on Nursing Research Then and Now: Challenges to the Viability of Nursing Science
    Morrison-Beedy, Dianne; Murray, Teri

    Original Article

    Opinion Paper: What is Nursing Science?: Ontological – Epistemological Disciplinary Questions
    Watson, Jean

    Opinion Paper: Are Nurses Free to Be Moral Agents? Revisiting the Moral Foundation of Nursing in Uncertain Times
    Ulrich, Connie M.; Grady, Christine

    Opinion Paper: The Value of Nursing Science: We Need Our Collective Voice
    Dickinson, Jane K.

    Opinion Paper: Metamodernism in Nursing: An Epistemological Paradigm Shift
    Wei, Holly

    Opinion Paper: Revisiting Speaking Truth to Power: A Return to Its Roots
    Canales, Mary K.

    Opinion Paper: Fundamental Patterns of Knowing: A Reflection
    Polifroni, E. Carol

    Opinion Paper: Advocacy in Nursing: An Anchor and a Compass
    Killion, Cheryl M.

    International Section Opinion Paper: Nursing as a Special Science: Rethinking Knowledge, Practice, and Philosophy
    Sakashita, Reiko; Kihira, Tomoki

    Critical Environmental Justice Nursing for Planetary Health: A Guiding Framework
    Le Clair, Jessica; Luebke, Jeneile; Oakley, Linda Denise

    The Mediating Role of Subjective Social Status and Psychological Distress in the Relationship Between Perceived Prejudice and Job Satisfaction Among Male Nurses: The Moderating Role of Self-Esteem
    Kong, Wenwen; Li, Miao; Chen, Xinxia;  Liu, Huan; Feng, Danjun 

    A Linguistic Appreciation for the Art of Nursing
    Lewis, Ruth L.; Reed, Sean M.

    The State of the Science on Mitigating Cancer Inequities Through Measuring and Addressing Social Determinants of Health
    Lee, Youran; Gonzalez-Guarda, Rosa

    Conducting Intersectional Analysis in Nursing Research
    Oudshoorn, Abe; Rabiah-Mohammed, Fawziah; Ariba, Olayinka; Krywucky, Andrea; Annor, Bridget; Adu, Joseph; Ndayisenga, Jean Pierre; Guerrero, Danny; Reid, Tracy-Ann; Lindsay, Sarah May 

    Clarifying the Theoretical Foundation for the Concept of Diagnosis and Its Relevance in Nursing: A Discussion Paper
    Karlsen, Bjørg; Hillestad, Torgeir Martin; Dysvik, Elin

    Completeness of Systematic Reviews in Nursing Literature Based on PRISMA Reporting Guidelines
    Carter-Templeton, Heather; Oermann, Marilyn H.; Owens, Jacqueline K.; Vance, Billie; Mastorovich, Melissa L.; Quazi, Mohammed; Wrigley, Jordan; Walter, Suzy Mascaro; Carpenter, Roger; Thurman, Faythe 

    A Critical Discourse Analysis of Emotional Labor, People-Pleasing, and Boundary-Setting in Nursing
    Kaylor, Sara K.; Horton, Abby G.; Townsend, Haley; Rice, Meridith N.; Trull, Valerie; Prevost, Suzanne S. 

    Adverse Childhood Experiences and Cardiovascular Health: An Exploration of Protective Social Determinants Among Young Adult Black Women
    Scott, Jewel; Silva, Susan; Gonzalez-Guarda, Rosa M.; Bennett, Gary G.; Merwin, Elizabeth; Simmons, Leigh Ann 

    Visions: Scholarship of Rogerian Nursing Science

    Unitary Nursing-Caring Science and Natural Laws of Nature
    Watson, Jean; Ervedosa, Demitri Watson

    Oct 31

    ANS Special Issue: Evolutions in Theory for Nursing Science


    Timeline extended – Submissions accepted through November 8, 2025.

    The submission deadline for the upcoming Advances in Nursing Science special issue on “Evolutions in Theory for Nursing Science” has been extended to November 8, 2025. Danny Willis, DNS, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, Dean of The University of Rhode Island College of Nursing and Sharron Docherty, PhD, PNP, FAAN, Vice Dean for Research, Duke University School of Nursing are the guest editors for this issue, which aims to highlight and/or challenge the status quo of theory in nursing research. The call for papers encompasses topics related to:

    • Opportunities is the application of theory in nursing science
    • Contemporary midrange and situation specific theories
    • Philosophical and theoretical discourses in the interdisciplinary contexts of nursing
    • Theorizing social justice in nursing science
    • Building connections between theory, research and practice

    We welcome high-quality contributions, and hope that this extension will provide an opportunity for authors to submit their work.

    Please visit the ANS website for 

    For detailed information on the scope and submission guidelines, please visit the ANS homepage.
    https://journals.lww.com/advancesinnursingscience/pages/default.aspx

    Sep 29

    Earn Continuing Education Credits with ANS!


    Each issue of ANS includes an article that is accompanied by a CE test, giving you the opportunity to each Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD) credits! The NCPD article in the current issue is also a current ‘hot topic’! The article is titled “Empowering Nurses Through Data Literacy and Data Science Literacy: Insights From a State-of-the-Art Literature Review“. It is co-authored by an international team of nurse scienctists: Mikyoung Angela. Lee, PhD, RN; Pankaj Vyas, MSN, MBA, RN; Fabio D’Agostino, PhD, RN; Ann Wieben, PhD, RN, NI-BC; Cynthia Coviak, PhD, RN, FNAP; Margaret Mullen-Fortino, PhD, RN; Suhyun Park, MSN, RN; Marisa Sileo, MSN, RN, NI-BC; Emiliane Nogueira de Souza, PhD, RN; Sophia Brown, PhD, DBA, FACHE, CPHIMS, PMP; Jethrone Role, DNP, RN, LHIT; Anita Reger, PhD, RN; and Lisiane Pruinelli, PhD, RN, FAMIA.

    Statement of Significance

    What is known or assumed to be true about this topic?

    1. The volume and complexity of data that health care professionals must understand and use is increasing exponentially, driven by the growing demands of data-driven health care to promote patient outcomes and address health equity.

    2. There is a critical need for comprehensive education tailored to equip nurses with a nuanced understanding of both data literacy and data science literacy.

    What this article adds:

    1. A review of recent frameworks, models, training, and assessment tools for developing data literacy and data science literacy among nurses and other health care professionals.

    2. Recommendations for action in educational and practice settings to enhance data literacy and data science literacy among nurses.

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