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Oct 28

“Challenging the Status Quo”- Fulfilling the Mission of the Journal


ANS was founded with the explicit aim to challenge the status quo through innovative and cutting edge scholarship. The current issue contains a number of important article that meet this challenge, including several articles reaching beyond the boundaries of North America. Review the current table of contents to find exemplars of this theme!

This article addresses the tenets of emancipatory knowing that is foundational to this aim. It is titled “A Scoping Review of Action TowardDecolonizing and Indigenizing Nursing” authored by Anna Graefe, PhD, RN, PHN; Amanda Koon Davis, MSN, RN; Elizabeth V. Weinfurter, MLIS; Lisa Martin Rennicke, PhD, RN/PHN, AHN-BC, FAAN; and Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu, PhD, RN, FAAN. The article acknowledges the status quo that sustains inequalities in nursing and health care, and described actions that are needed, and that are possible, to create change.

Here is the message of this article in brief –

Nursing aims to uphold social justice but often operates within systems influenced by colonialism and racism. This review explores how nursing can be decolonized and Indigenized, focusing on strategies, obstacles, and objectives in transforming nursing knowledge, education, research, and practice. By examining these aspects, the review seeks to inspire practical actions and acknowledge the difficulties involved in this transformative work. It highlights approaches, barriers, goals, and the utility of decolonizing and Indigenizing nursing knowledge, education, research, and practice, providing ideas and inspiration leading to praxis while also highlighting the reality of the challenges of this work.

Oct 6

NCPD credit available in ANS 49:3


Readers can earn 3 NCPD credits by reading this interesting article in ANS – “A Diary of Familiarity: A Qualitative Exploration of Clinicians’ Experiences of Familiarity and Serious Illness Decision-making in A Rural State” authored by Mary J. Isaacson, PhD, RN, RHNC, CHPN, FPCN; Kortney D. Herigon, MSN, RN; Lauren E. Longacre, BSN, RN; Brandi Pravecek, DNP, CNP; and Brandon M. Varilek, PhD, CCTC, CNE, CHPN.

Here is a summary of the article in brief:

This study explored how rural-practicing clinicians communicate with patients about palliative and end-of-life care when they have close personal relationships with those patients. Interviews with 10 health care clinicians from a rural state were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. The overarching theme, “unlocking the diary,” described how familiarity acted as a key to accessing both personal and professional views of patients’ experiences. Three diary entry–like themes emerged: emotional toll, bringing the pages together, and honesty. The findings suggest that prelicensure and postlicensure curricula should teach clinicians how to use familiarity to strengthen communication and support better palliative and end-of-life decision-making.

The link to the NCPD test is available on the article web page

Go to the ANS website to view more information about this article, or check with your academic library for access:

Isaacson, M. J., Herigon, K. D., Longacre, L. E., Pravecek, B., & Varilek, B. M. (2025). A Diary of Familiarity: A Qualitative Exploration of Clinicians’ Experiences of Familiarity and Serious Illness Decision-making in A Rural State. Advances in Nursing Science, 49(3), 248–256. https://doi.org/10.1097/ANS.0000000000000610

Sep 22

VISIONS in ANS 49:3


The current issue of ANS features the VISIONS article titled “Power as Knowing Participation in Change: Lessons in Social Justice Advocacy for Undergraduate STEM Students” authored by Darcel M. Reyes, PhD, ANP-BC, FAAN.

Here is the article abstract:

This article applies Barrett’s theory of Power as Knowing Participation in Change (PKPC) to teaching social justice advocacy to undergraduate college students. The author designed and implemented a that integrated PKPC principles through experiential learning, multimedia resources, and reflective assignments, using the HIV advocacy movement as a case study to demonstrate how awareness, choice, intentional action, and involvement in change can address social inequities. Students created advocacy projects addressing contemporary social inequities by identifying a group power profile and developing a power prescription. The seminar demonstrated the potential of PKPC as a transformative framework for education and activism across disciplines.

Go to the article web page for more information, or check with your academic library for access:

Reyes, D. M. (2026). Visions: Power as Knowing Participation in Change: Lessons in Social Justice Advocacy for Undergraduate STEM Students. Advances in Nursing Science, 49(3), 308–313. https://doi.org/10.1097/ANS.0000000000000623


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
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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.

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