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