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ANS Features Continuing Education “Opportunities in each Issue!

Each issue of ANS provides an article that is available for Professional Development (Continuing Education) credits! The current “continuing education” article is particularly timely, given the discord that many communities are facing because of political and social controversies realted to health equity. But regardless of these current circumstances, as nurses and healthcare providers, we have a professional mandate to assure that all people have the health care they need. In the January-March 2025 issue, the continuing education article is titled “From Subversion to Hard-Wiring Equity: A Discourse Analysis of Nurses’ Equity-Promoting Practices in Emergency Departments” authored by Allie Slemon, PhD, RN; Vicky Bungay, PhD, RN; Colleen Varcoe, PhD, RN; Amélie Blanchet Garneau, PhD, RN. In this article the authors exam the structures in emergency departments that constrain equity, and actions that nurses engage in equity-promoting practices despite these constraints, and examine ways to support nurses in promoting equity in these contexts. The continuing education test for this article, and other “CE” articles can be found on the Nursing Center “CE Connection”

This is an important article for all nurses – whether you are interested in continuing education credit or not! Visit the ANS website today to explore more about this issue, and the continuing education opportunities offered in the journal.

Call for Papers for Special Issue

Topic: Evolutions in Theory for Nursing Science

Theory provides the substance of the discipline and is vital for the development of nursing knowledge. It provides a structured framework to guide variable selection, formulate hypotheses, design methodologically sound studies, and facilitate the interpretation and application of findings into practice. Importantly, theory-driven research contributes to the development of new nursing knowledge and the refinement of existing theories, ultimately advancing the field and improving practice.

ANS is planning a special issue in May/June 2026 to highlight and/or challenge the status quo of theory in nursing research. We are interested in topics related to: 

• Opportunities in 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    

The guest editors are Danny Willis, DNS, R.N., 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.

Timeline

• Manuscript Due Date: November 1, 2025 
• Manuscripts Final Acceptance: March 10, 2026
• Publication:    May/June 2026

New ANS Collection Featuring International Nursing Scholarship

ANS has initiated a new section in each issue of the journal, featuring nursing scholarship by international authors! This feature started in July-September, 2024 under the leadership of Editor Eun-Ok Im, with the article titled Current Status of Translational Science in Nursing Across Four Countries. This article is authored by Hsui-Min Tsai, PhD, RN, FAAN; Hsiu-Hung Wang, PhD, RN, FAAN; Reiko Sakashita, PhD, RN, FAAN; Eui Geum Oh, PhD, RN, FAAN; Ching-Min Chen, RN, DNS, FAAN; Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN. In this article, the authors stress the importance of nursing research in providing the evidence that is foundational for excellence in nursing, and for promoting health in each of the countries.

In the October-December 2024 issue, the International article is titled Exploring Research Trends on Digital Health in Nursing Science in Korea: A Topic Modeling Approach authored by Hae Won Kim, PhD, RN; JiYeon Choi, PhD, RN, ATSF; Ji-Su Kim, PhD, RN; and Youn-Jung Son, PhD, RN, CCAPN. Their research revealed four topics that have focused on the use of digital technologies: hospital-based nursing practice, health education, support for self-management of chronic conditions, and nursing education. Their analysis revealed trends, current issues, and gaps in current digital health nursing research.

The January-March 2025 issue features the international article titled Essential Competencies in Nursing Leadership From Asian Leaders’ Perspectives, authored by Hsiu-Min Tsai, PhD, RN; Reiko Sakashita, PhD, RN; Hsiu-Hung Wang, PhD, RN; Ching-Min Chen, PhD, RN; Hae-Won Kim, PhD, RN; Eui-Geum Oh, PhD, RN; and Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH, RN, CNS. Here the authors discuss the fact that current literature on leadership in nursing draws on western perspectives and models, and how these perspectives are limited in addressing the contexts of globalization of the nursing profession. Their analysis of Asian nurse leaders perspectives revealed four essential compentencies for nurse leaders: harmony, visionary, political activism, and good character. They stress the importance of developing globally inclusive models of nursing leadership

Watch for future articles in the “International Section” of each ANS issue! These will also be available in a new “Collection” of International Articles on the ANS website, with direct links to each article in this section!

Nursology.net: Premier Resource for Nursing Knowledge

The Nursology.net website, which has become a world-wide signature website for nursing, provides indispensable resources related to nursing knowledge, as well as inspiration for the development of new knowledge that meets the evolving health needs of populations world-wide.

The site has over seven thousand visitors every week, coming from countries all over the world! In addition to the gallery of nursing Theories and models, the site features information related to all nursing patterns of knowing and philosophies, resources related to the development of nursing knowledge, historical events and achievements in the area of nursing knowledge development, and exemplars of the application of nursing theory in guiding practice, research, education, health policy, and quality improvement. The site provides notices of future events sponsored by nursing theory-focused groups and similar opportunities for networking with other scholars.

A prime feature of the site is the blog, providing a post at least once a week, reaturing the voices of students, early career scholars, established theorists, practitioners, and and nursing leaders. The recent blog post authors illustrate the diversity of perspectives that the blog offers:

• Marsha Fowler, author of the ground-breaking book  Nursing Ethics, 1880s to the Present: An Archeology of Lost Wisdom and Identity, shared her experience surviving the Altadena wildfire in Los Angeles, and the centrality of nurses in her experience.
• Fateimah Ahmed Hakami, from Saudi Arabia and currently a doctoral student in nursing, writes about the power of nursing autonomy and calls on all nurses to claim our right to be empowered. She refers readers to the many theories that underpin autonomous practice, like Patricia Benner’s “Novice to Expert” model —a classic in understanding the evolution of nursing expertise.
• Nurse scholars John Nelson, Dan Pesut, and Connie Delaney share a tribute to their late colleague, Marie Ellen Manthey, who passed away in December 2024. Marie Manthey pioneered the prmary nursing model of care based on the  Relationship Based Care framework.
• Thelma Ogochukwu Ejimofor is a PhD nursing student at Johns Hopkins University, addresses the crisis in African immigrant youth mental health through the lens of Madeleine Leininger’s Culture Care Theory

Program for 2025 Virtual Nursology Theory Week (VNTW)!

There are three plenary sessions for the annual Virtual Nursology Theory Week (VNTW), which this year will be held on March 20-24. This year’s conference theme, Honoring Our Past and Moving Forward: Decolonizing Nursing Knowledge, reflects our commitment to embracing our history while forging a path toward a progressive and inclusive future in nursing. The inspiration of the conference theme is based on Iheduru-Anderson and Waite’s paper published in 2024 (free to download through Feburary-March 2025) –

Iheduru-Anderson, Kechi, & Waite, Roberta. (2024). Decolonizing nursing education: Reflecting on Paulo Freire’s pedagogy of the oppressed. Nursing Outlook,  72(4).  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2024.102183 (free to download Feb-Mar 2025)

The conference will open on March 20th with Dr. Lucinda Canty discussing the implications of the conference theme with the featured article authors, Dr. Iheduru-Anderson and Dr. Waite. They will highlight strategies for dismantling colonial legacies in nursing knowledge, empowering diverse voices, and cultivating critical consciousness among educators and students. By reimagining nursing education through Freire’s lens, we aim to inspire a more equitable, culturally responsive, and socially just approach to nursing theory and practice.

On Saturday, a panel of faculty and doctoral students from West Virginia University will discuss their current scholarly projects that are focused on the needs of populations that are neglected and underrepresented.- perspectives that are essential for the future development of nursing knowledge. The discussion will be facilitated by Dr. Heather Carter-Templeton and Dr. Suzy Walter, with panelists Emelia Botchway, Emmerita Morris, and Robin Elkins.

The closing panel will feature early-career scholars whose work is grounded in cultural traditions beyond those derived from Eurocentric perspectives. The discussion will be facilitated by Christina Nurati, with panelists Daniel Suárez-Bequero and Jitana Benton-Lee, who will focus on new directions for the development of nursing knowledge and their visions for changes that are required to engage their unique visions for shaping the path forward.

Throughout the five days of the conference, there will be 30-minute Knowledge Sessions presented by nursologists whose abstracts were accepted for the conference! Check out the program here and plan to participate as much as you possibly can!

Registration is open now!

Registration Open for 2025 Virtual Nursology Theory Week, March 20-24

Register here

The contemporary series of the Annual Nursology Theory week was established after the 2019 Theory conference hosted in person by Case Western Reserve University Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. The conference was so inspiring a group decided to make this an annual event! The initial plan was to gather in 2020 in Memphis, at the UTHSC College of Nursing, Hosted by the Margaret Newman Center for Nursing Theory – the same March when the COVID-19 pandemic hit! The in person conference had to be canceled – a disappointment that gave rise to the idea of an Annual Virtual conference! Since this conference was strongly supported by graduate students who wanted to learn more about nursing theory, and who needed a forum to present their own scholarship and network with nursologist students and faculty from around the world – this was a perfect “solution”!

This year’s conference theme, Honoring Our Past and Moving Forward: Decolonizing Nursing Knowledge, reflects our commitment to embracing our history while forging a path toward a progressive and inclusive future in nursing. The program outline will follow the traditions of the past few years – plenary sessions on Thursday, Saturday and Monday, along with 30-minute “knowledge sessions” based on your abstracts! Each day will end with open “daily dialogues” among all participants! Make plans now to attend! 

The plenary sessions are scheduled now and can be viewed on the conference website. The knowledge sessions will be announced soon. Presenters will include students, early-career scholars, and seasoned scholars who are engaged with the most current and cutting edge nursing scholarship.

So register now! You will receive the conference Guidebook about a week in advance of the conference, which will provide you with each session’s abstracts, bios of the presenters, slides for each of the sessions, and of course, the Zoom link to participate as an attendee! Guidebook will also contain contact information for all other attendees, so that you can network with nursologists from around the globe. You can select the sessions to attend over the 5 day conference based on your availability and interests! Based on feedback from previous conferences, this is not one to be missed!

Just Released – ANS 48:1

We are delighted to unveil the latest issue of ANS! Here is the Table of Contents, with links to each of the articles!

From Subversion to Hard-Wiring Equity: A Discourse Analysis of Nurses’ Equity-Promoting Practices in Emergency Departments
Allie Slemon, Vicky Bungay, Colleen Varcoe, Amélie Blanchet Garneau

The Experience of Facilitating Inclusive Research Advisory Groups With Parents and People With Intellectual Disability and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder
Andrew Cashin, Michelle Kersten, Virginia Howie, Amy Pracilio, Julia Morphet, Ken Griffin, Julian N. Trollor, Nathan J. Wilson

“We Come From Different Worlds”: The Collision of Caring and Carceral Institutions
Danisha Jenkins, Candace Burton, Dave Holmes

Workplace Prejudice Toward Nurses (WPtN): Scale Development and Validation
Miranda P. Kaye, Cheryl Dellasega, D. Adriana Andreae

The Curious Case of “Men in Nursing” as a Diversity Issue: A Critical Reading of the Literature
Stephen M. Padgett

It’s Hard Being a Girl: A Qualitative Content Analysis Examining Emotional Distress and Suicidality in Adolescent Girls
Gennifer Holt, Jessica Draughon Moret

Capturing Intersections of Discrimination: Quantitative Analysis of Nursing Students’ Experiences
Allie Slemon, Ingrid Handlovsky, Shivinder Dhari

Reconciling Incongruencies: A Straussian Grounded Theory Approach to Defining Oncology Nurses’ Professional Quality of Life
Rebecca L. Boni, Catherine Dingley

A Theory of Transitions Influencing Diabetes Self-management Among Emerging Adults With Type 1 Diabetes
Kathleen M. Hanna, Zeinab Alazri, Christine M. Eisenhauer

The Current Issue of ANS! Check It Out!

The current issue of ANS – Volume 47:4 – contains articles you will not want to miss! Here is a summary:

• Dr. Im’s Editorial is titled Political and Legal Changes and Nursing Knowledge Generation. Dr. Im calls for nurse scholars to bring nursing knowledge in to discussions around public policy.
• Nurses as Disciplinary Agents of the State: Ethical Practice and Mandatory Reporting in the United States. Authors Danisha Jenkins, Ian Wolfe and Jess Dillard-Wright review legislative initiatives that mandate nurses to report patients, families, and clinicians to law enforcement, and call for professional ethics that consider the complexity of nursing care in the face of increasingly blatant state-sanctioned violence. This article is available to earn NCPD (CE) credit
• Critical Realism in Symptom Science – A Scoping Review. Authors Asha Mathew, Ivy C. Akpotu, Mark B. Lockwood, Amit Jiwan Tirkey, Crystal L. Patil, and Ardith Z. Doorenbos
  explore how Critical Realism has been applied in symptom science through a scoping review of the literature. They point to ways that this perspective can be used to examine individual and contextual factors that influence symptom experiences, response to interventions, and outcomes.
• Bedside Politics and Precarious Care: New Directions of Inquiry in Critical Nursing Studies. (Open Access). Authors Martijn Felder, Jitse Schuurmans, Nienke van Pijkeren, Syb Kuijper, Roland Bal, and Iris Wallenburg draw on the work of Giorgio Agamben and Judith Butler to explore the politics of bedside rationing arising from the scarcity of nursing resources.
• Using a Constructivist-Oriented Modified Grounded Theory Approach in the Study of Intrafamily Trauma Communication Process in War-Affected Families: A Methodologic Example. Authors Sarah J. Hoffman and Windy M. Fredkove describe and explain their methodologic decision-making and methods applied to the qualitative strand of an explanatory mixed-methods study. 
• The International Section article is titled Exploring Research Trends on Digital Health in Nursing Science in Korea: A Topic Modeling Approach. Authors Hae Won Kim, JiYeon Choi, Ji-Su Kim, and Youn-Jung Son explore the scope of digital health applications and major trends in nursing research involving digital health in Korea using topic modeling.
• The Visions Section article is titled Science of Unitary Human Beings: Toward Anti-racist . Actions for Human Environment Wellbecoming. Authors Anne Marie Leveille-Tulce, and Jane Hopkins-Walsh explore the possibilities and limitations of Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings (SUHB) and several theories that emanate from Rogers’ work in addressing social justice mandates, to advocate and to act for equity, and to uproot systems of oppression and racism in nursing.

Visit the ANS website today to explore more details about this latest issue of ANS!

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Save the Date! 2025 Virtual Nursing Theory Week

The 2024 Virtual Nursology Theory Week is now history, so it is now time to make sure you save the date for 2025! March 20-24, 2025

The 2025 program will follow the traditional pattern with 34 knowledge sessions, 3 plenary featured panels on Thrusday, Saturday and Monday, posters during 5 days and 30-minute “knowledge sessions” based on abstracts from all over the world. Watch for the “Call for Abstracts” which will appear on Nursology.net, as well as the conference website!