Quality of life: sciencing and living the art of human becoming.

abstract：:This essay includes an update of the first essay for this column, published in the first issue of 2012. The current essay includes various definitions of nursing as a discipline, and definitions of science, nursing science, and Parsesciencing, as well as a discussion of the work of nurse scientists. The Nursing Now in...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Fawcett J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This column supports the global mantra to develop mechanisms that address the worldwide crisis in patient safety and demonstrates, using nursing as an example, that the mechanisms currently being developed are too limited. Patient safety initiatives must be expanded to acknowledge and make ways to minimize mis-takes, ...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Bournes DA,Flint F

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Culture and primary language provides the context for understanding between the patient and the nurse and therefore is part of the foundation for nursing care. Knowledge development in nursing is predicated on mutual understanding and interpretation of language. Concept development has been identified as one of the ap...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Frederickson K,Rivas Acuña V,Whetsell M,Tallier P

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The idea of paradox is central to Parse's human becoming theory. Joy-sorrow is an example of a paradoxical pattern of human becoming which was earlier investigated by Parse, using her research method. Here, the concept is revisited and further explored in light of selected literature, including a classic work on grief...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Pilkington FB

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this column, the human becoming practice methodology is illuminated and some of the questions that people have asked about living the art of human becoming are presented. The human becoming teaching-learning processes are discussed as a way of coming to know what it takes to live true presence, and the role of stor...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Bournes DA,Naef R

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to explore the meaning and nature of the yangsaeng experience, a caring intervention, through the dietary practices among a group of Korean women. The participants were 14 generally healthy women between 30 and 74 years of age who were attending a class for homemakers or members of a wome...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Yang JH,Shin KR

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this essay, I share my thoughts about concept analysis. Emphasis is placed on a nursing conceptual model as the starting point to provide an intellectual context for the concept analysis. The difference between a concept and the application of the concept also is emphasized. ...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Fawcett J

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Newman's theory, disease is one of many manifestations of underlying pattern and its existence provides meaningful information about person-environment interactions. Underlying patterns manifest differently over time, so clues to their understanding can be found within life stories. Further interpretation subsequen...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Neill J

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article demonstrates how theoretical substruction with its various levels of abstraction can be used as a guide for theory testing research. The article describes a method for substructing research hypotheses as well as an entire study. Substruction and its benefits, including assuring the internal consistency of...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： McQuiston CM,Campbell JC

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:National public health policy influencing the entire population is particularly exciting when nurses serve as key players informing the process. The leaders in this dialogue participated in the process by sharing their disciplinary knowledge and experience. They were selected to work with bureaucrats to design healthc...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Clarke PN,Swider S,Bigley MB

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Globalization is a fact of modern life and healthcare that comes with various challenges and opportunities. After telling the story of one nurse's experience of working with Healthy Kids, Brighter Future in Zambia, the authors of this paper discuss five elements of being a global nurse. The five elements are global: a...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Baumann SL,Goldberg D

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper explores the meaning of living with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) using Parse's theory of man-living-health as the conceptual framework. The design of the study is based on the qualitative descriptive method. Analysis of the data gathered from interviews with fourteen subjects reveals the emerg...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Nokes KM,Carver K

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is important to develop and implement policies that are unique to nursing practice situations. To do so, nurses must participate in policy development that connects disciplinary knowledge with policy formulation. The purpose of this paper is to explore connections between nursing knowledge and transitional care. Th...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Ortiz MR

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasingly philosophers and scientists have affirmed that all knowledge is theory-laden and that methods are theory-driven. These assertions raise important questions related to the role of theory in qualitative research. There are scholars who propose that qualitative research can enhance understanding and expand t...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Mitchell GJ,Cody WK

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discipline of nursing is experiencing the ever-present phenomenon of living with adversity or opposition. As a global nursing community, what are the possible ethical implications for global health in view of professional nursing practice and education? Professional nurses worldwide struggle with choosing and doin...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Milton CL

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wave of new publishing options has opened for nursing. This dialogue examines factors, such as quality and cost, that may influence new authors. There are numerous options for young scientists with many new journal titles and promises of a quick review and guaranteed publication. Choices between Open Access and conv...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Clarke PN

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conducting studies at the end of life is often challenging for researchers due to the sensitive nature of the research, the vulnerability of the participants and the inherent methodological complexities. Methodological challenges include identifying and gaining access to eligible research participants, estimating the ...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Kavanaugh KL,Campbell ML

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This column explores the question: How do you want to be known? Three awakening stories are presented to provide a framework for discussing the humanbecoming processes of creative imagining, affirming personal becoming, and glimpsing the paradoxical. These processes are important in changing living quality and develop...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Bunkers SS

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this column Thomas Cox explores advances in travel and technology that he believes will help to change the face of healthcare and thus nursing practice and research. Within a focus on the coming globalization of healthcare, he proposes a restructuring of nursing into four tiers of practitioners, each with a differe...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Malinski VM

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenomenon of end-of-life (EOL) decision-making is a lived experience by which individuals or families make decisions about care they will receive prior to death. A postmodern philosophical approach suggests EOL decision-making is a varied contextual phenomenon that is highly influenced by subjectivity. Thus, ther...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Murali KP

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This column addresses the idea of practitioner as theorist as it may inspire new paths of theory development in practice for nursing. Historical and philosophical dimensions of theory development are discussed. Extant theory development strategies as well as new approaches for practice-based theory development are pro...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Reed PG

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of women in the military related to the prevention of pregnancy. Ten single women, ages 19 to 24, volunteered to be participants. They were interviewed over a 12-week period in a private setting at a military clinic. The results of the study were that their deci...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Chung-Park MS

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history of the nursing profession is still evolving. One-hundred years ago, Nightingale died, leaving a legacy of philosophical cornerstones that still infuses the profession. Her idealism flows through her writings, as fresh today as 150 years ago. The initiatives of nursing today had their roots in Nightingale i...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Hegge MJ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this column, the author describes imaginative capacities that encourage imaginative thinking and creating anew. Concepts from the nursing theory of humanbecoming are presented to further explore the applicability of focusing on cultivating the imagination in nursing curricula. A nursing seminar is proposed, entitle...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Bunkers SS

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feeling respected-not respected is an experience integral with the ways nurses choose to describe the quality of their work environments and with the quality of care they provide to patients and families. The purposes of this study were to enhance understanding of nurses' experiences of feeling respected-not respected...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Bournes DA,Milton CL

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors highlight approaches used in implementing tribal policy to provide a successful culturally-based modification of dialectical behavior therapy in the Suquamish Native American Tribe. The modified program was called Healthy and Whole. This work fostered greater tribal community resiliency despite the serious...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Kinsey K,Reed PG

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nursing theories are like myths, in that they contain symbolic representations that tell a story about nursing, and these stories represent or explain nursing's image, worldview, beliefs, and practices. Five theories are analyzed to identify the myths that they represent. It is proposed that uncovering the myth in nur...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Pilkington FB

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This column presents an analysis of McCormack's conceptual framework for person-centered practice with older people as a theoretical basis for the delivery of care of older adults in an Irish context. The evaluative process is guided by the framework proposed by Fawcett (2000) for the analysis and evaluation of concep...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Landers MG,McCarthy GM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports a Parse research study on feeling respected with 10 participants. The finding of this study is the structure: The lived experience of feeling respected is fortifying assuredness amid potential disregard emerging with the fulfilling delight of prized alliances. The structure is discussed in light o...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Parse RR

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This column provides a report of the effectiveness of a nursing program in Hong Kong that used narrative pedagogy. The comments of 12 recent graduates from a postgraduate baccalaureate nursing degree program who were willing to participate in a series of focus group meetings were included. The findings show that nursi...

journal_title：Nursing science quarterly

authors： Chan EA

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00