Publications providing information on the safe use of physical restraints, guidelines for
restraint use, and journal articles on the care of mental health patients are frequently devoid …

Much attention has been paid to the role of the nurse in recognizing and addressing ethical
dilemmas. There has been less emphasis, however, on the issue of whether or not nurses …

Scholars who research phenomena of concern to the discipline of nursing are challenged
with making wise choices about different qualitative research approaches. Ultimately, they …

The purpose of this article is to articulate how the Roy adaptation model has been extended
as a conceptual framework to meet changing global needs. Nursing's social mandate is …

As we approach the 50th anniversary of the first national symposium on nursing theory
development, the need to clarify nursing's disciplinary perspective is just as relevant as it …

The purpose of this paper is to present the theoretical and philosophical assumptions of the
Nursing Manifesto, written by three activist scholars whose objective was to promote …

Background Today, we face a situation some call the “profession at the crossroads.” The
problem is the development of the profession being threatened by an imbalance among …

Background: Nursing is a discipline on which stereotypes have persisted throughout its
history, considering itself a feminine profession and subordinated to the medical figure …

As nurses on this pale blue dot, the impending climate crisis requires us to engage with our
world and communities differently if we hope to ensure our planetary survival, human and …

We wish to advance a theory of nursing that intentionally engages in questions of politics
and economics, centering equity and justice as a foundation for the provision of nursing …