In Memoriam Detrice Barry, PhD, RN, was a tenured Associate Professor at Wright State University in Dayton Ohio, until she passed away on January 15, 2024. Detrice earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Science in Nursing from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, GA. She also earned a Doctor of ..read more

The 2024-25 Nursology.net internship program is now underway! We announced this program in May 2024, and received over 20 applications! In addition to participating in the Advisory Team meetings, Interns will participate in learning sessions related to website management skills and participate in selected tasks involved in website management, including preparation and posting of their ..read more

Guest Contributor: Danielle Brochu Growing up in a community where there were two students of color in a high school of about 500 students total, moving away to university was an eye-opening experience for me, especially in regard to diversity. Even in my undergraduate years, the nursing student body was composed of about 90% young ..read more

On September 18, 2018, we posted the blog message titled “Today – the official launch of Nursology.net!” The site was conceived about a year earlier by a group of Nursologists who were members of the “Theory-Guided Practice Expert Panel of the American Academy of Nursing. We were concerned about the gradual trend to delete courses ..read more

Contributor: Maria João Dias Ferreira I’m part of the nursing team at a Heart Failure Outpatient Clinic (HFOC), where we apply a multidisciplinary approach to patients with Heart Failure (HF). This model encompasses two strands of nursing care: a scheduled nursing consultation, where various topics are covered in teaching sessions for self-care and self-management of ..read more

Submission Deadline:December 1, 2024, midnight EST Nursology.net is excited to invite you to submit abstracts for the forthcoming  2025 Virtual Nursing Theory Week. Visit the conference website for more information about the conference. This year’s conference theme, Honoring Our Past and Moving Forward: Decolonizing Nursing Knowledge, reflects our commitment to embracing our history while forging a ..read more

Contributor – Faith A. Tissot RN, CCRN, MSN-Ed, PhD student TWU Diaphoresis, heart pounding, most likely over 120bpm, vertigo, respirations labored and rapid, and feelings of fight or flight apparent endocrine activation present. I can feel your brilliance and rapid fire ensuing in the immediate diagnosis of this patient. Interestingly enough, this is not a ..read more

Contributor: Laura Sophia da Silva I’ve been working as a nurse in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for about five years. In this unit, parents are only allowed to stay in the NICU during the night in situations where the newborn is facing imminent death. The restriction of parents’ presence can be justified for ..read more

The gaze of nursing has shifted over the past several decades. Where once nurses would have their eyes, ears, nose, and hands-on a patient, a transformation has occurred in which the attention is increasingly directed towards what is known as the digital twin. The person, once flesh and blood and imbued with life energy, personality ..read more

Academic terms are starting up again all over the world, and many students (and their professors) are looking for inspiration to embark on new learning activities! Nursology.net has established a history of encouraging students, or guests from any nursing career stage or setting, to contribute to the blog. Those of us who manage the site ..read more