Peggy Chinn

Earn continuing education credits with the current ANS featured article!

The current issue of ANS features this article that you can use to earn Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD) credits! Read the article, and then successfully complete the NCPD test! The article is A New…

Nursing, Immigration, and Peace & Power Contributor – Patricia Isela Regalado, MSN, RN, CNE, RCFE Administrator They say nursing is a profession you can trust. Acts of caring, advocacy, and dignity have been woven into the fabric o…

Nursing, Immigration, and Peace & Power nursology.net/2026/03/04/3...

Action Defending Democracy: Overdue Reckoning on Racism in Nursing – March 28, April 4, 18 & 25 Co-contributors – Lucinda Canty, Christina Nyirati Over the past year, the Nursology.net team members have developed a thread of blogs focused on Action Defending Democracy. The “Overdu…

Action Defending Democracy: Overdue Reckoning on Racism in Nursing - March 28, April 4, 18 & 25 nursology.net/2026/03/02/a...

Gertrude Torres (July 18, 1933 – July 24, 2016) - Guardian of Our Discipline nursology.net/2026/02/27/g...

Check out the current issue of ANS!

Here is what you will find! Editorial by Eun Ok Im! The Future of Nursing Theory and Philosophy: Where to Go? A New Situation-Specific Theoretical Framework to Guide Ectopic Pregnancy Research in NursingHepburn, Kirsten E.; Moore, Tiffany A.; Shade, Marcia…

Emancipatory Nursing and the Limits of Political Neutrality Contributor – Kaija Freborg, DNP, RN, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC Helpless. This is how a Minneapolis nurse described feeling in response to the militarized occupation of Immigration and Customs Enforcem…

Emancipatory Nursing and the Limits of Political Neutrality nursology.net/2026/02/24/e...

Power: What is Power, Who Confers Power, and to Whom or What is Power Conferred? C0-contributors – Hua Chen and Shelby Mueller What is Power? Power can be defined as:“Control or authority over others; dominion, rule; government, command, sway.”“Capacity to direct or influ…

Power: What is Power, Who Confers Power, and to Whom or What is Power Conferred? nursology.net/2026/02/20/p...

Russell–Fawcett Model and Local Governance for Community Health Nursing Praxis Guest Contributor: Ann M. StalterCommunity/Public Health Nurse Educator Local governments make decisions daily that shape the health and well-being of communities, yet nurses rarely serve on the bo…

Russell–Fawcett Model and Local Governance for Community Health Nursing Praxis nursology.net/2026/02/18/r...

Collaborative Care as an Essential Health Benefit (EHB) Contributor – Kathleen Donaher-Keough, PhD, RN Why This Matters to Nursing Source From a nursing policy perspective in the United States, defining collaborative care as an Essential Health Be…

Collaborative Care as an Essential Health Benefit (EHB) nursology.net/2026/02/16/c...

Reflections on Person versus Patient Centered Care Guest Contributor: Cassidy J. OhnstadDNP (psychiatric mental health) student, University of Wyoming Person-centered care (PCC) is a valuable approach to holistic, individualized care that contrasts…

Reflections on Person versus Patient Centered Care nursology.net/2026/02/13/r...

Overdue Reckoning Sessions Scheduled!

Register here The original "Overdue Reckoning" team - Lucinda, Christina and Peggy - have scheduled four "Overdue Reckoning" sessions that will focus on the horrendous government assault against immigrants - an assault that is harming everyone. Save the dates!…

Moral Anguish Demands Moral Action Posts by Marsha Fowler In the early 1980s, Andy and I mused on many things including moral uncertainty, moral dilemma, and moral distress. We would never have thought that moral distress was entry …

Moral Anguish Demands Moral Action nursology.net/2026/02/11/m...

Updated Information on Two Grants Available from the Martha E. Rogers Scholars Fund nursology.net/2026/02/10/u...

Taking Care of Us: Giving Voice to Both Sides of the Family Care Experience Contributor: Karen S. Lyons, PhD, FGSA Growing up in Ireland gave me a great love for the art of story-telling and shared narratives, especially in times of stress and grief. But I also realized th…

Taking Care of Us: Giving Voice to Both Sides of the Family Care Experience nursology.net/2026/02/09/t...

For the ICE Agent on the Morning News Poet – Marilyn McEntyre What happened to you?  Who hurt you into angerso deep all you know to dois hurt and hit, all you seeblurred by a fog of rage? What stuck sluicegatedammed the flow of feeling…

For the ICE Agent on the Morning News  nursology.net/2026/02/06/3...

Nurses’ Voices as a Political Force

We acknowledge that there have been a few formal statements from nursing organizations in response to these actions. See in particular the strong Statement from the Washington State Nurses Association on the killing of Alex Pretti. National Nurses United has…

A Pantoum in Memory of Alex Pretti Poet – Amy Haddad, MSN, MFA, PhD, FAAN, Nurses move toward those who suffer.Nurses respond with compassion,even in the face of personal danger.His instinct was to help, not attack. He respond…

A Pantoum in Memory of Alex Pretti nursology.net/2026/02/04/a...

Pavane for a Dead Nurse Poet – Marilyn McEntyre You know what to do. You step up.You step in. Sometimesyou don’t ask. You just act.In the ICU, in the icy street,you watch. You’ve seenmore harm than most.You know how…

Pavane for a Dead Nurse nursology.net/2026/02/02/p...

Call Them Somali Americans Contributor – Kathleen “Katie” Clark, DNP, RN Witness – Why we cannot look away I write this as a nurse educator in Minneapolis, where federal immigration enforcement has be…

Call Them Somali Americans nursology.net/2026/01/30/c...

Reducing Mental Health Stigma in Nursing Education: Lessons from Peplau’s Interpersonal Relations Theory Contributor – Elouise Runnels Ford, RN, MSN, MHEd Mental illness remains one of the most stigmatized health conditions worldwide, and stigma often extends into healthcare, including nursing (…

Reducing Mental Health Stigma in Nursing Education: Lessons from Peplau’s Interpersonal Relations Theory nursology.net/2026/01/28/r...

Nursing Voices in the US Immigrant Crisis Alex Pretti, ICU nurse assassinated by ICE on January 24, 2026 At our January Nursology.net Advisory Team Zoom meeting, we heard from a colleague who lives and works in the great city of Minneapoli…

Nursing Voices in the US Immigrant Crisis nursology.net/2026/01/26/n...

Plan now to attend the 2026 Virtual Nursology Theory Week (VNTW)! This important 5-day conference is a prime opportunity – particularly for students who are embarking on new career paths in nursing! The conference spans 5 days from March 19th – 23rd, …

Plan now to attend the 2026 Virtual Nursology Theory Week (VNTW)! nursology.net/2026/01/23/p...

Jo Ann A. Ashley (1939-1980) - Guardian of the Discipline nursology.net/2026/01/21/j...

Neuman Systems Model Virtual Dialogue and Awards Opportunities The Neuman Systems Model Trustees are delighted to announce an upcoming virtual dialogue on March 27, 2026. Two of our Trustees from the Netherlands will present “Why the Neuman Systems Model…

Neuman Systems Model Virtual Dialogue and Awards Opportunities nursology.net/2026/01/19/r...

The Nurse as Broken Glass nursology.net/2026/01/16/t...

Thinking Nursology: Practice as Habit Co-contributors: Christina Nyirati andJacqueline Fawcett * We maintain that most nursologists conduct research and practice within the context of nursology knowledge, although that knowledge is not…

Thinking Nursology: Practice as Habit nursology.net/2026/01/13/t...

Today - Truth in Ation and Presence in Practice: Integrating Gandhi's Philosophy and the Careful Nursing Model in Contemporary Nursing -https://nursology.net/2026/01/09/truth-in-action-and-presence-in-practice-integrating-gandhis-philosophy-and-the-careful-nursing-model-in-contemporary-nursing/

Restoring the Bridge Between Nursing Theory and Clinical Practice: A Call to Rebalance Contributor – Aissatou GueyePhD student, Boston College Connell School of Nursing “When nurses cross freely between the two shores of theory and practice, knowledge becomes wisdom, and practi…

Restoring the Bridge Between Nursing Theory and Clinical Practice: A Call to Rebalance nursology.net/2026/01/07/3...

2026 Abstract due dates and Events on the horizon! Welcome to the New Year of 2026! We are starting the new year by announcing abstract due dates for two nursing theory- related conferences, and a reminder of the Nursology Virtual Nursing Theory We…

2026 Abstract due dates and Events on the horizon! nursology.net/2026/01/05/2...

(Potential) Rescheduling of Cannabis in the US: Policy, Process, and Patients Cannabis has been a DEA Schedule I drug since the initiation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) in 1970. Schedule I drugs are those classified as having a high potential for abuse and no known …

(Potential) Rescheduling of Cannabis in the US: Policy, Process, and Patients nursemanifest.com/2025/12/29/p...