Nursing Science Quarterly current issue

Visionary Leadership: Making a Difference in Healthcare Through Research

Rizzo Parse, R. — 2009-06-30

Theorizing the Concept of Burnout in Nursing

Pilkington, F. B. — 2009-06-30

Conceptualization of Burnout From the Perspective of the Neuman Systems Model

Neslihan Partlak Gunusen, , Ustun, B., Gigliotti, E. — 2009-06-30

Due to an incomplete match between Neuman's definition of the core response and proposed examples, the core response has been interpreted as solely physiological in nature. As a result, the majority of Neuman systems model-based research has focused on either identification of stressors or the relations between stressors, the flexible line of defense, and normal line of defense invasion while the core response has been largely neglected. The purpose of this paper is to argue for a broader conceptualization of the core response as any and/or all of the person variables proposed by Neuman. The burnout process, which is both psychological and spiritual in nature, was developed as a core response exemplar.

Global Nursing Research: Three Perspectives

Malinski, V. M. — 2009-06-30

Nurse scholars involved in research on the international scene describe current efforts underway in countries such as Turkey, Mexico, Japan, and Switzerland, to name a few, to advance nursing scholarship worldwide. Theoretical perspectives reflect work focusing on Neuman's and Roy's models and Parse's theory. Issues are identified that reflect efforts to advance nursing and shared concerns within the global nursing community.

Nursing Research in Turkey

Ustun, B., Gigliotti, E. — 2009-06-30

The Roy Adaptation Model and Research: Global Perspective

Roy, C., Whetsell, M. V., Frederickson, K. — 2009-06-30

Transforming While Affirming Those We Serve: Parse's Theory in Switzerland

Maillard-Struby, F. V. — 2009-06-30

Information Sharing: Transparency, Nursing Ethics, and Practice Implications With Electronic Medical Records

Milton, C. L. — 2009-06-30

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has spurred national and international debate over possible ethical implications for a mandated electronic database for medical records. What role(s) will the discipline of nursing assume and what policy statements will the discipline of nursing articulate with regard to the need for enhancing privacy and confidentiality with access to medical and nursing documentation found in the electronic database? In this column the author provides an ethical discussion on information sharing and human freedom, and the need for transparency as specified in the humanbecoming leadership model.

Culture and Community

Schmidt Bunkers, S. — 2009-06-30

Encountering the Other Through Ongoing Cultural Learning: A Teaching-Learning Model From the Humanbecoming Perspective

Westerholm, K. — 2009-06-30

Encountering the other in a significant way requires more than a generalized knowledge of cultural characteristics—or cultural competency. In this column, the author describes encountering the other from the humanbecoming theory perspective and proposes a teaching-learning process of ongoing cultural learning that pushes the boundaries of the familiar and expands horizons of understanding. The model encourages healthcare providers to shift their epistemological location and view the world from the perspective of the other, thereby increasing their capacity to care for and be with the other in meaningful ways.

Honoring Human Dignity

Karnick, P. M. — 2009-06-30

Envisioning Human Dignity to Enhance Practice while Journeying with Rwandan Women: Student Nurses Teaching-Learning Parse's Theory of Humanbecoming

Oaks, G., Drummond, S. — 2009-06-30

California Baptist University School of Nursing opened in September 2006 as the first baccalaureate nursing education program in Riverside, California. Under the direction of Dr. Constance Milton, the curriculum was cocreated using Parse's humanbecoming school of thought as a framework. In August 2008, nursing students traveled to Rwanda where they bore witness to the transformation after the 1994 genocide. Dimensions and processes of Parse's practice methodology—illuminating meaning by explicating what is with languaging, synchronizing rhythms while dwelling with ups and downs in the struggle of connecting-separating, and mobilizing transcendence as moving beyond with the not-yet while transforming— emerged in the students' journaling as lived all-at-once amid reverence that honored the dignity and worth of the Rwandan people.

Caring: Some Reflections on the Impact of the Culture Care Theory by McFarland & Andrews and a Conversation With Leininger

Clarke, P. N., McFarland, M. R., Andrews, M. M., Leininger, M. — 2009-06-30

This column is the first of two with a special focus on the construct of caring. In this dialogue, two Leininger scholars together address the questions related to the global impact on practice and the contribution of the model to scientific development in nursing. Then, in a special conversation, nurse theorist Madeleine Leininger offers her view of the impact of her work as well as some of her early experiences.

The Lived Experience of Taking a Risk

Schmidt Bunkers, S. — 2009-06-30

The purpose of this study was to answer the research question: What is the structure of the lived experience of taking a risk? The participants were 9 persons from the general population. The Parse research method, a phenomenological-hermeneutic method, was used to discover the structure of taking a risk. Through the process of extraction-synthesis three core concepts were identified: venturing forth amid potential peril, apprehension with elation, novel engagements. Thus, for these 9 individuals the lived experience of taking a risk is venturing forth amid potential peril, as apprehension with elation surfaces in novel engagements. Taking a risk will be discussed in relation to the principles and concepts of the theory of humanbecoming and in relation to how it can inform nursing practice and future research. This study was also the means for introducing the Parse research method to 10 research assistants interested in learning more about the theory of humanbecoming and the Parse research methodology.

Reiki and Changes in Pattern Manifestations

Ring, M. E. — 2009-06-30

The purposes of this qualitative research study were to describe the changes in pattern manifestations that individuals experienced associated with receiving Reiki, and to present the theoretical understanding of these changes. The unitary field pattern portrait research method was utilized because it was ontologically, epistemologically, and methodologically consistent with the science of unitary human beings. Reiki was found to be associated with changes in awareness from dissonance and turbulence to harmony and well-being by helping individuals knowingly participate in actualizing their own capacities for healing. Reiki was found to be an appropriate voluntary mutual patterning nursing modality.

Trusting Another: A Parse Research Method Study

Doucet, T. J. — 2009-06-30

This article reports a Parse research study on the experience of trusting another with 10 participants living in community. The central finding of this study is the structure: The lived experience of trusting another is cherishing alliances arising with uplifting lightness in pressing on resolutely with potential adversity. The findings are discussed in relation to the humanbecoming school of thought and related literature.

Health as Expanding Consciousness With Families With a Child With Special Healthcare Needs

Falkenstern, S. K., Gueldner, S. H., Newman, M. A. — 2009-06-30

Families have health experiences that become enfolded within their life patterns. Based within Newman's conceptualization of health as expanding consciousness, the purpose of this study was to develop knowledge about the nurse-client process of facilitating health in families who have a child with special healthcare needs. The research as praxis method was used to answer the research question, What is the evolving pattern of the nurse-client process that facilitates health as expanding consciousness in families who have a child with special healthcare needs?

Encountering Others As Nurses

Baumann, S. L. — 2009-06-30

sbaumann@ hunter.cuny.edu

The Ethical Demand in Nursing: A Scandinavian Perspective

Martenson, E. K., Fagerskiold, A. M., Runeson, I. V., Bertero, C. M. — 2009-06-30

In this column the authors discuss the ethics of information exchange in nursing practice with children. Five concepts identified in three Swedish grounded theory studies and a content analysis that used the theoretical framework of ethical demand were analyzed. A simultaneous concept analysis found five related concepts: being interconnected, acting according to accepted procedure, completeness, interdependence, and social intercourse. These concepts are synthesized in the concept of intergrade, which emphasizes the value of maintaining the integrity of all involved in information exchange.

Power and the Pillbox Hat

Florczak, K. L. — 2009-06-30

Book Review: Reid, C. (2004). The wounds of exclusion poverty, women's health, & social justice. Edmonton, Alberta: Qual Institute Press

Racine, L. — 2009-06-30

Book Review: Reid, C. (2004). The wounds of exclusion poverty, women's health, & social justice. Edmonton, Alberta: Qual Institute Press

Buenting, J. A. — 2009-06-30

Letter to the Editor

Zeller, R., Ross, R. — 2009-06-30

Letter to the Editor: Response

Tae Sook Kim, , Jeong Sook Park, — 2009-06-30