{"title":"Perpetuating Imogene King's Legacy in Nursing Practice.","authors":"Teodora Duarte-Quilao","doi":"10.1177/08943184261473389","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08943184261473389","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article is an introduction to a book review of <i>Imogene King's conceptual framework and theory of goal attainment</i>, authored by Newman et al. (2025). This book revisits King's Conceptual systems and the theory of goal attainment across worldwide research, and articulates King's foundational philosophical virtues and faith tradition, implicitly linking her spirituality to Roman Catholic Christianity.</p>","PeriodicalId":49726,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Science Quarterly","volume":" ","pages":"8943184261473389"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148834404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Angélica Paixão de Menezes, Leonardo Alexandrino da Silva, Ana Luisa Brandão de Carvalho Lira, Marcos Venícios de Oliveira Lopes, Rafaella Pessoa Moreira, Nirla Gomes Guedes
{"title":"Middle-Range Theory on Fatigue in Chronic Kidney Disease.","authors":"Angélica Paixão de Menezes, Leonardo Alexandrino da Silva, Ana Luisa Brandão de Carvalho Lira, Marcos Venícios de Oliveira Lopes, Rafaella Pessoa Moreira, Nirla Gomes Guedes","doi":"10.1177/08943184261453736","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08943184261453736","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to develop a middle-range theory (MRT) on the phenomenon of fatigue in individuals with chronic kidney disease. It was a methodological study, conducted through an integrative literature review in Scopus, SciELO, and PubMed databases, which included 41 studies. The theory was developed in five steps: defining the theoretical approach, identifying core concepts, establishing causal relationships supported by clinical practice, designing a representative pictogram, and constructing explanatory propositions. This MRT includes 5 essential attributes, 13 clinical antecedents, 9 empirical referents, and 8 propositions, providing a conceptual framework that strengthens clinical reasoning and supports more precise nursing interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":49726,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Science Quarterly","volume":" ","pages":"8943184261453736"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148674554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thanet Sinchaothong, Ramona A Benkert, Dalia Khalil, Rosalind M Peters
{"title":"A Middle-Range Theory of Telehealth Use for Disease Prevention.","authors":"Thanet Sinchaothong, Ramona A Benkert, Dalia Khalil, Rosalind M Peters","doi":"10.1177/08943184261467647","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08943184261467647","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Telehealth technologies are important tools to improve health and well-being. However, absent from the literature is a comprehensive theoretical framework that directly connects telehealth use with preventive self-care behaviors. The proposed middle-range theory of telehealth use for disease prevention, derived from Orem's theory of self-care, bridges the gap between telehealth use to self-care behaviors. This middle-range theory aims to provide a model to guide nurses and researchers in implementing and evaluating the effectiveness of telehealth use in increasing preventive self-care behaviors and improving health outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":49726,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Science Quarterly","volume":" ","pages":"8943184261467647"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148664929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Science of Kindness for Nursing: Inspired by Ancient Wisdom.","authors":"Steven Baumann","doi":"10.1177/08943184261456880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08943184261456880","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent research in the science of kindness in nursing, social, and biological sciences, inspired by ancient world religious wisdom and practices, is reviewed in this paper. Awareness, connectedness, insight, and a sense of purpose are explored here as a path to human flourishing for nurses. Kindness is considered for application in nursing administration, education, and practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":49726,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Science Quarterly","volume":" ","pages":"8943184261456880"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148622268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elsa Vitale, Kurvatteppa Halemani, Asha Shetty, Steven L Baumann
{"title":"Burnout Differences Between Shift-Based and Fixed-Schedule Nursing Shifts Around the World: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.","authors":"Elsa Vitale, Kurvatteppa Halemani, Asha Shetty, Steven L Baumann","doi":"10.1177/08943184261462328","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08943184261462328","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper reports on the finding of a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies from around the world on burnout of nurses working rotating shifts compared with fixed shifts. The present systematic review and meta-analysis was registered in PROSPERO with ID No. CRD420261380531. CINAHL Complete, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science were used. We included all quasi-experimental, observational, cross-sectional, retrospective, and prospective studies recording scores in burnout and related dimensions comparing nurses who worked fixed shifts and those who worked day shifts. Our findings revealed no statistically significant differences between the two groups across all analyses, despite the presence of high and statistically significant heterogeneity (.0001 ≤ <i>p</i> ≤ .03). Additional research is needed to assess shift work factors that may contribute to burnout.</p>","PeriodicalId":49726,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Science Quarterly","volume":" ","pages":"8943184261462328"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148425816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zahraa Fayyadh Abd Hussein Al-Amiri, Alaa Jawad Kadhim, Hadi Ahmadi Chenari, Steven L Baumann
{"title":"The Effect of Inspiratory Muscle Training on Fatigue Among Burn Patients in Iraq.","authors":"Zahraa Fayyadh Abd Hussein Al-Amiri, Alaa Jawad Kadhim, Hadi Ahmadi Chenari, Steven L Baumann","doi":"10.1177/08943184261461048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08943184261461048","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fatigue is a common and distressing symptom among critically ill burn patients, particularly those receiving respiratory support. Fatigue may reduce respiratory function, delay recovery, and prolong hospitalization. Inspiratory muscle training has emerged as a promising nonpharmacological intervention aimed at strengthening respiratory muscles and improving breathing efficiency. However, limited evidence exists regarding the effectiveness of this intervention in reducing fatigue among critically ill burn patients receiving oxygen therapy. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of inspiratory muscle training on fatigue in burn intensive care units in Baghdad, Iraq. The results of the study showed that inspiratory muscle training was effective in reducing fatigue and improving respiratory function among critically ill burn patients receiving high-flow nasal oxygen therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":49726,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Science Quarterly","volume":" ","pages":"8943184261461048"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148377633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Truth in the Moment: Knowledge Development in Nursing and the Health Sciences.","authors":"Mario R Ortiz","doi":"10.1177/08943184261456809","DOIUrl":"10.1177/08943184261456809","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49726,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Science Quarterly","volume":" ","pages":"149-150"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148158741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Struggling to Understand-Feeling Misunderstood.","authors":"Sandra Schmidt Bunkers","doi":"10.1177/08943184261433800","DOIUrl":"10.1177/08943184261433800","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article explores the paradoxical experience of understanding-misunderstanding with a discussion of a humanbecoming inquiry on feeling misunderstood and through the use of storytelling and poetry.</p>","PeriodicalId":49726,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Science Quarterly","volume":" ","pages":"226-227"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147500526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Scholarly Dialogue: Nursing's Future-Philosophy of Science in Nursing.","authors":"Mi Jin Doe, E Carol Polifroni","doi":"10.1177/08943184261455524","DOIUrl":"10.1177/08943184261455524","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This column focuses on the philosophy of science in nursing with Dr. Polifroni's penetrating insight presented in the scholarly dialogue. Dr. Polifroni illuminates the role of the philosophy of science in nursing that shapes how nurses advance and apply nursing knowledge. She further recognizes nursing as a whole, more than what nurses do, and appreciates nurses as scientists. The philosophy of science in nursing seamlessly enlightens the future of nursing.</p>","PeriodicalId":49726,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Science Quarterly","volume":" ","pages":"157-163"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148206599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fatherhood as Professional Transition: Conceptualizing <i>Patrescence</i> in Nursing.","authors":"Adrianna L Watson, Rachel Detrick","doi":"10.1177/08943184261423773","DOIUrl":"10.1177/08943184261423773","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This concept analysis clarifies the meaning of <i>patrescence in nursing</i>, the developmental transition through which a male nurse becomes a father. Using Walker and Avant's eight-step method, we identified defining attributes including: identity integration, relational reorientation, moral recalibration, temporal development, and work-life negotiation. We also explore antecedents, consequences, and empirical referents. <i>Patrescence</i> is presented as a moral and relational transformation linking personal fatherhood with professional caregiving identity. Understanding this process informs nursing theory, education, and organizational policy supporting nurse-fathers' well-being and role integration.</p>","PeriodicalId":49726,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Science Quarterly","volume":" ","pages":"181-191"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147437316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}