{"title":"Heuristics, Community Change Concepts, and Health Policy: Coming to Know.","authors":"Mario R Ortiz","doi":"10.1177/08943184241247004","DOIUrl":"10.1177/08943184241247004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this paper is to discuss heuristics, guided by Parse's (2021a) community model, to understand how health policies emerge from the unique values and beliefs of community constituents. Within this paper, there is a discussion about heuristics, health policy, Parse's humanbecoming paradigm, and policy implications reflected upon with the change concepts of the humanbecoming community model.</p>","PeriodicalId":49726,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Science Quarterly","volume":"37 3","pages":"291-294"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141248650","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":"Applying Comfort Theory to Improve Outcomes for People in Sickle Cell Crisis.","authors":"Julie Kientz Elting, Danielle Di Cesare, Jenee Layne, Marla Murthy, Orest Mysyuk","doi":"10.1177/08943184241247080","DOIUrl":"10.1177/08943184241247080","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>When people with sickle cell disease in vaso-occlusive crisis need hospitalization, they often experience fragmented and disparate treatment. Racial, gender, and socioeconomic treatment bias by providers, including nurses, is complicated by the current reactionary United States (US) controlled substance policies. To provide high-quality and respectful care, nurses can use Kolcaba's Comfort Theory as the framework for a holistic plan to assess, deliver individualized interventions, and evaluate outcomes for people experiencing vaso-occlusive crisis. Once in the electronic medical record, it can guide care during future hospitalizations. By refocusing on the nursing value of providing comfort care to individuals in distress, nurses can change treatment outcomes for clients.</p>","PeriodicalId":49726,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Science Quarterly","volume":"37 3","pages":"249-254"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141248639","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 World of Women's Despair: An Unfolding Unitary Conceptual Journey.","authors":"Mary R Morrow, W Richard Cowling","doi":"10.1177/08943184241246982","DOIUrl":"10.1177/08943184241246982","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In looking back over 3 decades since the development of his interest in developing a unitary conceptualization of despair, nurse scholar W. Richard Cowling, III, had new insights and revelations. The purpose of this dialogue article is to re-envision this journey as one of unfolding, seen with the gift of new eyes. Revisiting this journey allowed him to understand and appreciate it anew. Horizons of possibilities of this conceptual journey are explained in terms of conceptual-theoretical development, inquiry, and the advancement of discipline-specific knowledge, and improving the lives of women in despair. It is his sincere hope, as with all meaningful scholarly endeavors, that a wider discourse occurs with the persistent inclusion of women's voices and experiences.</p>","PeriodicalId":49726,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Science Quarterly","volume":"37 3","pages":"222-229"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141248678","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":"Benefits of the Modified Version of the Illness-Wellness Continuum Model for Nurse Education.","authors":"Shu-Yi Wang, Ellyn E Matthews","doi":"10.1177/08943184241247016","DOIUrl":"10.1177/08943184241247016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>With rapid advancements in sciences and the expanding scope of nursing practice, faculty are challenged to connect the experiences of learners with abstract concepts of science and to cultivate clinical reasoning skills. Rationale for the adoption of the illness-wellness continuum model includes the following: (a) the relationships among illness, health, and the nursing process are relevant in many health situations, and (b) levels of wellness are steeped in holistic principles of self-care, which are consistent with educational and clinical goals. The modified version of the illness-wellness continuum model can serve as the groundwork that prepares nursing students in a constantly changing workplace.</p>","PeriodicalId":49726,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Science Quarterly","volume":"37 3","pages":"278-283"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141248640","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":"From Faith to Global Understanding.","authors":"Steven L Baumann","doi":"10.1177/08943184241247015","DOIUrl":"10.1177/08943184241247015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This is an introduction to a manuscript by the faculty and the Dean of the California Baptist University on their International Service Project (ISP) and Academic Service-Learning project.</p>","PeriodicalId":49726,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Science Quarterly","volume":"37 3","pages":"284-285"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141248648","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":"Moral Distress as Moral Heuristic Missing the Mark.","authors":"Pamela G Reed","doi":"10.1177/08943184241247003","DOIUrl":"10.1177/08943184241247003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>I propose that moral distress may function as a moral heuristic, and one that misses its mark in signifying a fundamental source for nurses' moral suffering. Epistemic injustice is an insidious workplace wrongdoing that is glossed over or avoided in explicit explanations for nurse moral suffering and is substituted by an emphasis on the nurse's own wrongdoing. I discuss reasons and evidence for considering moral distress as a <i>moral heuristic</i> that obfuscates the role of epistemic injustice as a fundamental constraint on nurses' moral reasoning underlying moral suffering.</p>","PeriodicalId":49726,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Science Quarterly","volume":"37 3","pages":"230-236"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141248655","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":"More Thoughts About Culture as a Metaparadigm Concept: Rejection of the Reality of Subcultures.","authors":"Maria W O'Rourke, Jacqueline Fawcett","doi":"10.1177/08943184241246986","DOIUrl":"10.1177/08943184241246986","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This essay is an extension of a previous essay in which culture was identified as a distinct concept of our disciplinary metaparadigm. Here, we define subculture and discuss our rationale for rejection of the reality of subcultures.</p>","PeriodicalId":49726,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Science Quarterly","volume":"37 3","pages":"297-298"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141248658","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 Waiting.","authors":"Sandra Schmidt Bunkers","doi":"10.1177/08943184241246974","DOIUrl":"10.1177/08943184241246974","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The following article uses storytelling, poetry, and findings from a humanbecoming inquiry on waiting to describe the arduous universal humanuniverse living experience of waiting.</p>","PeriodicalId":49726,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Science Quarterly","volume":"37 3","pages":"295-296"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141248670","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":"Connecting to Theory and Science: Avoiding Rule of Thumb Shortcuts.","authors":"Karen Carroll","doi":"10.1177/08943184241247002","DOIUrl":"10.1177/08943184241247002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article centers on the topic of decision-making and the importance of connections to a theory and science that honors the dignity of persons by focusing on decisions that are person-centered.</p>","PeriodicalId":49726,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Science Quarterly","volume":"37 3","pages":"219-221"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141248642","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":"Feeling Pulled in Different Directions: A Parsesciencing Inquiry.","authors":"Coby L Tschanz, Deborah S Thoun","doi":"10.1177/08943184241246983","DOIUrl":"10.1177/08943184241246983","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Parsesciencing mode of inquiry was used to advance understanding of a universal humanuniverse living experience of feeling pulled in different directions. Ten people engaged in dialogue to address the question, \"What is your experience of feeling pulled in different directions?\" The discerning extant moment of this inquiry was that <i>feeling pulled in different directions is constrained vigor surfacing in wavering with cherished potentials.</i></p>","PeriodicalId":49726,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Science Quarterly","volume":"37 3","pages":"237-248"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141248645","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}