Nursing Nexus

On Student Loans and Chicken Little 

12/22/2025

Background  In the classic children’s book “Chicken Little”, a naive young bird is struck by a falling acorn and…

Becoming the Nurse You Are Meant to Be

11/18/2025

Staccie Allen, DNP, APRN, EMT-P Following is an address delivered at the University of Florida College of Nursing White…

Empowered Yet Uneasy: AI Augmented Pedagogy in Nursing Education

11/12/2025

Janet M. Reed, PhD, RN, CMSRN The surge of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI, is reshaping how we…

Modeling Salutogenesis as Health Culture Diplomacy: Refocusing the Compass for Healthcare Reform

10/10/2025

Martha Mathews Libster,PhD, MSN, APRN-PMHCNS, APHN-BC, FAAN People throughout history have challenged the leaders of their socio-cultural institutions including governments…

Answer the Call: Nursing’s Need for Committed Peer Reviewers

10/09/2025

Rita D’Aoust, PhD, ANP-BC, CNE, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN The nursing profession faces a multifaceted problem that extends far beyond…

Why Healthcare isn’t Free, And Why You Don’t Want it to be

10/07/2025

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the verb “swindle” as the use of deception to take money or property from someone.…

A Call to Dialogue

09/11/2025

I write this on the 24th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States that brought down the…

Acknowledging differences

07/21/2025

An example of a call to dialog can be found in this article in Nursing Outlook by Martsolf, Tollefson,…

Civil Discourse

07/21/2025

Series of discussions on civil discourse: https://www.cato.org/video-series/competencies-civil-discourse “Competencies in Civil Discourse is a series of interviews that focus on the…

Introducing Nursing Nexus: Why Nursing Nexus?

07/03/2025

The inspiration for this endeavor started several years ago through my interactions with nurse authors, journal editors, and publishers.…