Metaphor: Meanings and Humanbecoming Metaphorical Truths

The purposes of this paper are to briefly describe the meaning of metaphor from a variety of sources, to show its ubiquitous and creative nature, to share some examples used in common parlance and scholarly works, and to elaborate the meaning of metaphor from a humanbecoming perspective with three metaphorical truths—semantic resonance, coherent integrity, and magical transfiguring. Metaphor is a linguistic way of conveying an idea in poetic language with words and phrases articulated as complete ideas with the use of unusual words that normally have different meanings. Metaphor has been used often in literary narratives and poetry to clarify meaning. Many authors offer ideas about what a metaphor is and how it should be used. Some of those are presented in this article.

The Revelation of Beauty in Nursing

A recent insight into the attributes of beauty is used to show its relations to nursing science and its theories and paradigms. It is indicated how insight into beauty came from energyspirit perceptions-experiences of feelings from art objects. Rogers and her science of unitary human beings are viewed from the attributes of beauty. It is recommended nursing consider beauty as a concept for the advancement of nursing science.

Standpoint Epistemology and Nursing Science

In this article, I propose that engagement in nursing practice affords an epistemic advantage and should be included in defining nursing science and as a warrant for scientific knowledge. I appeal to standpoint epistemology, a philosophical theory, to support my proposal. A new conception of objectivity, which aligns with the contemporary practice of science and standpoint theory, is discussed. The article presents a preliminary theory of nursing standpoint theory that explains epistemic advantage of a practicing nurse. Open questions about nursing science conclude the article.

A Foundation for the Future: Sowing the Seeds of Illimitable Possibilities in the Rock Garden of Nurse Education

In this column, the author shares insights on teaching-learning uncovered in considering the experiences of growing up on a farm, illuminated by insights from a treasured childhood book as perceived through the nursing theoretical lens of humanbecoming. Suggestions for planning and planting for the future of nursing are offered and questions are asked as a guide for the nurse teacher.

The Mirror of Scholarship

The author in this paper explores the concept of scholarship in the humanbecoming paradigm and connects it to his own reflections after reading The Humanbecoming Paradigm: An Everchanging Horizon.

Metaphorically Speaking: Living the Art of Nursing and Meaningful Insights

The importance of honoring and attending to human expressions, including metaphor, is more than an exercise in rhetorical flourish. Attending to metaphorical expressions is an inherent whole-in-motion connection of living the art of humanbecoming with the attention to honoring personal values and choices. The humanbecoming paradigm offers a person-centered approach and thus advances the trust of persons within the various communities receiving healthcare.

The Future of Nurse Scholarship: The Ethical Challenges

The advancement of a healthcare discipline is reliant on the disciplines’ ability to produce rigorous scholarship activities and products. The healthcare disciplines, especially nursing, are facing ever-changing priorities as shortages loom and exhaustion permeates the climate. Empirical public health priorities during the pandemic have dominated professional healthcare literature and global health communications. This article shall offer ethical implications for the discipline of nursing as it seeks the advancement of scholarship. Topics include straight-thinking issues surrounding nursing and medicine national policy statements, the big data movement, and evolutionary return of competency-based nurse education.

The Magic of Metaphor

This is an introduction to nurse theorist Rosemarie Rizzo Parse’s manuscript on metaphor.

Best Available Evidence or Truth for the Moment: Bias in Research

The subject of this column is the nature of bias in both quantitative and qualitative research. To that end, bias will be defined and then both the processes by which it enters into research will be entertained along with discussions on how to ameliorate this problem.