A Peek Into Planning for the 2025 Opening Session!

From Lucinda Canty

Yesterday, I was in the presence of nursing royalty, Dean Roberta Waite, EdD, PMHCNS, ANEF, FADLN, FAAN (top left) and Dr. Kechi Iheduru-Anderson,EdD, DNP, RN, CNE, CWCN. (centered below)

We are planning for the Opening Panel for 2025 Virtual Nursology Theory Week, March 20-24. The theme is Honoring Our Past and Moving Forward: Decolonizing Nursing Knowledge. We are planning for the opening plenary, Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10 AM EDT! This session is titled “Decolonizing Nursing Education: Embracing Freire’s Pedagogy for an Inclusive Future.” I will be the moderator, and the panelists will be Dr. Waite and Dr. Iheduru-Anderson, the authors of the conference featured article that sets the stage for the conference theme.

Here is the link to the article, which is free to download throughout February and March:

Iheduru-Anderson, Kechi, & Waite, Roberta. (2024). Decolonizing nursing education: Reflecting on Paulo Freire’s pedagogy of the oppressed. Nursing Outlook, 72(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2024.102183.

Download the article today! We are asking everyone to read it before our session on March 20th to get the most out of our discussion!