Category: 2024 Virtual Theory Week

We have many nurse scholars from countries and cultures that speak languages other than English who are planning to attend the Virtual Nursology Theory Week! The conference will be presented in English, but Zoom now has a “translation” feature that everyone will be able to use during the conference, as needed! We know that the translations are likely to have a few glitches, particularly given the technical language that will be part of the conference. But it is wonderful to have this capability now being developed! Let’s try it and evaluate how well it serves our needs! This short video is provided by Ray Harwood, whose team will be managing our zoom platform for the conference!

The program for the March 21-25 2024 Virtual Nursology Theory Week is now available for preview, and registration is open! 

Theme – “Nursology Theory Think Tanks for the Future.” 

The conference program promises to be the best yet! The program features three plenary panels on Thursday, Saturday and Monday! The “knowledge sessions” each day feature speakers from over the world who submitted abstracts focusing on the development of nursing knowledge! Each day concludes with an hour-long “Daily Discussion” during which presenters and attendees can interact informally to discuss topics and issues that were presented during the day!

Register now to have access to all conference events and access to the digital conference “Guidebook.” The Guidebook will be available about a week before the conference begins, and will contain all presenter bios (with photo) and the slides to be used during their presentation. 

Due date: December 1, 2023

The theme for the 2024 conference will be “Nursology Theory Think Tanks for the Future.” We welcome abstracts at any time before the due date of December 1, 2023 at midnight Eastern. See the details on the “2024 Call for Abstracts” page, which you can also access from the main menu above. The abstracts will be reviewed and selected for the “Knowledge Sessions” that are outlined on the tentative program shown below.

The 2024 Virtual Nursology Theory Week will happen March 21-25, 2024!  The overall theme will be “Nursology Theory Think Tanks for the Future.” The conference will open on Thursday, March 21st at 10 am Eastern, featuring a presentation and discussion of the tradition of theory think tanks that was established by theorist Margaret Newman in the late 1970s through the mid 1980s, led by the Director of the Margaret Newman Center for Nursing Theory Dr. Marie Gill.  There will be a mid-conference plenary featuring a student and early scholars panel, and a closing presentation featuring the application of Nursing Patterns of Knowing to guide teaching and learning.  The call for abstracts will be open from October 1st through December 1st, 2023. The selected abstracts will form the 30-minute “knowledge sessions” and the posters that will be featured each day of the conference.  There will be one low, affordable conference registration fee, which will provide access to all conference events and access to the digital conference “Guidebook.” Registration for the conference will open in mid-January.   

Thursday, March 21 –

• 10 am EDT – Opening presentation
• Noon – 4 pm EDT – 30-minute Knowledge Sessions (with breaks)
• 4 – 5 pm EDT – Daily Discussion

Friday, March 22 –

• 10 am – 4 pm EDT – 30-minute Knowledge Sessions (with breaks)
• 4 – 5 pm EDT – Daily Discussion

Saturday, March 23 –

• 10 am EDT – Student and Early Scholar presentation
• Noon -30-minute Knowledge Sessions (with breaks)
• 3 -4 pm EDT – Daily Discussion

Sunday, March 24 –

• Noon EDT – 30-minute Knowledge Sessions (with breaks)
• 3 – 4 pm EDT – Daily Discussion

Monday, March 25 –

• 10 am EDT – 30-minute Knowledge Sessions (with breaks)
• 3 -4:30 pm EDT – Closing presentation

Submit your abstract for a knowledge session no later than December 1, 2023 at midnight Eastern!

Everyone who participated in the 2023 Virtual Nursology Theory Week had amazing exposure to the kind of discourse that nurtures and advances theoretical and conceptual thought in the discipline! We will be posting reflections and resources over the coming few weeks here and on Nursology.net.

Our 2024 conference will again be virtual, across the dates of March 21-25, with a roughly similar program pattern:

Thursday, March 21 –

• 10 am EDT – Opening presentation
• Noon – 4 pm EDT – 30-minute Knowledge Sessions (with breaks)
• pm EDT – 4 – 5 pm EDT – Daily Discussion

Friday, March 22 –

• 10 am – 4 pm EDT – 30-minute Knowledge Sessions (with breaks)
• 4 – 5 pm EDT – Daily Discussion

Saturday, March 23 –

• 10 am EDT – Student and Early Scholar presentation
• Noon -30-minute Knowledge Sessions (with breaks)
• 3 -4 pm EDT – Daily Discussion

Sunday, March 24 –

• Noon EDT – 30-minute Knowledge Sessions (with breaks)
• 3 – 4 pm EDT – Daily Discussion

Monday, March 25 –

• 10 am EDT – 30-minute Knowledge Sessions (with breaks)
• 3 -4:30 pm EDT – Closing presentation