title: Making a meaningful contribution to nursing theory.
abstract: The value of being a part of a network of theoretically like-minded individuals for a small group of nurse scholars, namely Richard Cowling, Howard Butcher and William Cody, is here discussed. The like-mindedness in this case is what has been described by some as an angular view of nursing or the simultaneity paradigm. An underlying theme is that joy-sorrow often arises in living the isolation and connectedness of a career in nursing that includes a commitment to scholarship.
authors.affiliation: Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Steven L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Baumann
mesh_terms: D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D009727:Nurses, Male / Q000523:psychology*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009742:Nursing Theory