title: Thoughts about the Name of Our Discipline.
abstract: This essay addresses the name of our discipline. Discussion of the use of the term, nursology, focuses on the origin of the term, its use as a name for our discipline and its use as a research method and a practice methodology. Advantages and disadvantages of nursology as the name for our discipline are gleaned from PhD program students' responses to a question posed by Reed (1997).
authors.affiliation: Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston.
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fawcett
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston.
authors.forename: Teri
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aronowitz
authors.affiliation: Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston.
authors.forename: AbdulMuhsen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: AbuFannouneh
authors.affiliation: Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston.
authors.forename: Maysa'
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al Usta
authors.affiliation: Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston.
authors.forename: Hannah E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Fraley
authors.affiliation: Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston.
authors.forename: Mary Susan L
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Howlett
authors.affiliation: Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston.
authors.forename: Jasintha Titani
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Mtengezo
authors.affiliation: Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston.
authors.forename: James Muturi
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Muchira
authors.affiliation: Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston.
authors.forename: Adrianna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nava
authors.affiliation: Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston.
authors.forename: Saurja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thapa
authors.affiliation: Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston.
authors.forename: Yuqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing; D015399:Nursing Research; D009626:Terminology as Topic
keywords: discipline; metaparadigm; nursing; nursology