Summary and Critique of The Timelessness of Nursing Theory

Annotated Bibliography of Two Nursing Articles Summary and critique of The timelessness of nursing theory by Sandra Schmidt Bunkers. This article by Bunkers examines the ways in which nursing theory as articulated by Florence Nightingale and supported by Rosemarie Parses theoretical modeling can be understood as being timeless and to what extent it should be considered as rooted in a particular historical moment and cultural context. Bunkers draws on both her academic and professional expertise in writing this article. Bunkers holds an RN as well as a PhD and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, serves as a professor and Graduate Department Head at South Dakota State University. Bunkers argues that Nightingales model is more universal than it has lately been considered to be: Poststructuralist and postmodernist theories have prompted reconsideration of a range of theories and practices such as Nightingales model of nursing to determine how generally appropriate such models are. Nightingales models of nursing have received significant criticism in the different of eras that have transpired within the realm of nursing since her work on the battlefields of the Crimean War. Nightingales dismissal of the opinions of her female contemporaries who fought so hard for gender equality are one of the reasons that her model of nursing has been called into question: Bunkers notes that Nightingales philosophy of nursing can be seen as arising from her personal