September 5, 2008

BCU’s Condon Publishes Article in Nursing Theory Journal

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Briar Cliff University’s Barbara Condon, associate professor of nursing, had an article published in the July issue of Nursing Science Quarterly, a renowned and highly respected journal of nursing theory, research and practice.

Condon’s article, entitled Concept Inventing: A Humanbecoming Perspective on Feeling Misunderstood, explores the concept “feeling misunderstood” through the rigorous process of concept inventing. Concept inventing is one method in nursing research used to uncover the synthetic meaning of a phenomenon as humanly experienced.

In the article, Condon presents the meaning of feeling misunderstood by drawing from an in-depth examination of literature, art and poetry and testimonials. She further discusses the definition of feeling misunderstood in relation to nursing theorist Rosemarie Rizzo Parse’s humanbecoming school of thought.

Condon, a doctoral candidate at South Dakota State University, continues to explore the lived experience of feeling misunderstood as she completes her terminal degree in nursing.

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,100 students from 26 states and four countries.  Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care and compassion. For more information, please visit briarcliff.edu.