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This paper proposes the use of story as a method of organizing and communicating nursing knowledge which assures groundedness in the ontology of nursing. The nursing situation is viewed as the unit of nursing knowledge, and the nursing story is the re-creation or representation of that situation.

Caring in nursing as a substantive area of nursing science has been the focus of considerable scholarly effort. Based on the assumption that caring is the central concept in nursing and is uniquely known and expressed in nursing, this paper focuses on an analysis of major theoretical works related to the concept. Five categories of questions provide a framework for the analysis: ontological, anthropological, ontical, epistemological, and pedagogical.

Nurse administrators play a key role in articulating the uniqueness of nursing in complex, corporatized health systems. They also have the privileged opportunity to co-create with nurse colleagues an environment for practice that is perceived by all constituencies as caring. This article addresses how an explicit view of Nursing as Caring can serve as the foundation for the successful and substantive integration of caring. Practical strategies to enhance the organization as a caring environment are discussed.