Shame is a universal living experience that is just beginning to be explored within the discipline of nursing. Development of a broad understanding of shame is needed to aid nurse researchers in clarifying this phenomenon from a nursing perspective. Pursuant to this goal, the author in this article reviews the extant literature on shame from the disciplines of nursing, psychology, sociology, philosophy, and theology. Three themes that emerged from the scholarly literature were (a) shame propels miring in paralysis, (b) shame captures the illusionary seen-unseen, and

The universal humanuniverse living experience of feeling ashamed was explored using the Parsesciencing mode of inquiry. The inquiry stance was: What is the discerning extant moment of the universal humanuniverse living experience of feeling ashamed? Historians were 10 adults living in a community in upstate New York. The major discovery of this Parsesciencing inquiry was the discerning extant moment: Feeling ashamed is penetrating encumbrance with isolating concealment emerging with diverse affiliations.

The author in this manuscript presents a humanbecoming concept inventing of feeling ashamed. It includes a literature review across several disciplines, an exploration of various art forms, discussions with others, and thoughtful contemplation that brings together a creative synthetic definition of feeling ashamed.

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The authors in this article provide a review and synthesis of 46 studies and investigations that were published between 2007 to 2020 that were guided by the everchanging humanbecoming paradigm. Moreover, the authors present details and a synthesis of published studies using the Parse research method and humanbecoming hermeneutic method as well as the extant Parsesciencing and humanbecoming hermeneutic sciencing investigations published up to the date of December 31, 2020. The article builds on the previous review conducted by Doucet and Bournes in 2007, which addressed studies conducted from 1985-2006. Newknowings for the enhancement of the everchanging humanbecoming paradigm and the discipline of nursing are provided for scholars to ponder.