Peace and Power: Creative Leadership for Building Community (7th edition, 2007). This book has been used internationally by women's peace groups, nursing groups, hospital committees, church and community groups to guide their shift toward cooperative, egalitarian ways of working together. Available through Jones and Bartlett.
Integrated Theory and Knowledge Development in Nursing (7th edition). Co-authored with Maeona K. Kramer. Visit Mosby's web site to order this book. This edition, released in November 2007. includes a chapter on emancipatory knowing, and integrates emancipatory knowing with the four fundamental patterns of knowing in nursing.
Chinn, Peggy L., Maeve, Katherine, & Bostick, Cynthia (Spring 1997). Aesthetic Inquiry and the Art of Nursing. Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice. 11(2). 83-96. This is the full report of the aesthetic inquiry project that was active from 1990-1996, the purpose of which was to define the art of nursing, and to develop a method for aesthetic knowledge development. More detail on the method is provided in Integrated Theory and Knowledge Development in Nursing
Since retiring in June of 2003 I am not regularly engaged in teaching. The following describes my teaching background and interests.
Baccalaureate
Program
A senior level
theoretical foundations course (Nursing 235) that focuses on
Aesthetic Knowing in Nursing. View Nursing 235 syllabus (WebCT HTML format)
A freshman level "Introduction to
Health" course that is required of all nursing majors, and open to all
students in the University. I have taught the section that is
synchronous on 5 campuses, and uses WebCT for all assignments, quizzes, and
communications. View the Nursing 110
syllabus (WebCT HTML format)
Introduction to the Art
of Nursing. This was an elective course (offered once) that I
developed from my Aesthetic Inquiry. You can click here to view
the Art
of Nursing Syllabus for the Spring of 1998. Please contact me if you are interested
in this approach to teaching, or in "content" related to the
art of nursing.
Master's Program
Nursing Theory
(Nursing 350) that explores the development of grand, mid-range
and situation-specific nursing theories, nursing's fundamental
patterns of knowing, and the links between advanced nursing
practice and developing nursing knowledge.
Doctoral Program
Theory
Development course (Nursing 414) that focuses on advanced
concepts of nursing knowledge development.
Consultation and
presentations worldwide on doctoral curriculum development,
feminism and nursing, publishing, and a number of topics related
to wholistic healing modalities in nursing.
Developed web sites for
the Nurse
Manifest Project. Web designer for Eastern Nursing Research Society and the University of Connecticut School of Nursing, 1997-2002.
Host
of email list for Cassandra: Radical Feminist Nurses Network. The following links are for pdf files of the Cassandra Newsjournal. Watch for additional issues to be posted. You need Adobe Acrobat 7.0 or later to read these files. They are large, so be patient!
Flyer, circa 1983-84
Re-Membering Our Heritage
Cassandra Newsjournal Vol 1:1 November 1982
Cassandra Newsjournal Vol 1:2 April 1983
Cassandra Newsjournal Vol 1:3 September 1983
Cassandra Newsjournal Vol 2:1 January 1984
Cassandra Newsjournal Vol 2:2 May 1984
Cassandra Newsjournal Vol 2:3 September 1984
Cassandra Newsjournal Vol 3:1 January 1985
Cassandra Newsjournal Vol 3:2 May 1985
Cassandra Newsjournal Vol 3:3 September 1985
Cassandra Newsjournal Vol 4:1 January 1986
Cassandra Newsjournal Vol 4:2 May 1986
Cassandra Newsjournal Vol 4:3 September 1986
Cassandra Newsjournal Vol 5:1 January 1987
Cassandra Newsjournal Vol 5:2 May 1987
Cassandra Newsjournal Vol 5:3 September 1987
Cassandra Newsjournal Vol 6:1 January 1988
Cassandra Newsjournal Vol 6:2 May 1988
Cassandra Newsjournal Vol 6:3 September 1988
Cassandra Newsjournal Vol 7:1 January 1989
Cassandra Newsjournal Vol 7:2 May 1989
Cassandra Newsjournal Vol 7:3 December 1989
Quilter. I began quilting in the mid-1960's; resumed seriously in 2003. See
pictures and descriptions of my recent quilts.
Folk harper. Since
1997 I have played the folk harp for nursing home residents and
informal occasions such as receptions, parties and luncheons. I am currently
studying with Sally Perreten, a master harpist who focuses on the ancient harp traditions of Ireland
and Scotland. In addition to a Gaelic harp duo, she plays regularly with the
Scottish group, Island Road. My
repertoire includes English, Irish, Scottish, Manx, Welsh,
American and Latin American folk songs and tunes. My performances
for professional groups have included:
- International
Nurse Historian Association Conference, Hartford, CT,
September 26, 1997
- Fleet Bank Annual
Investor’s Celebration, Wadsworth Atheneum,
Hartford, CT, December 17, 1997.
- St. Joseph
College Graduation Reception, December, 1997
- Graduate Reception, University of Connecticut School of Nursing, May 17,
1998; May 16, 1999; May 21, 2000, May 20, 2001
If you are interested in
recordings of harp music, information about harps, or possibly purchasing
a harp, visit the Sylvia
Woods Harp Center on the web.
Lead and participate in
women's drumming and chanting circles, and an avid consumer of
women's music and exploring healing dimensions of music. For more
information about women's music, visit Ladyslipper on the Web.
Certified Massage
Therapist (completed 1000 hour program at the Colorado School of
Healing Arts in December, 1996).
