PhD students present at international nursing science conference

Three PhD students from Binghamton University’s Decker School of Nursing presented their work at the Congrès Science Infirmière et Avancée des Connaissances in October in Geneva, Switzerland.

PhD candidate Edwin-Nikko Kabigting and PhD students Mi Jin Doe and Molly Shaughnessy traveled with Decker Visiting Professor Rosemarie Rizzo Parse to the international conference for nursing science and advanced knowledge held at Webster University Geneva. The three students work closely with Parse, a world-renowned nurse theorist, founder of the Institute of Humanbecoming and founder and editor of Nursing Science Quarterly.

Kabigting gave oral presentations on The Humanbecoming Concept-Inventing Model: Feeling Overwhelmed and Feeling Overwhelmed: Distilling-Fusing. He also made a poster presentation on Concept Inventing and Parsesciencing: Feeling Overwhelmed.

“It was an honor to share and present my scholarly work at an international stage with nurse scholars and academics who are concerned about the state of the discipline and profession of nursing,” said Kabigting. “The discussions illuminated similar challenges we face globally as nurses and brought forth dialogue from divergent perspectives on possible solutions to these important issues.”

Doe gave oral and poster presentations on the topic of The Humanbecoming Concept-Inventing Model: Hope. Along with being grateful for the opportunity, she said it was “a precious experience to have the chance to discuss the current and future significance of nursing as a discipline.”

“I feel fortunate to have been given the opportunity to travel to Webster University in Switzerland to share my dissertation work with fellow nurses and academics,” added Shaughnessy, who gave oral and poster presentations on Concept Inventing: A Humanbecoming Perspective on Feeling Ashamed.”

The three students were also conference panelists.