Watson’s View of Nursing Science Quarterly’s 35th Anniversary

Abstract

This paper celebrates NSQ over the past 35 years, acknowledging its role in advancing and sustaining nursing as a distinct discipline, guided by unique knowledge, theories, and a maturing nursing science paradigm. A play on the number 35 can be considered significant and symbolic in numerology—as 35 represents the number 8. Eight represents wholeness, infinity, harmony, and leadership—all characteristics that NSQ has stood for as a leading nursing science publication.

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infinity knowledge numerology 8 nursing discipline wholeness 35 years

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