This column presents a scholarly dialogue with Dr. Sandra Schmidt Bunkers, a senior Parse scholar, who sheds light on the humanbecoming paradigm–guided nursing sciencing, living the art, teaching-learning, and nursing policy development. Exploring Dr. Bunkers’ scholarly works, with her wisdom and experiences shared in the scholarly dialogue, provides valuable guidance for the future of nursing, creating a new horizon of nursing as a unique discipline and practice.
BunkersS. S. (1999). The lived experience of hope: Children in families struggling to make a home. In ParseR. R. (Ed.), Hope: An international human becoming perspective (pp. 227-250). Jones and Bartlett.
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BunkersS. S. (2000). Simple things. Pine Hill Press.
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BunkersS. S. (2003). Community: An emerging mosaic of humanbecoming. In ParseR. R. (Ed.), Community: A humanbecoming perspective (pp. 73-96). Jones and Bartlett.
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BunkersS. S. (2004). The lived experience of feeling cared for: A human becoming perspective. Nursing Science Quarterly, 17(1), 63-71. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894318403260472
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BunkersS. S. (2007). The experience of feeling unsure for women at end-of-life. Nursing Science Quarterly, 20(1), 56-63. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894318406296294
BunkersS. S. (2012). The lived experience of feeling disappointed: A Parse research method study. Nursing Science Quarterly, 25(1), 53-61. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894318411429063
BunkersS. S.BrendtroM.HolmesP.HowellJ.JohnsonS.KoernerJ.LarsonJ.NelsonJ.WeaverR. (1992). The healing web: A transformative model for nursing. Nursing and Health Care, 13(2), 68-73.
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BunkersS. S.DalyJ. (1999). The lived experience of hope for Australian families living with coronary disease. In ParseR. R. (Ed.), Hope: An international human becoming perspective (pp. 45-62). Jones and Bartlett.
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BunkersS. S.LetcherD.KnitigK.ReadingN. (2025). The living experience of hiding. Nursing Science Quarterly, 38(3), 248-258. https://doi.org/10.1177/08943184251335283
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BunkersS. S.MichaelsC.EthridgeP. (1997). Advanced practice nursing in community: Nursing’s opportunity. Advanced Practice Nursing Quarterly, 2(4), 79-84.
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BunkersS. S.PutnamV. (1995). . A nursing theory based model of health ministry: Living Parse’s theory of human becoming in the parish community. In A Nursing Theory-Based Model of Health Ministry: Living Parse’s tehory of Human Becoming [Symposium]. The Ninth Annual Westberg Parish Nurse Symposium, Advocate Health Care, Northbrook, IL.
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Great Plains Parse Scholars Group. (2018). Hiding in plain sight. Unpublished picture art, Sioux Falls, SD.
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ParseR. R. (1981). Man-living-health: A theory of nursing. Wiley.
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ParseR. R. (1998). The human becoming school of thought: A perspective for nurses and other health professionals. Sage.
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ParseR. R. (2014). The humanbecoming paradigm: A transformational worldview. Discovery International.
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ParseR. R. (2021). The humanbecoming paradigm: An everchanging horizon. Discovery International.
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PetersonLundR.BunkersS. S. (2018). The living experience of suffering: Lakota voices. Nursing Science Quarterly, 31(1), 36-46. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894318417741118
