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Justin Fontenot, PhD, RN @nursejustinrn.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Nursing scholarship can’t reward polish over impact. In 2026, let’s publish what protects nurses + patients: implementation science, safe staffing, violence prevention, equity, AI governance. What’s your 2026 research/practice question?👇 #NursingResearch #academia #NewYear #NurseSky #AcademicSky

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Nursing Clio @nursingclio.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

It’s time for our annual best of 2025. Here you’ll find book recs for your 2026 reading lists, a 🔥🔥🔥 TV series about Canadian hockey enemies-to-lovers, and a banger album that’ll make you laugh and cry. nursingclio.org/2026/01/01/n...

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Nursing Clio Presents Its ELEVENTH Annual Best of List!

Every December the Nursing Clio editorial collective – an all-volunteer staff – gather our Best Of recommendations for the year past. We don’t need to tell you that 2025 has been …

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Justin Fontenot, PhD, RN @nursejustinrn.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year! I just completed my PhD dissertation, and I want to start connecting with nurses, nurse scientists, and others in 2026, now that I have more time. I commit to becoming more active on here! I have so much to say and learn from you! Looking forward to connecting #AcademicSky #NurseSky

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Teaching and Learning in Nursing Journal @telnjournal.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Early Access Alert: From statistics to mastery: Rethinking item analysis for competency-based nursing education: Publication date: Available online 20 November 2025 Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing Author(s): Justin Fontenot Read more today

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From statistics to mastery: Rethinking item analysis for competency-based nursing education

Publication date: Available online 20 November 2025 Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing Author(s): Justin Fontenot

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Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

I’m convening a session at a planetary science conference this fall and people keep withdrawing their presentations. So far every one has been withdrawn because of lack of travel support. It’s all folks coming from the US. This administration is killing scientific disciplines in big ways and small

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Justin Gill @justin-gill.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Nurses standing up and speaking out in Seattle at #nokings #nokingsseattle. We consistently rank as the most trusted profession. Because of that, we have a responsibility to speaking up for what is right when our patients and profession are threatened

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Justin Fontenot, PhD, RN @nursejustinrn.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

If you want to save the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) and nursing science, you have a voice! Use this easy form to target your representatives by entering your zip code. Will you help save the NINR? Feel free to share broadly and widely! actionnetwork.org/letters/ninh...

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Oppose FY2026 Budget Cuts to the NINR and Save Nursing Science

Senators are currently debating the so-called "Big Beautiful Bill." Most nurses are unaware that the budget proposal seeks to cut the NINR. This small agency has been saving lives through nursing rese...

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Justin Fontenot, PhD, RN @nursejustinrn.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Get a (free for 50 days) early look at our July editorial, where we lay out several areas of AI use by nursing faculty and the ethical implications and ideas to mitigate! Feel free to download, share, and submit articles to our journal related to AI! authors.elsevier.com/a/1l9bI5Y5qn... #AcademicSky

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/05/2025

"The local police arrived to prevent the community from protecting their neighbor from an unlawful kidnapping. They succeeded, and in the process arrested two of the people who tried to stop it." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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“They’re trying to kidnap someone”

On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.

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Sarah Gilbert @sarahagilbert.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

The mods of r/ChangeMyView shared the sub was the subject of a study to test the persuasiveness of LLMs & that they didn't consent. There’s a lot that went wrong, so here’s a 🧵 unpacking it, along with some ideas for how to do research with online communities ethically. tinyurl.com/59tpt988

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From the changemyview community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the changemyview community

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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

This is one of the worst violations of research ethics I've ever seen. Manipulating people in online communities using deception, without consent, is not "low risk" and, as evidenced by the discourse in this Reddit post, resulted in harm. Great thread from Sarah, and I have additional thoughts. 🧵

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Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

"testing hypotheses with a dataset that was used to generate those hypotheses will readily confirm any trends discovered within it" >> NO. There are good and bad ways of performing such inferences. We also wrote against this overgeneralization here.

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The case for formal methodology in scientific reform | Royal Society Open Science

Current attempts at methodological reform in sciences come in response to an overall lack of rigor in methodological and scientific practices in experimental sciences. However, most methodological ref...

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Dr. Anna Maria Valdez ( RN) 🩺 @drannamvaldez.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

RFK Jr. has me irritated for several reasons, but the premise that the sole purpose of life is to work (pay taxes) and date (procreate) demonstrates how people with disabilities are seen as defective in an extractive, exploitive, and capitalist society. #Eugenics #Ableism #Disabilism

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

My senator @booker.senate.gov is rising to meet this moment, refusing to let the Senate pretend things are normal. How about yours? If they're a Democrat, call them and ask them to join Booker in this stand. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/inside-...

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Inside Cory Booker’s Plan To Disrupt ‘Business As Usual’ On The Senate Floor

A member of the U.S. Senate took the floor at 7:00 p.m....

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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Louisiana voters rejected all four of the proposed constitutional amendments, dealing a blow to Republican Governor Jeff Landry’s agenda. Way to show up, Louisiana! 🍿

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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I don't know how our safety-net hospitals are going to survive with cuts to Medicaid, their primary revenue stream. So many patients will suffer. #medsky

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Dr. Anna Maria Valdez ( RN) 🩺 @drannamvaldez.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I think what we are seeing in Congress right now speaks volumes about why we need term limits. Too many of our elected senators and representatives are willing to harm Americans as long as they stay in power. Hats off to @algreen.house.gov for having the courage to speak out. I appreciate you, sir.

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Justin Fontenot, PhD, RN @nursejustinrn.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I'm happy to share a newly published paper in Nurse Editor and Author that offers a framework for AI disclosure in academic nursing. It is open-access. Feel free to share with your network and colleagues. #AcademicSky #NurseSky dx.doi.org/10.1111/nae2...

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Artificial Intelligence Disclosure in Academic Nursing: A Framework for Editorial Policy and Practice

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Teaching and Learning in Nursing Journal @telnjournal.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Early Access Alert: Climate change in nursing education: A bibliometric analysis of scholarly outputs 2002-2024: Publication date: Available online 3 March 2025 Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing Author(s): Tracy Levett-Jones, Aletha Ward, Melissa Mastorovich, Justin Fontenot Read more today

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Climate change in nursing education: A bibliometric analysis of scholarly outputs 2002-2024

Publication date: Available online 3 March 2025 Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing Author(s): Tracy Levett-Jones, Aletha Ward, Melissa Mastorovich, Justin Fontenot

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Justin Fontenot, PhD, RN @nursejustinrn.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Pardon my rant for a bit. When violence against healthcare workers happens (it's been happening), institutions are quick to implement "stopgaps." These stopgaps usually entail workplace violence training.

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Teaching and Learning in Nursing Journal @telnjournal.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Early Access Alert: Incorporating Games and Artificial Intelligence in the World of Pharmacology: Publication date: Available online 28 January 2025 Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing Author(s): Amy Pizzulo Read more today

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Incorporating Games and Artificial Intelligence in the World of Pharmacology

Publication date: Available online 28 January 2025 Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing Author(s): Amy Pizzulo

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Justin Fontenot, PhD, RN @nursejustinrn.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I am so looking forward to our upcoming special issue in April regarding the transformation of nursing education amid the Anthropocene. This article provides a perspective that is far too often marginalized in Western ideology. Read today! You won't regret it. It's incredible ⏬ #AcademicSky

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Cameron LaMack @proflamack.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Censoring the language of science (the pursuit of Truth) to align better with a political ideology sure does seem like fascism. I think it’s on us, the academic/scientific community, to not yield Truth in pursuit of publication. 🧪 #AcademicSky #philsci insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

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BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.

Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.

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Justin Fontenot, PhD, RN @nursejustinrn.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I have no idea why I woke up with anxiety and have been on edge all day for no particular reason. Or maybe 2025 so far has been rough, and now im uncertain about the rest of the year 😬😬

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The Monica @mclemoremr.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Told y’all to diversify your science dissemination tools. Wait until PubMed goes down… sk.sagepub.com/video/nursin...

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

The goal is to overwhelm us so we give up. Don't do that!

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Caitlin Nye (she/her) @cmnye14.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Google “NINR” and “health equity”

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Justin Fontenot, PhD, RN @nursejustinrn.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

An interesting article related to active learning methods in distance learning. Like it or not, distance learning is here to stay. We just had to quickly switch to remote this week due to a major snowstorm event that still has the metro completely shuttered and the university too. #AcademicSky

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Justin Fontenot, PhD, RN @nursejustinrn.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Y'all it is snowing in New Orleans Louisiana 😳🫢 #NewOrleans

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Dionne Warwick @dionnewarwick.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Happy MLK Day.

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Justin Fontenot, PhD, RN @nursejustinrn.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

My husband waited over an hour in the rain early this morning in New Orleans East and bought the daily limit. This is the best time of the year! #MardiGras #Carnival

Three Dong Phuong king cakes stacked. Two purple boxes (cream cheese) and one yellow box in the middle (cinnamon)

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Saint Mags, Board Certified Feral @bibliobouros.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Hey #AcademicSky, are you looking for a change to your class that helps your neurodiverse students, those with disabilities, L2 learners and more? Post your lecture slides/notes on your LMS before class starts. So simple, ridiculously helpful. #teaching #inclusion #neurodiversity #disability

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J Patrice McSherry @jpmcsherry.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Powerful piece. #AcademicSky

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Julie Cruse @academicabuse.com · 08/01/2025

We need a "rate my boss in higher ed" version of "rate my professor." So I built one! Kickstart the project with your story: buff.ly/41P8jFr We need 90 more reports to publish the dashboard so you can search it! 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾‍🔬 👩🏼‍🔬 #EduSky #PhDSky #EndAcademicAbuse #AcademicChatter #

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Academic Abuse | Data and Resources to Disrupt College Harassment, Bullying, and Misconduct

At Academic Abuse, learn to identify, prevent, and conquer academic injustice, including: power imbalances, discrimination, plagiarism, harassment, bullying, retaliation, sexual misconduct, and more.

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Patrick McMurray @nursepatmacrn.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Book club reading of All About Love by bell hooks started today! Join us and the discussion for free on the #Fable App. fable.co/club/the-pat... #AddtoBlackSky #NurseSky #BlackSky #AcademicSky

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Not looking to politicize what happened in New Orleans in any capacity, however the lead in the investigation is none other than the outstanding men and women of the FBI. The same organization that Kash Patel is nominated to lead and wants to abolish. Think about that for a moment.

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Justin Fontenot, PhD, RN @nursejustinrn.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

As this terrorist attack unfolds, I want everyone to know that the city of New Orleans will not be deterred. We are resilient and will rebuild. Right now, we are unpacking the trauma and caring for those affected, but rest assured, we are still here, still thriving! #NewOrleans #NOLA

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Patrick McMurray @nursepatmacrn.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

🌟 Nursing students: Got a big idea to transform healthcare? Consider the Safe Seizure Student Innovator Initiative! 💡 Win: • Laptop, iPad Air, or 3D Printer • Expert mentorship & 1 year of Coursera &more Deadline: Jan 31, 2025 Details & Submit now @ safeseizure.com/student-innovator-initiative

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Rev Jerry the Scolding Nurse @jerrysoucyrn.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

- Red Sox Win World Series - Unpublished unfinished manuscript of untitled novel by Kurt Vonnegut found in attic - Nationwide recall, turkey hotdogs (pork and beef natural casing hot dogs are still fine)

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a pixel art illustration of a candy land with a sign that says cookie

Alt: a pixel art illustration of a candy land with a sign that says cookie - it's a fantasy world

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Justin Fontenot, PhD, RN @nursejustinrn.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

What are your top 3 predictions for 2025? What will the world look like at this time next year? #NYE #NewYear #2025

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DeMisty D. Bellinger @demisty.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

1/ Professors! Administrators! When have syllabi become these unwieldly and, at times, unreadable documents that often, after the first day, go unread? Then we complain when students don't read the syllabus, but come on; it's pages long! I tried to cut my down, but it's still about ten pages long. 🙄

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Justin Fontenot, PhD, RN @nursejustinrn.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Some arguments against embracing Bayesian methods in nursing science relate to the lack of priors necessary for a genuine Bayesian approach. This is why, as an editor, I review studies with small samples, especially if the researchers are using a new instrument to measure a construct. A 🧵

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Mel DeSilva @meldesilva.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

This is the best image I’ve seen to explain to the average person why trickle down economics doesn’t work.

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The Well-read Naturalist @wellreadnaturalist.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Thank you very much to all who took the time to share your knowledge in response to this question. For the benefit of all interested, I've compiled a list of all the recommended books and podcasts, and published it in The Well-read Naturalist. #booksky www.wellreadnaturalist.com/2024/12/gate...

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Gateway Books in the Philosophy of Science

Desiring to learn about the study of the philosophy of science, I availed myself of the remarkably collegial, friendly environment of Bluesky and posted a question there asking for recommendations of ...

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Alexandra W. Logue @lexalogue.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

3 community college bachelors program myths: 1) They duplicate existing academic programs & steal students from colleges 2) C.C.s lack quality & produce poor outcomes 3) Its easy for C.C. bachelor's programs to get approved" buff.ly/4gkAsYV #HigherEd @craeduca @ddbragg #AcademicSky

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Myths hold back community college bachelor’s degree programs

Given that these programs can improve access to bachelor’s degree programs and jobs, it is frustrating that the programs are not more widely available across the state’s 116 community college…

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