Hierarchies of Actualization.

The concept of transforming power over to power with, the theme of this issue of , comes from Riane Eisler's cultural transformation theory describing a continuum of domination and partnership along which cultures orient themselves. Hierarchies are important organizing principles in many systems; it is not their presence that is inhumane, but how they function. Domination systems display authoritarian rule in both the family and the state or tribe, with strict hierarchies of domination, and narratives that normalize domination and present the violence that maintains it as inevitable.

Disrupting Social Violence Is Everybody's Business.

Our overarching theme for Volume 30 is The Impact of Social Forces on Nursing and Health. The theme of this current journal issue was originally called Social Violence. In planning this issue, our Editorial Board had to confront head-on the many ways in which overt violence or the threat of violence pervades our lives, as nurses and as individuals.

Uncovering and Expressing our Purpose.

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is currently a source of angst, because of its ability to give us content that sounds uncannily like a real person, and because of concern that people will not stop at using it as a tool to generate and synthesize ideas, but instead will cede control over our words, and then our thoughts. This editorial details each article in Vol. 30 Issue 2, highlighting the ways in which social media, different kinds of AI, and other tools for connectivity can be used for good: finding our purpose, uniting people over long distances, expediting knowledge implementation, managing large volumes of literature, advancing health equity, and enriching nursing education.

Creative Nursing: History and Future Directions.

This article traces the development of from its origin in 1981 as a newsletter about Primary Nursing to its current position as a quarterly international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, indexed, themed journal that continues to nurture novice authors, welcome international submissions, review articles that other journals won't consider, and address subjects that many journals avoid. Future directions include content in multiple languages, new author guidelines that invite submissions of research methods papers, moving beyond statistical significance based on p-value thresholds, asking authors to make explicit the implications for knowledge translation in their papers, and thinking creatively about how artificial intelligence can be leveraged for research, education, and practice.

A Dynamic and Inclusive Approach.

After a year of transition to a new publisher, 2024 will build on our legacy of nurturing novice authors with a Student Article of the Year initiative; presenting courageous discourse as reflected in our overarching theme for the year, The Impact of Social Forces on Nursing and Health; and publishing even more new knowledge in the form of research and discussion of nursing theories and models. This issue's theme, Activism, Advocacy, and Allyship, is exemplified by articles about paths to a nursing workforce that reflect the people we serve, and about concepts such as hygge, dialectical pluralism, acculturative stress, shared decision-making for breast health, nature immersion, iceberg demographics, and self-care in palliative care.

Life on the Margins.

This editorial reviews the events of Creative Nursing's 2023 publication year, importantly our transition to Sage Publishing, and the expanded opportunities this new relationship provides in 2024 and beyond. The 11 articles in this theme issue about marginalization are summarized and connected.

The Structures of Caring.

The World Health Organization defines social determinants of health as "the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life." This current journal issue has the theme of structural determinants of health. In 2016 ( Vol.

How Wise is Conventional Wisdom?

This editorial connects each article in this issue to the theme, Challenging Long-Held Assumptions, by raising questions. How do we really determine value in health care? How do good, new ideas make it into practice? Why the untapped potential of Doctor of Nursing Practice preparation? Can we actually teach nursing students creativity? Do virtual group appointments actually work? How in the world do families care for loved ones at home on mechanical ventilation? Can nursing educators truly decolonize their own thinking? Is simulation a poor substitute for clinical placements, or just as good and sometimes better? Can the power of social media be used for good? Can simulation actually make new nurses more likely to call a code when it's needed? How can farm animals help people dealing with mental illness? And a question crucial to us all as human beings: Can forgiveness ever be bad?