Philanthropic Foundations' Discourse and Nursing's Future: Part II: A Critical Discourse Analysis of RWJF Future of Nursing Initiatives. (6th April 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kneipp, Shawn M.; Canales, Mary K.; Drevdahl, Denise J.
• Is Part Of: Advances in nursing science. Volume 46:Number 2(2023)
• Page Start: 169
• Page End: 187
• Publication Date: 2023-04-06
• Subjects: collective agency -- nursing profession -- philanthropic foundations -- power -- self-regulation -- social contract; Nursing -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; Psychiatric nursing -- Periodicals; 362.173
• DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000451
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0161-9268

Abstract

Abstract : Critical social scholarship highlights the power philanthropic foundations wield on the collective agency of groups, yet analyses specific to nursing are absent in the literature. In this second of a 2-part series, we employed critical discourse analysis to examine how control of enunciative privilege in Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's (RWJF) 2010 and 2020-2030 Future of Nursing (FON) initiatives challenge nursing's ability to enact its collective agency, particularly through professional nursing organizations. Findings are discussed within the context of nursing's self-regulatory privileges, history, and agentic obligations that are bestowed on the discipline by the greater public for the public good.