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Protecting the rights of research participants when conducting studies within an international context presents many challenges. The purpose of this article was to compare and contrast the process of obtaining informed consent in two very different countries - Swaziland and Pakistan. Major aspects of the informed-consent process presented included identification of gatekeepers, seeking permission from officials, negotiating with these officials and Institutional Review Board (IRB) committees in regard to the type of data to be collected, and explaining informed consent to participants in the field. Data for this article is based upon qualitative research of collaboration between nurses and healers in Swaziland and from a variety of studies completed in Pakistan. These studies demonstrate the inadequacy and complexity of applying western-based concepts of informed consent to developing countries.

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Holistic nursing is founded on the values of integrality and the awareness of whole-people and whole-system interconnectedness. These concepts are foundational to the broader global health agendas and initiatives of our time, which seek to improve human, animal, and planetary health. The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development represents the most remarkable transnational initiative in history: a 15-year plan (2015-2030) rallying the efforts of all countries, governments, and concerned citizens worldwide to foster human–planet thriving and survival. The purpose herein is to substantiate the United Nations 2030 Agenda as a holistic nursing priority and theory-practice opportunity for current and future professional maturation. This article provides a background of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a discussion regarding their relevance to holistic nursing, and an explanation of the essential nature of partnerships in attaining each of these “Global Goals.” We link the discussion of the SDGs directly to the American Holistic Nurses Association’s Core Values and identify implications for practice, education, research, and policy. Holistic nursing is ideally situated throughout the health care system and in the broader global context to advocate and advance the SDGs.

The analysis provided further refinement of de-implementation as a significant concept for ongoing theory development in implementation science and clinical practice.

Faculty practice can promote a collaborative partnership mutually beneficial to both nursing education and service. However, little is known about its implementation in developing countries. The purpose of this study was to explore the potential for introducing faculty practice within the cultural milieu of Karachi, Pakistan. Focus groups of nursing faculty, staff and students were conducted in various settings: government, semigovernment and private institutions to elicit the data. Data analysis revealed that a more comprehensive definition of faculty practice is needed that will provide the foundation for a culturally acceptable model of faculty practice in Pakistan. Hierarchy dominates the current cultural milieu and must be addressed before faculty practice can be implemented.

The purpose of this paper is to propose a paradigm shift from "global nursing" toward "planetary nursing" to more effectively engage worldwide health initiatives, such as the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Such a shift expands the understanding of "health" from a phenomenon focused solely on humanity toward one of interdependent animal, environment, and overall planetary well-being, recalibrating the future roles and responsibilities of nursing accordingly. While there is limited data that discusses nursing-focused contributions to planetary health, the advancement of planetary nursing has been the focus of scholarly dialogue. Knowledge regarding the planet's systems, species, ecosystems, and myriad environmental dimensions must be integrated throughout nursing education to be translated to practice and social justice initiatives. As the profession deepens collaborations with international policymakers, nurses will become integral to advancing planetary health through social justice and health equity efforts.Nursing research must evolve to contribute to the goal of planetary health for the next generation and beyond. Ultimately, these authors call for a shift toward One Mind-One Health-One Planet to move the disciplinary stance from one of "global nursing" to a more expansive view of "planetary nursing" in alignment with initiatives to promote and sustain planetary health. K E Y W O R D S global health, global nursing, planetary citizenship, planetary health, Sustainable Development Goals 1 | INTRODUCTION The rapid evolution of global health needs reflects vast opportunities for nursing to impact individual, family, community, and population health. Nursing is well-positioned to make a paradigm shift from the procurement of human-and society-focused health and well-being toward the promotion of planetary resilience and sustainability. The Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on Planetary Health urges health care workers of the planet's dwindling capacity to sustain the growing human population, acknowledging planetary health "…is based on the understanding that human health and civilization depend on flourishing natural systems and the wise stewardship of those systems." 1(p1974) It is wellnoted that by integrating the planetary health agendas of our time into nursing curricula, 2 shifting our understanding of "health" from a humanbased phenomenon to one aligned with planetary thriving, 3 and promoting nursing-and midwifery-led research that is inclusive of planetary well-being, 4 the profession can fulfill its social contract with the communities it serves, from local to planetary. The purpose herein is to propose a paradigm shift from "global nursing," which has been used as a way to describe nursing's role in global health endeavors, toward "planetary nursing," which invites new and broader possibilities for nursing to engage worldwide health initiatives related to planetary health, such as the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. 5 This concept of "planetar...

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