Afaf Ibraham Meleis Rn Phd Faan

About the Author

Afaf Ibraham Meleis, RN, PhD, FAAN, is a distinguished nursing scholar, educator, and theorist whose work has shaped contemporary understandings of nursing knowledge and practice. Through her scholarship, she has explored how nursing develops as a discipline, emphasizing theory building, professional education, and the experiences of people navigating significant transitions in health and life. Her writing connects rigorous academic inquiry with practical insight, offering nurses and students frameworks for thinking critically about care, identity, and change. Meleis’s influential contributions continue to support nursing research, teaching, leadership, and the advancement of the profession worldwide.