March 2013 No 112, 2013/1 - 124 pagesEditorialPages 5 to 5From searching for an identity to winning space for the disciplineBy Didier LecordierDiscussionPages 6 to 13How should the matter of the discipline of “nursing sciences” in France be approached?By Didier Lecordier, Isabelle Rémy-Largeau, Ljiljana JovicMethodologyPages 14 to 25The French version of Symptom Management Theory and its applicationBy Manuela Eicher, Philippe Delmas, Christine Cohen, Christine Baeriswyl, Nataly Viens PythonPages 26 to 35An analysis of qualitative data collection methods used in research on adolescentsBy Assumpta Ndengeyingoma, Francine de Montigny, Jean-Marie MironPages 36 to 45A tool for assessing hospital nurses’ smoking cessation practicesBy Mario Lepage, François Champagne, Lise RenaudResearchPages 46 to 60Pain in vegetative state patients: Current status and critical reflectionsBy Caroline ArbourPages 61 to 75Conditions facilitating “good palliative care” in intensive care units: Nurses’ perspectivesBy Diane Guay, Cécile Michaud, Luc MathieuPages 76 to 87The development of clinical reasoning skills and leadership: Personal factors and organizational factorsBy Caroline Larue, Sylvie Dubois, Francine Girard, Johanne Goudreau, Katia DumontVariaPages 88 to 93Evaluating nursing intervention projects: An algorithm to support the practice of cliniciansBy Sylvie Dubois, Caroline Larue, Véronique Dubé, Mélanie Bérubé, Céline GélinasPages 94 to 106An evolutionary analysis of the concept of self-careBy Tanya Mailhot, Sylvie Cossette, Marie AldersonPages 107 to 124“Contract learning”: Effects of professionnalization on student nursesBy Patricia Jubin