ROGER`S SCIENCE OF UNITARY HUMAN BEINGS NURSING CONCEPTUAL MODEL Flashcards
The theory views nursing as both as science and an art as it provides a way to view the unitary human being who is integral with the universe.
SCIENCE OF UNITARY HUMAN BEINGS (SUHB)
is defined as an irreducible, indivisible, multidimensional energy fields identified by a pattern & manifesting characteristics that are specific to the whole & & which cannot be predicted from knowledge of the parts.
person
is also a unified whole, having its own distinct characteristics that cant be viewed by looking at, describing or summarizing the parts
person
expression of the life process.
Health
An irreducible, indivisible, pan dimensional energy field identified by pattern & integral with the human field.
ENVIRONMENT FIELD
The study of Unitary, irreducible, indivisible human & environmental fields: people & their world.
Nursing is a learned profession that is both a science & an art
Focus is the care of people & the life process of human beings
Its purpose is to identify & examine the phenomenon that is central to its concern, the unitary human being.
NURSING
The concept of nursing encompasses 2 dimensions
Independent Science of Nursing
Art of Nursing Practice
is the unified concept
Field
signifies the dynamic nature of the field; a field is in continuous motion & is infinite
Energy
Refers to qualities exhibited by open systems; human beings & their environment are the open systems
OPENNESS
The distinguishing characteristics of an energy field perceived as a single wave. Rogers call it “an abstraction” that gives identity to the field.
PATTERN
include “a person`s experiences, expressions, perceptions and physical, mental, social & spiritual data
Pattern manifestations
is the dynamic or active process of the life of the human being” that is “accessible to the senses
Patterning
A nonlinear domain without spatial or temporal attributes; The parameters in language that humans use to describe events are arbitrary; The present is relative, there is no temporal ordering of lives
PANDIMENSIONAL
The unique behavior of hole systems, unpredicted by any behaviors of their component functions taken separately.
Human behavior
SYNERGY
The 3 principles of Homeodynamics as proposed by Rogers
Resonancy
Helicy
Integrality
should be understood as a dynamic version of HOMEOSTASIS (a relatively steady state of internal operation in the living system)
Homeodynamics
Speaks to the nature of the change occurring between human & environmental fields that undergoes continuous dynamic metamorphosis in the human-environment process.
The life process of human beings is a symphony of rhythmical vibrations oscillating at various frequencies.
Is continuous change from lower to higher frequency wave patterns in human and environmental fields
RESONANCY
Describes the unpredictable but continuous, nonlinear evolution of energy fields as evidenced by nonrepeating rhythmicities due to constant interchange between human & the environment
This change is also innovative; because of constant interchange, an open system is never exactly the same at any two moments; rather, the system is continually new or different
The life process evolves in sequential stages along a curve that has the same general shape
Is continuous innovative, unpredictable, increasing diversity of human & environmental field patterns
HELICY
Is a continuous mutual human & environment field process
Change occurs by continuous repatterning of the of the human & environmental fields by resonance waves
The fields are one and integrated but unique to each other
INTEGRALITY
Man is a unified whole possessing his own integrity & manifesting characteristics that are more than & different from the sum of his parts
Man & environment are continuously exchanging matter & energy with one another
The life process evolves irreversibly & unidirectional along the space-time continuum
Pattern & organization identify the man & reflect his innovative wholeness
Man is characterized by the capacity for abstraction and imagery, language & thought sensation & emotion
ASSUMPTIONS
Limitation: model ____ particular hypotheses or theories for it is an abstract, unified & highly derived framework
does not define
Limitation; Concepts validity
questionable
Limitation: The theory was believed to be _______ because the concepts are extremely abstract
profound & was too ambitious
limitation: Rogers claimed that nursing exists to serve people, however…
nurses roles are not clearly defined
