Rogers Flashcards
What is the conceptual model of Martha Rogers?
Science of Unitary Human Beings
human beings are conceptualized as _______________________________________ rather than homeostatic beings
dynamic, constantly evolving energy fields
basic characteristics which describes the life process in human are as follows:
energy field, openness, pattern and pandimensionality
Martha Elizabeth Rogers was born
May 12, 1914 in Dallas, Texas
Rogers recieved her nursing diploma from
Knoxville General Hospital School of Nursing (1936)
Roger’s publications includes
3 books and more than 200 articles
Roger’s three books are as follows:
- Theoretical Basis of Nursing
- “Nursing Science and an Art: Prospective”
- “Nursing Science of Unitary Irreducible Unitary Human Beings”
Roger’s grounding in liberal arts and sciences is apparent in both the origin and development of her conceptual model, published in 1970 as
An introduction to the Theoretical Basis of Nursing
the nursing theory provides a way to view the unitary human being, who is integral with the universe. The unitary human being and his or her environment are one.
Science of Unitary Human Beings
A change of pattern and organization of the human and environmental field is transmitted by
waves
There are 8 concepts in Roger’s Nursing Theory:
energy field, openness, pattern, pandimensionality, homeodynamic principles, resonance, helicy and integrality
is the fundamental unit both the living and the non-living
energy field
it provides a way to view people and the environment as irreducible wholes.
energy field
the distinguishing characteristic of an energy field seen as a single wave
pattern
it is an abstraction and gives identity to the field
pattern
“non-linear domain without spatial or temporal attributes
pandimensionality
the parameters the humans use in language to describe events are arbitrary, and the present is relative; there is no temporal ordering of lives
pandimesionality
postulate a way of viewing unitary human beings
homeodynamic principles
The three principles of homeodynamics are
resonancy, helicy and integrality
is an ordered arrangement of rhythm characterizing both the human and environmental fields that undergo continuous dynamic metamorphosis in the human environmetal process
Resonancy