MIDTERM WEEK 1 (MARTHA ROGERS)

MARTHA E. ROGERS

• Science of Unitary Human Being

• Born on May 12,1914 (Dallas, Texas; 1/4)

• 1936 - Nursing Diploma (Knoxville General Hospital)

• 1937 - BSN in Public Health Nursing (George Peabody College, Nashville)

• 1954 - Master’s Degree in Public Health Supervision (Teachers College, Columbia University)

• 1961 - Educational Revolution in Nursing

• 1963 - Nursing Science Journal

• 1964 - Reveille in Nursing

• 1970 - Model of Human Interaction and Nursing Process (Introduction to the Theoretical Basis of Nursing)

REVEILLE

• Wake-up call

• A call to action or awakening in nursing profession

• Encouraging nurses to rise, be more aware, engage and committed to their true purpose in caring and advocating for patients

MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS

1. Man is a unified whole possessing his own integrity and manifesting characteristics that are more than and different from the sum of his parts

2. Man and the environment are continuously exchanging matter and end with one another

3. The life process evolves irreversibly and unidirectional along the space-time continuum

4. Pattern and organization indenting the man and reflect his innovative wholeness

5. Man is characterized by the capacity for abstraction and imagery, language and thought, sensation and emotion

Man is a unified whole possessing his own integrity and manifesting characteristics that are more than and different from the sum of his parts

• A person is not just a collection of body parts and organs. You are more than your heart, lungs, or brain - you are a whole person with your own identity

• Your thoughts, feelings and actions make you unique, not just your physical parts

• Example:

  Even if the two people have the same body structure, they are still different because of their personalities, beliefs and experiences

Man and the environment are continuously exchanging matter and end with one another

• You and your surroundings are always affecting each other

• You take energy from food, air, and people - you also give off through emotions actions and even your presence

• Example :

  When you are in a peaceful place, you feel calm. When you smile at someone, you can brighter their day - that’s an energy exchange

The life process evolves irreversibly and unidirectional along the space-time continuum

• Life always moves forward; we cannot go back in time. Our growth changes and experiences keep moving in one direction from past to future

• Example:

  A baby grows into a child, then a teen, and then an adult. You can’t reverse the process or return to being a child

Pattern and organization indenting the man and reflect his innovative wholeness

• Each person has a unique pattern like fingerprints shown in how they live, behave and interact

• Example:

  Two nurses may do the same tasks but the way each one communicates, comforts patients and reacts in situations reflects their personal pattern

Man is characterized by the capacity for abstraction and imagery, language and thought, sensation and emotion

• People can think deeply, imagine, use language, feel emotions and sense the world. These abilities make humans unique and allow them to create, learn and grow

• Example:

  Unlike animals, humans can write poems, imagine the future, feel joy or sadness and talk about their dreams and fears

ENERGY FIELD

• Fundamental unit of both living and non-living

• The invincible FLOW that connects people and environment

• Human field and Environmental field

• Example:

  You feel someone’s mood even without them talking

UNIVERSE OF OPEN SYSTEMS

• Refers to the idea that energy fields are open, infinite and interactive

• No boundaries between you and your environment

• Example:

  You are always affected by what is happening around you - like how music can lift your mood

PATTERN

• Characteristics of an energy fields and is perceived as a wave that change continuously

• Your personal signature or way of being

• Example:

  Every patient has their own health story, lifestyle and way of responding to care

PANDIMENSIONALITY

• Pandy - whole

• Mensio - many

• Refers to non-linear domain without spatial or temporal attributes

• There are more to life than just time and space - includes feelings, dreams, spiritual aspects

• Example:

  Healing might happen in a dream or through spiritual prayer, not just through medicine

PRINCIPLES OF HOMEODYNAMICS

1. Integrality

2. RESONANCY

3. Helicy

INTEGRALITY

• Refers to continuous and mutual interaction between human and environmental fields

• Humans and their environment are always connected and affecting each other

• Reciprocity

• Synchrony

• Example:

  Imagine you are in a peaceful garden, you feel relaxed while when you are in a noisy ER or stressful hospital ER, you feel tense.

This shows how environment affects you and your reactions also affect your environment

• Example:

  The nurse comforts patient (environment affects human) - the patient feels better and smiles (human affects environment)

RESONANCY

• Refers to continuously changing from lower frequency to higher wave patterns in the human and environmental field

• Refers to how energy patterns between a person and their environment are always changing like waves and moving from simple to more complex patterns

• Example:

  At first, the baby’s actions are simple (crying, sleeping), but over time, the baby begins to crawl,walk, talk — their energy and behavior become more complex.

  Over the days, the patient progresses from being very sick to slowly gaining strength.

HELICY

• Nature of direction of change occurring in the energy fields

• Refers to continuously, probabilistic, increasing diversity of human and environmental

• The change in a person is unpredictable, ongoing and always toward more diversity

• Example:

  Think of your life journey. Even if you wake up and go to school daily, each day is different.

  You meet new people, learn new things, and grow emotionally.

  Each day, the patient shows unexpected emotional and physical progress — sometimes slow, sometimes fast, always unique.

SIX DOMAINS OF ENERGY PATTERNING AND CORRESPONDING NURSING INTERVENTIONS

1. Connecting

2. Conveying

3. Converting

4. Conserving

5. Clearing

6. Coursing

CONNECTING

• Goal: To establish harmony and connection between body, mind and spirit; enchanted energy flow and awareness

• Interventions :

  1. 1. Guided imagery

  2. 2. Therapeutic touch

  3. 3. Reiki

  4. 4. Music or Color Therapy

  5. 5. Aromatherapy

CONVEYING

• Goal: To stimulate and transmit energy through touch and pressure points

• Interventions:

  1. 1. Acupressure

  2. 2. Reflexology

CONVERTING

• Goal: To transform energy to improve function and purpose

• Interventions:

  1. Nutrition

  2. herbal therapy

  3. exercise

  4. music/color therapy

  5. purpose and meaning

CONSERVING

• Goal: To preserve and restore energy, prevent depletion

• Interventions:

  1. 1. Biofeedback

  2. 2. Relaxation or Mediation

  3. 3. Breathing Techniques

  4. 4. Herbal Therapy

  5. 5. Sleep and Rest

CLEARING

• Goal: To remove blockages and restore energy flow

• Interventions:

  1. 1. Music and Color Therapy

  2. 2. Acupressure

  3. 3. Aromatherapy

  4. 4. Postural Movement

COURSING

• Goal: To circulate energy fluidly throughout the body

• Interventions:

  1. 1. Yoga

  2. 2. Massage

  3. 3. Polarity Therapy

  4. 4. Exercise