TFN: FT.10 Margaret Newman (Health as Expanding Consciousness)

Theory of Expanding Consciousness

Stimulated by concern for those whom health as the absence of disease or disability isn’t possible but has progressed to include the health of all persons regardless of the presence of absence of disease

(1) disordered and hopeless (2) expanding consciousness

The Theory of Expanding Consciousness asserts that every person in every situation, no matter how (1) ___ and ___ it may seem, is a part of the universal process of (2) ___ ___

Martha Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings

Who and what theory is Newman’s theory heavily influenced by?

Health

Defined as the “pattern of the whole" of a person and includes disease as a manifestation of the pattern of the whole, based on the premise that life is an ongoing process of expanding consciousness

Evolving pattern of the person and environment and is viewed as an increasing ability to perceive alternatives and respond in a variety of ways

Transformative process to more inclusive consciousness

Consciousness

Defined as both (1) informational capacity of the system and (2) the ability of the system to interact with its environment

Includes not only the cognitive and affective awareness normally associated with this but also the interconnectedness of the entire living system, which includes physiochemical maintenance and growth processes as well as the immune system

Pattern

Defined as the information that depicts the whole and understanding of the meaning of all of the relationships at one

Characterized by movement, diversity and rhythm and described as a design or framework as in seen in person environment-interactions

Pattern Recognition

The insight or recognition of a principle, realization of a truth, or reconciliation of a duality

Key to the process of evolving to a higher level of conscious

Movement-Space-Time

3 Correlates of Consciousness

Health

One of the metaparadigms; is the fusion of one state of being (disease) with its opposite (non-disease)

(1) health (2) illness

According to Newman’s health metaparadigm, health is the synthesis of (1) ____ and (2) ____

(1) fusion (2) one state of being (disease) (3) opposite (non-disease)

According to Newman’s health metaparadigm, health is the (1) ___ of (2) ___ ___ __ ___ (___) with its (3) ___ (___-___)

Nursing

One of the metaparadigm’s; Newman defines this as caring in the human health experience and is a partnership between the nurse and client, with both growing in the sense of higher levels of consciousness

(1) caring (2) human health experience

According to Newman’s nursing metaparadigm, nursing is (1) ___ in the (2) ____ ___ ___

(1) partnership (2) nurse and client (3) higher levels of consciousness

According to Newman’s nursing metaparadigm, nursing is seen as a (1) ___ between the (2) ___ and ___ with both growing in the sense of (3) ___ ___ __ ___

Person

One of the metaparadigms; Newman defines this as one that is unitary, cannot be divided into parts, and is inseparable from the larger unitary field. Identifiable by their patterns of consciousness and are “centers of consciousness” within an overall pattern of expanding consciousness

(1) unitary (2) cannot be divided into parts (3) larger unitary field

According to Newman’s person metaparadigm, the human is (1) ___, that (2) ___ __ ___ ___ ___ and is inseparable from the (3) ___ ___ ___

(1) patterns of consciousness

According to Newman’s person metaparadigm, persons as individuals and human beings as species are identified by their (1) ___ __ ___

(1) “centers of consciousness”

According to Newman’s person metaparadigm, persons are (1) “___ __ ___” within an overall pattern of expanding consciousness

Environment

One of the metaparadigms; Newman describes this as a universe of open systems

(1) universe of open systems

According to Newman’s environment metaparadigm, the environment is described as a (1) ___ __ ___ ___