Grand Nursing Theories Based on Unitary Process

The Science of Unitary and Irreducible Human Beings

• Martha Rogers

• Margaret Newman

• Rosemarie Parse

Health as Expanding Consciousness

• Martha Rogers

• Margaret Newman

• Rosemarie Parse

Resonancy is continuous change from higher to lower frequency wave patterns in

human and environmental fields.

• True

• False

Irreducible, indivisible, multidimensional energy fields identified by pattern and manifesting characteristics that are specific to the whole and which cannot be predicted from the knowledge of the parts

• Health

• Human–unitary human beings

• Environmental field

• Energy field

An irreducible, indivisible, pandimensional energy field identified by pattern and integral with the human field.

• Health

• Human–unitary human beings

• Environmental field

• Energy field

The human is unitary, that is, cannot be divided into parts, and is inseparable from the larger unitary field.

• True

• False

The evolving pattern of the whole. It is the increasing complexity of the living system and is characterized by illumination and pattern recognition resulting in transformation and discovery.

• Consciousness

• Expanding consciousness

• Integration via movement

• Pattern recognition

The information of the system; it refers to the capacity of the system to interact with the environment and includes thinking, feeling, and processing the information embedded in physiologic systems.

• Consciousness

• Expanding consciousness

• Integration via movement

• Pattern recognition

The human is open, freely choosing meaning with situation, bearing responsibility for decisions.

• True

• False

The Humanbecoming Paradigm

• Martha Rogers

• Margaret Newman

• Rosemarie Parse