Nursing Theory Lecture 14: Martha Rogers

Martha Rogers

(1970)

Science of Unitary Man

Science of Unitary Man
• Nursing is an art and science that is humanistic and humanitarian. It is directed toward the unitary human and is concerned with the nature and direction of human development.
• Nursing interventions seek to promote harmonious interaction between persons and their environment, strengthen the wholeness of the Individual and redirect human and environmental patterns or organization to achieve maximum health.
• 5 basic assumptions:
1. The human being is a unified whole, possessing individual integrity and manifesting characteristics that are more than and different from the sum of parts.
2. The individual and the environment are continuously exchanging matter and energy with each other.
3. The life processes of human beings evolve irreversibly and unidirectionally along a space-time continuum 4. Patterns identify human being and reflect their innovative wholeness.
5. The individual is characterized by the capacity for abstraction and imagery, language and thought, sensation and emotion.

Metaparadigm

Person
• Unitary man, a four-dimensional energy field.

Environment
• Encompasses all that is outside any given human field. Person exchanging matter and energy.

Health
• Not specifically addressed, but emerges out of interaction between human and environment, moves forward, and maximizes human potential.

Nursing
• A learned profession that is both science and art. The professional practice of nursing is creative and imaginative and exists to serve people.