NGR5110 – Theories in Nursing

Discussion 4

Module 6: Discussion Forum #4

Select TWO of the following questions to answer. Restate the questions you selected in the discussion forum and answer each separately.

Question: Based on Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings, explain how the process of aging is not a process of decline but a creative process of growing diversity of field patterning based on the postulates of Rogerian Science and the Principles of Homeodynamics.

Question: Based on Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings and Newman’s Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness, discuss how dying and death can be viewed from their perspectives.

Question: Rogers’ unitary pattern-based practice provides a new way of thinking and distinguishes nursing from other disciplines (Butcher & Malinski, 2020 in Smith, 2020).  Discuss nursing interventions that are guided by and consistent with Rogers’ Science.

Question: Parse believes that individuals co-create reality as a seamless symphony of becoming and emphasizes the importance of true presence.  How does Parse explain “true presence.” Thinking about your own nurse-patient relationships, describe an experience of true presence with a patient?

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