NURSING

1. Introduction
 Born: May 12, 1914. Dallas, Texas.
 DiplomaKnoxville General Hospital School of Nursing [1936].
 Doctorate in nursing:JohnHopkinsUniversityBaltimore,1954 .
 Fellowship:Americanacademy of Nursing.
 Position:ProfessorEmerita ,Divisionof Nursing,New yorkConsultant,Speaker.
 DiedMarch 13, 1994.
Some Highlightsof Rogers Nursing Theory
(1) Nursingisa learnedprofession –itis a science andart.
(2) Nursingisthe studyof unitary,irreducible,indivisiblehumanandenvironmental energyfields.
(3) The art of nursinginvolvesthe imaginative andcreative use of nursingknowledge.
(4) The healthservicesshouldbe communitybased.
(5) Rogersenvisionsanursingpractice of noninvasive modalities,suchastherapeutictouch,humor,
guidedimagery,use of color,light,music,meditationfocusingonhealthpotential of the person.
(6) Professionalpractice innursingseektopromote symphonicinteractionbetweenmanand
environment.
(7) Nursinginterventionseektoco-ordinateenvironmentalfieldandhumanfield.
(8) Rogerwas one of the firstnurse scholarsto explicitlyidentifythe person(unitaryman) ascentral
phenomenaof nursingconcern
Roger’sDefinitionOf Nursing
 Nursingisa humanisticandhumanitarianscience directedtowardsdescribingandexplaining,
the humanbeinginsynergisticwholenessindevelopingthe hypothetical generalizationand
predictive principlesbasictoknowledgeable practice .Itisa science of humanity –the studyof
the nature and directionof humandevelopment.
Purposesof Rogerstheory
 To maintaininghealth.
 To promotinghealth.
 To preventingillnessandcaringforand rehabilitatingthe sickanddisabled.
 To assistpeople inachievingtheirmaximumpotential.

2. Basic Assumption
 The human beingisa unifiedwhole pocessing anindividual integrityandmanifesting
characteristicsmore thanand differentfromthe sumof the part.
 The individual andthe environmentare continuouslyexchangingmatterandenergywitheach
other.
 The life processof humanbeingsevolvesirreversiblyandunidirectional alongaspace time
continuum.
 The patternidenfiesindividualsandtheirinnovative wholeness.
 The human beingischaracterizedbythe capacityfor abstractionandimagery,language and
thoughtsensationandemotion.
Four BuildingBlocks
• Energyfield
• Openness
• Pattern
• Pan Dimensionality
Rogers, Theory And The Four Major Concept
1. Unitary humanbeing[Person]
2. Environment
3. Health
4. Nursing
1. Unitary human being[Person]
A unitaryhumanbeingisan “irreducible,indivisible, pandimensional(four-dimensional) energy
fieldidentifiedbypatternandmanifestingcharacteristicsthatare specifictothe whole.
2. Environment
The environmentisan“irreducible,pandimensional energyfieldidentifybypatternandintegral
withhumanfield”.
3. Health

3. Rogersdefine healthasanexpressionof life process,theyare the characteristicsandbehavior
emergingoutof the mutual,simultaneousinteractionof the humanandenvironmentalfields.
4. Nursing
The concept of nursinghastwo dimension,
(1) Independentscience of nursing:Anorganizedbodyof knowledge whichisspecifictonursingis
arrivedat by scientificresearchandlogical analysis.
(2) Artof nursingpractice : The creative use of science forthe bettermentof the humananduse of its
knowledge isthe artof itspractice.
Principle ofHomodynamic
1. Integrality:
 Integralitycoverthe mutual continuousrelationshipof the humanenergyfieldandthe
environmental field.
 Changesoccur bythe continuousrepatterningof the humanandenvironmental fields
by resonance waves.
2. Resonancy: The resonancy,speaktothe nature of the change occurring betweenhumanand
environmental fields.The change inthe patternof the humanbeingsandthe environmentis
propagatedbywaves.
3. Helicy: The principal of helicystatesthatthe nature anddirectionof humanand environmental
change are continuous,innovative,probabilistic,andcharacterizedbythe increasingdiversityof
humanfieldandenvironmentalfield.
Limitationsof Rogers’ Theory
1. The difficultyinunderstandingthe principles.
2. The lack of operational definitions.
3. The inadequate instrumentsformeasurementare the majorlimitations
4. She couldnot define health.