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Martha Rogers
Presented by: Lyndsi Byers, Geena Griffin, Chelsea Hoy and Mallory Shepard
(Butcher, 2002, Portrait of Martha E. Rogers)
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Objectives Identify the four concepts of the Nursing Theory
Become familiar with nursing theorist Martha Rogers
Understand how Rogers theory can be applied toclinical sitautions
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Nursing Theory PERSON
ENVIRONMENT
HEALTH & ILLNESS
NURSING
(Powerpoint, 2011, Clipart)
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Martha Rogers Born May, 12 1914 (Same birthday as Florence Nightingale)
Received nursing diploma in 1936
Bachelor of Science in 1937; Masters in 1945
Public health nurse for many years
Executive Director of first Visiting Nurse Service in Phoenix, AZ
Head of the Division of Nursing at NYU in 1954
Retired in 1975 after 21 years of service
Died March 13, 1994(ANA, 2011, Rogers)(American Nurses Association, 2011)
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SCIENCE OF
UNITARY BEINGS
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Person
The person is composed of many different parts
pattern and organization
abstraction and imagery
language and thought
sensation and emotion
The combination of all these parts is what makesthe human individual.
(Armstrong & Kelly, 1995)
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Environment Environment and human being continuously work together to create
the forward progression of life
Environment and human coexist and are continuously influencing one
another
ex: photosynthetic plant and human relationship
The ways in which the two influence one another are not always
quantifiable or understandable
The nurse exchanges energy with both the environment and thepatient
(Armstrong & Kelly, 1995)
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Human beings and environment constantly tradematter and energy
The Principle of Resonancy
- as we age, the frequencies become higher explainingwhy time seems to pass quicker
(Armstrong & Kelly, 1995)
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Health/Illness Defined as behaviors that emerge from the
continuum of human and environment
Events in life describe the extent to whichmaximum health is reached
Events that are maintaining health and others that
compromise life process
Health and illness are on the same continuum
(Armstrong & Kelly, 1995)
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Nursing Nursing is a noun not a verb
Nursing is an art AND a science
Nurses should focus on manifestations from theinteractions of human & environment when givingcare
Nurses primary goal is to serve people, responsibility
to society
Nurses must be highly knowledgeable inscience/scientific nature of humans for safe practice
(Armstrong & Kelly, 1995)
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Nursing as a Science Specific organized body of knowledge
Scientific research
Logical analysis
(Armstrong & Kelly, 1995)
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Nursing as an Art Body of knowledge is the basis to be creative when
treating humans
Creative techniques to promote health and wellnessto people
(Armstrong & Kelly, 1995)
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How can we
apply this
theory?
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The person who can see the apple
in the seed has the ability to seethe wholeness of an ill patient.
(Buczny, Speirs, Howard, 1989)
(Powerpoint, 2011, Clipart)
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ScenarioMr. Chatman has colon cancer
Has chronic painUnable to engage in favorite activities
Has been married 52 years
Previous health ethics professor
(Buczny, Speirs, Howard, 1989).
WWMRD?
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Rogers teaches the concept of wholeness, opennessand spiraling complexity. We put them into use by
being open to new ideas for ourselves and our
clients by sharing these new ideas freely.
(Buczny, Speirs, Howard, 1989)
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Literature Search Strategy
CINAHL search database
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References
American Nurses Association. (2011). Martha Elizabeth Rogers (1914-1994) 1996 inductee.Retrieved from http://www.nursingworld.org/MarthaElizabethRogers
Armstrong, M., & Kelly, A. (1995). More than the sum of their parts: Martha Rogers andHildegard Peplau. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 9(1), 40-44. Retrieved fromEBSCOhost.
Buczny, B., Speirs, J., & Howard, J. (1989). Nursing care of a terminally ill client.Applying Martha Rogers Conceptual Framework, 7(4) 13-18.
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