Download - Martha E. Rogers’
Martha E. Rogers’Science of Unitary
Human Beings
May 12, 1914 - March 13, 1994
Learning Outcomes:• History of the SUHB• Outline of the major components• An Introduction to Energy Fields Nursing
The History of the
S U H B
Reveille in Nursing, 1964
An Introduction to the Theoretical Basis of Nursing, 1970
• Head of Div. Of Nursing, NYU
1954-1975• SUHB curriculum• SRS 1988• Annual conferences, dedicated
journal, research
“We are trying to apply conceptsof an out-dated world view to areality that can no longer be understood in terms of these concepts” F. Capra
“A science of unitary human beings basic to nursing requires a new world view and a conceptual system
specific to nursing’s phenomenon of concern…Seeing the world from this viewpoint requires a newsynthesis, a creative leap, and the inculcation of new
attitudes and values…A science of unitary human beings identifies nursing’s uniqueness and signifies the potential
of nurses to fulfil their social responsibility in humanservice”
Courses in:Cosmology PhysicsArt PhilosophyNursing ScienceLiteratureLanguages Applied biology
“The only people competent to teach what nurses are supposed todo are qualified nurses”
Major components of the
S U H B
Four Building BlocksThree Principles
FourBuilding Blocks
Energy FieldsOpen Systems
PatternPandimensionality
Energy FieldsFundamental unit of the living
and non-living - human beings and the environment are energy fields.
Fields are “irreducible, indivisible,
pandimensional…identified by pattern
and manifesting characteristics that
are specific to the whole…and cannot
be predicted from knowledge of the parts”
Open Systems“energy fields are infinite, open,and integral with each other…”
PatternPattern identifies fields,
manifestations identify uniquebehaviours and
are constantly changing
PandimensionalityEnergy fields have no
spatial or temporal attributes
Three Principles(describing the nature of change)
Principles ofHelicy
ResonancyIntegrality
Principle of HelicyThe continuous innovative, unpredictable, increasing
diversityof human-environmental
field patterns
Principle of ResonancyThe continuous change from
lower to higher frequency wave patterns in human
and environmental fields.
Principle of IntegralityThe continuous mutual
human field and environmental field
process.
Energy FieldsNursing
Energy FieldsNursing
Nursing activity:
All the usual activity, but in addition….
IntuitionHumourMusicColourIntent
PoetryHaikuBibliotherapyRitual
SynaesthesiaBody Image and DysmorphiaPhantom SensationsAgeingTransplantation
Kirlian Photography
Acupuncture
Crystal Therapy
Therapeutic Touch
Chakra Healing
Sound Healing
Prayer
“Only as the science of nursing
takes on form and substance
can the art of nursing achieve
new dimensions of artistry”
Learning Outcomes:• History of the SUHB• Outline of the major components• An Introduction to Energy Fields Nursing