Martha E.

Rogers’

CAMBI, ROBERT NEAL L.

TULIBAS, JAN JIMENEA….
MARTHA E. ROGERS
Born on May 12, 1914 in Dallas, Texas

EDUCATION
• Undergraduate courses in Science, University
of Tennessee, 1931
• Nursing diploma, Knoxville General Hospital,
1936
• BS, George Peabody College, Nashville,
Tennessee, 1937
• MA, Public Health Nursing Supervision,
Columbia University Teacher’s College, New
York, 1945
• MPH, John Hopkins University, Baltimore,
Maryland, 1952
• Sc.D, John Hopkins University, Baltimore,
Maryland, 1952
MARTHA E. ROGERS
Passed away in 1994 at age 79.

CAREER
• Public health nurse, Michigan
• Visiting nurse supervision, education,
and practice, Connecticut
• Established visiting nurse service of
phoenix, Arizona
• Professor and head of the Division of
Nursing at New York University, 1954-
1975
• Professor Emerita, 1979
THEORY OF UNITARY
HUMAN BEINGS
THEORY OF UNITARY HUMAN BEINGS

MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
• Man is a unified whole possessing his own integrity an
d manifesting characteristics that are more than and
different from the sum of his parts.
• Man and environment are continuously exchanging
matter and energy with one another
• The life process evolves irreversibly and unidirectional
along the space-time continuum..
THEORY OF UNITARY HUMAN BEINGS

MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
• Pattern and organization identify the man a
nd reflect his innovative wholeness.
• Man is characterized by the capacity for ab
straction and imagery, language and thoug
ht sensation and emotion.
CONCEPTS
CONCEPTS
THEORY OF UNITARY HUMAN BEINGS

ENERGY FIELD
• Constitutes the fundamental unit of
both the living and the nonliving.
• Two fields are identified: the human
field and the environmental field.
THEORY OF UNITARY HUMAN BEINGS

UNIVERSE OF OPEN SYSTEMS, (Openness)

•Holds that energy fields are
infinite, open, and integral with
one another.
THEORY OF UNITARY HUMAN BEINGS

PATTERN
•Identifies the energy fields.
•The nature of it changes
continuously and innovatively.
THEORY OF UNITARY HUMAN BEINGS

PANDIMENSIONALITY
•“a non linear domain with ou
t spatial or temporal attribute
s”
PRINCIPLE OF
HOMEODYNAMICS
THEORY OF UNITARY HUMAN BEINGS

Principles of Homeodynamics
• Homeodynamics- the balance betw
een the dynamic life process and env
ironment.
• Suggests ways of perceiving unitary h
uman beings.
• Consists of 3 principles: Helicy, resona
ncy, and integrality
 PRINCIPLE OF PRINCIPLE OF
PRINCIPLE OF HELICY
RESONANCY INTEGRALITY

The continuous innovative, Constant change in the way or The continuous mutual human
unpredictable, increasing pattern of the energy field from field and environmental field
diversity of human and a lower to higher frequency process
environmental field patterns.
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RELEVANCE/VIEW OF THE THEORY TO NURSING
PERSON, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENT
NURSING
•Defined as the study of unitar
y, irreducible, indivisible hum
an and environmental fields
RELEVANCE/VIEW OF THE THEORY TO NURSING
PERSON, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENT
PERSON
•Suggests that a person is defined
as indivisible, pandimensional en
ergy field identified by pattern. A
nd manifesting characteristics sp
ecific to the whole.
RELEVANCE/VIEW OF THE THEORY TO NURSING
PERSON, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENT
Health
• Rogers defines health as an expression of th
e life process. It is the characteristics and be
havior coming from the mutual, simultaneou
s interaction of the human and environment
al fields, and health and illness are part of th
e same continuum.
RELEVANCE/VIEW OF THE THEORY TO NURSING
PERSON, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENT
•An irreducible pandimensional e
nergy field identified by pattern
and manifesting characteristics d
ifferent from those of the parts.
RELEVANCE/IMPORTANCE OF
THE THEORY TO PRACTICE, EDU
CATION, AND RESEARCH
RELEVANCE/IMPORTANCE OF THE THEORY TO PRACTICE,
EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH

PRACTICE
•Provides innovative framework f
rom which to plan and impleme
nt nursing
RELEVANCE/IMPORTANCE OF THE THEORY TO PRACTICE,
EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH

RESEARCH
•Provides a direction for rese
arch and theory developme
nt in the science of nursing
ANALYSIS OF
THE THEORY
ANALYSIS OF THE THEORY
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• Concepts are quite difficult to comprehend.

• It can be considered as complex despite the
efforts on clarifying about the concepts involved
• Has many limitations.
• It has been used as a foundation of many
theories.
• Can be applied in various settings.
APPLICATION IN A C
LINICAL SCENARIO
ANALYSIS OF THE THEORY
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• An ER Nurse facilitates the rehabilitation of a stroke patient

through yoga and relaxation exercises, displaying a positive
energy. The nurse asks questions relating to the home
environment, background, and health history to help promote
the patient’s overall well-being
• During discharge, the nurse educates the patient about ways
to prevent future strokes such as yoga and meditation
• The Patient takes this advice and decides to start doing
meditation to be closer with nature and to better understand
their health
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