Laguna State Polytechnic University - SCC

College of Nursing and Allied Health

Theory of Human

Becoming

Rosemarie Rizzo Parse

 Biography Metaparadigm

Overview
Major Concepts Theory Model
 BRIEF
BIOGRAPHY
Born on July 28, 1938
1983-1993, professor and coordinator of the
Cneter for Nursing research at the City University
of New York's Hunter College.
Founder and current editor of Nursing Science
Quarterly and President of Discovery International
Inc.
Active fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.
Published 9 books and more than 100 articles as
well as editorials about matters pertinent to
nursing.
Published her theory of nursing first entitled as
Man-Living-Health in 1981. However, in 1992 she
changed it to Theory of Human Becoming.
 METAPARADIGM
Person
Referred to a man as an open
being who is more than and
different from the sum of
the parts.
Environment
Everything in the person and
his experiences. Inseparable
from person, as well as
complimentary to and
evolving with the person.
Health
An open process of being and
becoming. Involves synthesis
of values
Nursing
A human science and art
that uses an abstract body
of knowledge to serve
people.
 Meaning
MAJOR Valuing

CONCEPTS Imaging
Languaging

Rhythmicity
Revealing-Concealing

THREE

Enabling-Limiting
Connecting-Separating

PRINCIPLES Transcendence
Powering
Originating
Transforming
 PRINCIPLE

1
MEANING

Valuing Imaging Languaging

Is a process of choosing and The creation of one's own It is about the ways people
embracing what is reality and one's reality expressed themselves to the
important. reflects who an individual is world; it may be verbally,
as unitary person. written or in their actions.
 PRINCIPLE

2
RYTHMICITY

Revealing-Concealing Enabling-Limiting Connecting-Separating

The process human use to Opportunities or restrictions

Patterns of connecting and
show or hide personal that occur daily. Making
separating with people,
evolution or becoming. choices and living with the
things and places.
consequences of our actions.
 PRINCIPLE

3
TRANSCENDENCE

Powering Originating Transforming

The pushing-resisting About human uniqueness About integrating unfamiliar

process that propels people and the ways people create ideas or activities into one's
in life through difficult their own becoming as they life. This is changing for the
times. choose from all possibilities better and becoming a new
that could be. entity.
THEORY
MODEL
References:
Alligood, M. (n.d.). Nursing
theories and their work.
pp.464-475

Arciosa, Z. (2O2O). Parse's

Theory of Human Becoming.
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