HEALTH AS EXPANDING CONSCIOUSNESS

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HEALTH AS EXPANDING CONSCIOUSNESS DR. MARGRET
NEWMAN
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Presented By

• Anna Ankner
• Brigitte Rhea DelGuidice
• Faduma Jama
• Leah Scott
• Solange Barrette-Joly
• Weiyi Xu

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Education

• Newman was called to nursing during the period of
  time in which she became the primary care giver
  of her mother whom had lateral sclerosis.
• 1962- obtained her baccalaureate degree from the
  University of Tennessee, Memphis.
• 1964- received her M.S at the University of
  California in San Francisco.
• 1971- completed her Ph.D at the University of New
  York.

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Employment

• Joint capacity as director of nursing
• of a clinical research center and
• assistant professor of nursing at
• the University of Tennessee in Memphis.
• 1971 to 1976- University of New York, completing
  graduate studies. Worked and taught alongside
  nursing theorist Martha Rogers.
• Rehabilitation Nursing stemmed her interest in
  health, movement time.
• 1977- Professor in charge of graduate study in
  nursing at Penn State.
• 1984- Nurse theorist at the University of
  Minnesota.
• 1996- Retired from teaching.

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Achievements

• Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing
• Outstanding alumnus by both the University
• of Tennessee and New York University.
• Distinguished Scholar in Nursing Award from New
  York University
• Founders Award for Excellence in Nursing Research
  from Sigma Theta Tau International
• E. Louise Grant Award for Nursing Excellence
• Zeta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International has
  established the Margaret Newman Scholar award to
  support doctoral students whose research extends
  Dr. Newmans theory
• Included in Whos Who in American Women since
  1983 and was appointed to Whos Who in America in
  1996

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Image of Nursing

• Vietnam War and political assassinations created
  social unrest.
• Wave of social unrest created a shift to liberal
  thinking.
• Womans movement- condemnation of sexism, allowed
  female nurses to voice theories.
• Liberal thinking prompted a new paradigm of
  nursing.

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Image of Nursing

• Example of the Change in Nursing The Uniform

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A Paradigm Shift

• From treatment of symptoms to a search for
  patterns
• From viewing disease and disruption as negative
  to viewing them as a part of the self-organizing
  process leading to higher consciousness
• From viewing the nursing role as addressing the
  problems of disease to assisting people to get in
  touch with their own patterns

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Paradigm Concepts

• Person dynamic patterns of energy and open
  system in interaction with the environment.
• Environment a universe of open systems. The
  pattern of person-environment interaction
  constitutes health.
• Health a unitary pattern of the whole and
  encompasses both disease and non-disease.
• Nursing assisting people to utilize the power
  that is within them as they evolve toward higher
  levels of consciousness

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Concepts of Health as Expanding Consciousness

• HEALTH
• PATTERN
• CONSCIOUSNESS
• MOVEMENT-SPACE-TIME

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HEALTH

• A unitary pattern of the whole and encompasses
  both disease and non-disease.
• WHO views health as a state of physical, mental
  and social wellbeing.
• A paradigm shift view disease as a part of
  health.

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PATTERN

• Identifies the wholeness of the person
• unfolds in time and cannot be predicted
• dynamic (in constant movement)
• identified across space and time
• Health is a pattern of the whole

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CONSCIOUSNESS

• The informational capacity of the system and the
  ability of the system to interact with its
  environment.
• The person does not just possess consciousness
  but is consciousness.
• The highest level of consciousness is absolute
  consciousness.
• All experiences are equal and unconditional.

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MOVEMENT-SPACE-TIME

• Dimensions of merging patterns of
  consciousness. Represent the person as a center
  of consciousness.
• Movement Reflection of consciousness. An
  essential property of matter needed to bring
  about change. A pivotal choice point in the
  evolution of human consciousness.

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Concepts of Theory

• Newman drew upon Prigogines theory of
  dissipative structures and Youngs stages of
  human evolution to describe the level of
  consciousness in her theory and dynamics of
  movement of one level to another.

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Based on Prigogines Theory of Dissipative
Structure
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Patterns of Consciousness, Movement and
Space-Time
ABSOLUTE CONSCIOUSNESS (Real freedom)
POTENTIAL CONSCIOUSNESS (Potential freedom)
Ground of CONSCIOUSNESS
TIME
TIMELESSNESS
(Binding)
(Unbinding)
SPACE
BOUNDARYLESSNESS
(Centering)
(Decentering)
MOVEMENT
(Choice)
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Supporting Theories

• Bentovs(1977) Life of a Process of Expanding
  Consciousness. Newmans theory Health is the
  process of expanding consciousness
• Bohms(1980) Theory of Implicate Order supports
  Disease is a manifestation of the pattern of
  health
• Prigogines(1976) Theory of Dissipative
  Structures Newman incorporated Prigogines
  theory as an explanation for the timing of
  nursing presence as the patient fluctuates from
  one level of organization to a higher level.
• Rogerss Theory of Unitary Human Beings Health
  as expanding consciousness based on Rogerss
  theory
• Youngs(1976) Stages of Human Evolution provides
  the impetus for the integration of her basic
  concepts of movement, space, time, and
  consciousness into a dynamic portrayal of health
  and life.

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Application of Theory to Nursing Process

• Assess The nurse assists the client to recognize
  that his/her relationship pattern no longer
  functions and new ways of relating are necessary.
  
• Plan By respecting the client's choices, the
  nurse assists the client in exploring resources
  for transformation.
• Implement The client integrates health
  strategies in his/her lifestyle. A new
  understanding is developed on how to relate to
  others.
• Evaluate The nurse examines the client's
  transformed relationship and how the interactions
  overcome the health challenge.

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• My Philosophy of Nursing is

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• By way of intention, motivation, and willingness
  to do so, nursing touch can be a therapeutic
  touch, expanding one's understanding of the
  physical world, hence expansion of consciousness.

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References

• Krieger, D.(1992) The therapeutic touch How to
  use your hands to help or heal. N.Y. Fireside
• McQuiston, C. M. Webb, A.A., (1995).
  Foundations of Nursing Theory Contributions of 12
  Key Theoriests. SAGE Publications
• Tomey, A. M. Alligood, M. R. (2006). Nursing
  Theorists and Their Work. Mosby
• http//www.healthasexpandingconsciousness.org
• http//library.utmem.edu/exhibits/newman/