Nursing : Complementary Alternative & therapies, Forum 4
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martha_rogers_and_suhb.pptMartha 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 concepts
of an out-dated world view to a
reality 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 new
synthesis, 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 human
service”
Courses in:
Cosmology Physics
Art Philosophy
Nursing Science Literature
Languages Applied biology
“The only people competent to
teach what nurses are supposed to
do are qualified nurses”
Major components
of the
S U H B
Four Building Blocks
Three Principles
Four
Building Blocks
Energy Fields
Open Systems
Pattern
Pandimensionality
Energy Fields
Fundamental 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…”
Pattern
Pattern identifies fields,
manifestations identify unique
behaviours and
are constantly changing
Pandimensionality
Energy fields have no
spatial or temporal attributes
Three Principles
(describing the nature of change)
Principles of
Helicy
Resonancy
Integrality
Principle of Helicy
The continuous innovative,
unpredictable, increasing diversity
of human-environmental
field patterns
Principle of Resonancy
The continuous change from
lower to higher
frequency wave patterns in human
and environmental fields.
Principle of Integrality
The continuous mutual
human field and environmental field
process.
Energy Fields
Nursing
Energy Fields
Nursing
Nursing activity:
All the usual activity, but in
addition….
Intuition
Humour
Music
Colour
Intent
Poetry
Haiku
Bibliotherapy
Ritual
Synaesthesia
Body Image and Dysmorphia
Phantom Sensations
Ageing
Transplantation
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
