Analysis and Evaluation of Conceptual Models of Nursing; Martha Rogers

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Institution Evaluation and Analysis of Conceptual Models of Nursing Martha Rogers

According to Martha Rogers 's theory , a unitary person is an irreducible indissoluble energy field . Martha notes that people and environments are energy fields . They are open for swap over and extend to perpetuity

The array of responsibilities and disciplines that nurses undertake are enormously extensive . A successful nurse has got to be aware of the anthropogenic and the physiological complications of ill health . In the nursing practice , even though not

formal they often suggest diagnoses and interventions to doctors . Nurses furthermore are mediators for the ill by way of regards towards other health care fraternity organizations , and other entities such as health care insurance companies . Hence nurses should have broader variety of interpersonal management , and procedural skills . The skills support is compounded from numerous disciplines , including physiology , sociology , psychology , and bookkeeping

The purpose of nursing according to Martha 's theory is to sustain and promote health and wellbeing , prevent disease , as well as care for and rehabilitate the ill and the disabled patients . Martha considers man as an energy field coexisting within the universe . Man is in continuous interaction with the environment

Rogerian theory in nursing is illustrated in the practice of curative touch and it is one of the procedures in nursing that involve moving of the hands over the sick patient , exclusive of the mere touch . Assessing can be done via holding the arms two to six inches away from the patient 's energy field at the same time moving the arms commencing from the patient 's head to the limb in a rhythmic style . Later on , healing of the unwell can be realized through stirring the hands toward the patient 's body regions that give the impression of requiring consideration (Mitchell , 1987

According to Rogers nursing knowledge is often insufficient and highly subjective . In nurses ' perceptions , feelings , and actions are guided by their personal framework or perspective of nursing , this provides a cognitive structure based on their assumptions , beliefs , and values about nursing . Many of the nurses use medical as their perspective of care giving Rogerian theory not being an exception . A nurse becomes aware of the differences between the present and potential possibilities of nursing practice , they experience a cognitive dissonance or discomfort from an awareness of what is supposed to be done and what is not supposed to be done . Thus it is only when they gain this dissonance that they will change their framework of practice , decision making and actions

Perspective change can be termed as the process of transition from one framework of reference to another . It is a process of critical reflection and analysis of other explanations or perspectives that might resolve the dilemma and explain or guide ones understanding and actions The process involves gradual acquiring of a new perspective that leads to a fundamental change in the way nurses experience , interpret , and understand their work and their relationship with others...