Open AccessMargaret Newman's theory of health as expanding consciousness and a nursing intervention from a unitary perspective
Author(s) -
E Endo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
asia-pacific journal of oncology nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2349-6673
pISSN - 2347-5625
DOI - 10.4103/2347-5625.199076
Subject(s) - transformative learning , general partnership , consciousness , nursing theory , perspective (graphical) , meaning (existential) , intervention (counseling) , nursing , unitary state , psychology , holistic nursing , medicine , psychotherapist , medline , developmental psychology , political science , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , computer science , law
This mini-review aims to introduce Margaret Newman's theory of health as expanding consciousness and caring partnership as a nursing intervention. Emanating from a unitary and transformative perspective of nursing, caring partnership enables nurses to identify with cancer patients as well as to help the patients find meaning in their situation and their lives. In genuine patient-nurse interactions, both patients and nurses experience higher levels of consciousness.