Using Margaret A. Newman's theory of health with elderly nursing home residents.
OBJECTIVE
The use of Margaret A. Newman's theory by psychiatric nursing students with elderly nursing home residents.


METHODS
The author's work with baccalaureate nursing students.


CONCLUSIONS
Nurses who form relationships with elderly nursing home residents can help their clients identify problematic patterns, move to a choice point, then to a higher level of consciousness, resulting in a reduction in problematic patterns of behavior.
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Sapporo Medical University, School of Health Sciences, Hokkaido, Japan. rweingo@shs.sapmed.ac.jp
D000368:Aged; D003243:Consciousness; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005260:Female; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods*; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009735:Nursing Homes; D009742:Nursing Theory; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology