title: Partnering of researcher and practicing nurses for transformative nursing.
abstract: The purpose of this praxis research was to address the process of a researcher's partnering with practicing nurses to incorporate Newman's theory of health as expanding consciousness as a guide for nursing practice. Initially the nurses were bound by their commitment to help clients within a philosophy of cure, but as they began to engage in a caring relationship of pattern recognition with clients, they experienced the clients' transformations in a way that was transformative for them and that pervaded the total realm of their nursing practice. The process illustrates the immediate applicability of Newman's theory.
authors.affiliation: Miyazaki Prefectural Nursing University, Miyazaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Emiko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyahara
authors.forename: Setsuko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Tomoe
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohmasa
mesh_terms: D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009734:Nursing Faculty Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009742:Nursing Theory; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods*