Partnering of researcher and practicing nurses for transformative nursing.
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.
Endo
Emiko
E
Miyazaki Prefectural Nursing University, Miyazaki, Japan.
Miyahara
Tomoko
T
Suzuki
Setsuko
S
Ohmasa
Tomoe
T
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*