The nurse who bases practice on the theory of unitary human beings wil

QUESTION

The nurse who bases practice on the theory of unitary human beings will focus on which set of concepts?

1. Caring factors, transpersonal caring relationships, and caring moments/situations.
2. Regulator, cognator, stimuli, and adaptation.
3. Energy fields, universe of open systems, pattern, and pandimensionality.
4. Self-care deficit, self-care agency, and therapeutic self-care demand.

ANSWER:

Correct Answer: 3

The major components of Martha Rogers’ theory of unitary human beings are energy fields, openness, pattern, and pandimensionality. Caring factors, transpersonal caring relationships, and caring moments/situations are a part of Jean Watson’s Human Caring Theory. Regulator, cognator, stimuli, and adaptation are portions of Callista Roy’s Adaptation Model. Self-care deficit, self-care agency, and therapeutic self-care demand are parts of Dorothea Orem’s general theory of nursing.