MARTHA ROGER

Question 1

Nursing is a….

Answer 1

HUMANISTIC SCIENCE

Question 2

What is Martha Roger’s Theory?

Answer 2

(SCIENCE OF UNITARY HUMAN BEINGS)

Question 3

Five assumptions about human beings:

Answer 3

1. Man is a unified whole.
2. Individual and environment are continuously exchanging matter and energy.
3. Life cycle evolves irreversibly and unidirectionally along space-time continuum.
4. Life patterns identify individuals.
5. Humans have the capacity for abstraction and imagery, language and
   thought, sensation and emotion.

Question 4

1. Man is a unified whole.

Answer 4

(Whole is not equal to sum of parts.)

Question 5

INDIVIDUAL AND ENVIRONMENT ARE CONTINUOUSLY EXCHANGING MATTER AND ENERGY [IECEME]

Answer 5

principle of reciprocity where the human and environment cannot be separated and they are constantly interacting

Question 6

LIFE CYCLE EVOLVES IRREVERSIBLY AND UNIDIRECTIONALLY ALONG THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM
[LIFE CYCLE]

Answer 6

life cycle cannot be altered as we cannot turn back time

Question 7

LIFE PATTERNS IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS

Answer 7

analogy: “tell me who your friends are and i’ll tell you who you are”

lifestyle and habits will tell what kind of individual are you

Question 8

HUMANS HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR ABSTRACTION AND IMAGERY, LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT. SENSATION AND EMOTION

Answer 8

-allow the patient to verbalize/express his thoughts and feelings

-respect the patients feeling that the nurses cannot see as the patient is the only one that can describe his feelings.