Rosemarie Rizzo ParseTheory of Human Becoming

The Theory of Human Becoming

• Illuminate Meaning: client will co-participate in creating reality

• Synchronizing Rhythms: dwelling with the pitch, yaw, and roll of the universe; living moment to moment

• Mobilizing Transcendence: moving beyond the meaning

Assumptions about Human and Becoming• Human is open and free, choosing

meaning in situation and bearing responsibility for decisions

• Becoming is the humans’ pattern of relating values and priorities

The Theory of Human Becoming as it relates to :• Client/Person• Health• Environment• Nursing

Client/Person

• Goal is to show qualities of life through client’s perspective

• Quality of life emerges through the nurse-person process

• The nurse bears witness to the client’s own living of value priorities

• Can be done anywhere

Health

• Parse advocates that health is flowing progression of human becoming

• Hope is a living experience of health inextricably connected to quality of life

• Health is living experience of ongoing human-universe change

Environment

• The human and the environment are mutually and simultaneously interrelating as a unit

• The human-universe-health process is more than and different from the sum of its parts

• Humans co-create health in relationships with the environment

Nursing

• Presents as an alternative to bio-medical model and the bio-psycho-social-spiritual approach

• Enhances the quality of life from each client’s own perspective

• Parse defines the nursing practice as a science and art. It is innovative and creative.

• Nurses’ responsibility to society is in the guiding of individuals and their families

• The client is the authority figure and primary decision maker

Nursing cont’d

• Nursing is not based on medical or nursing diagnoses

• Nursing does not deal with disease prevention or health restoration

• Being with clients and family, rather than doing for clients and family

A framework for practice

• Personal connection between nurse and client

• Care plan must address emotional and psychological needs of client

A framework for practice

• Using the human connection • Joy• Sorrow• Laughter• Compassion• Empathy

The Human Connection

What nursing ought to be…

• Monitor the client’s experiences moment to moment

• Prevent further injury or injustice by attending to their physical, psychological and spiritual needs

• Teach the client to be the leader of their health needs

Most of us agree that…

• Equilibrium in mind, body and spirit is needed in order for a client to experience optimum health

• The current “fix it” attitude of healthcare denies the real need of the client’s wellness

Parse’s Human Becoming Theory values the most idealistic views of holism…of what nursing ought to be. Her theory could have a huge impact on the way our society views the role of nursing.

However…

• Verbose language of the theory makes it hard to understand

• It is open to misinterpretation• It is difficult to put into practice