volume 20 #1 2013/2014

Volume 20 Number 1 2013/2014

Visions The Journal of Rogerian Nursing Science

Martha E. Rogers 1914-1994

V i s i o n s V o l u m e 2 0 N u m b e r 1 2 0 1 3 / 2 0 1 4

Table of Contents

Editorial Board & Review Panel

3

Information for Authors 4

Welcome

Celebrations, Transitions, & Infinite Potentials

6

Content

SRS 2013 Conference Program Notes

7

SRS 2014 Conference Program Notes

25

Articles

Celebrating and Remembering Martha E. Rogers: Opportunities to Preserve the History of Martha E. Rogers’ Life, Science, and Legacy

Farren, Fawcett, & Flanagan

45

SRS News

Presidents Message 51

2013-2014 Board 53

SRS 2015 Conference 54


Editor Arlene T. Farren, RN; PhD; AOCN, CTN-A, CNE

Editorial Board Elizabeth A. M. Barrett, RN; PhD; FAAN Howard K. Butcher, RN; PhD, PMHCNS-BC W. Richard Cowling III, RN; PhD; FAAN Arlene T. Farren, RN; PhD; AOCN, CTN-A, CNE Sonya R. Hardin, RN; PhD; CCRN, APRN Violet Malinski, RN; PhD

Column Editors

Innovations: Howard K. Butcher, RN; PhD, PMHCNS-BC Controversies: (Pending), Imagination: (Pending), Practice: (Pending)

Review Panel

Martha Raile Alligood, RN; PhD; ANEF Jacqueline Fawcett, RN; PhD; FAAN

Nancey France, RN; PhD Sarah Hall Gueldner, RN; PhD; FAAN

Pamela Reed, RN; PhD; FAAN Pamela J. Reis, PhD, CNM, NNP-BC

Nancy Sharts-Hopko, RN; PhD; FAAN Marlaine Smith, RN; PhD; FAAN Dorothy Woods Smith, RN; PhD Barbara Wright, RN; PhD; FAAN

Visions: The Journal of Rogerian Nursing Science (ISSN 1072-4532) is a peer-reviewed publication of the Society of Rogerian Scholars, Inc. (SRS), an international organization (Society of Rogerian Scholars, New York University, College of Nursing, 726 Broadway, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10003). The journal is published annually and is accessible through the SRS website, www.societyofrogerianscholars.org. Subscription to the Journal is included in the yearly SRS membership dues (see Membership Application in the subfolder entitled, SRS News).

The Journal is indexed in CINAHL, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, and the British Nursing Index. Library subscribe through subscription services such as EBSCO. As Visions is indexed in CINAHL, reprints of articles may be obtained through CINAHL direct online service at www.cinahl.com or at 1-800-959-7167.

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Information for Authors

Visions: The Journal of Rogerian Nursing Science is the journal of the Society of Rogerian Scholars (SRS). The mission of the SRS is to advance nursing science through an emphasis on the Science of Unitary Human Beings. The focus of the society is education, research, and practice in service to humankind. The purposes of the SRS are to:

Advance nursing as a basic science

Explore the meaning of a philosophy of wholeness for nursing

Foster the understanding and use of the Science of Unitary Human Beings as a basis for theory development, research, education, and practice

Provide avenues for dissemination of information related to the Science of Unitary Human Beings

Create forums for scholarly debate

Provide educational forums on the Science of Unitary Human Beings

We invite manuscripts related to all aspects of the mission and purposes of the Society, Rogerian nursing science, and related unitary sciences. Manuscripts may address theory and/or theoretical issues, research, methodological topics including instrument development, ethics/ethical issues, practice, education, administration and leadership, and aesthetics. Manuscripts may be accepted for original articles or for one of the columns based on content and recommendations of reviewers. Each manuscript will be reviewed by two-three members of the Review Panel. Final decisions rest with the Editor. Manuscript submissions:

Accepted throughout the year

Must not be under consideration by other publications

Prepared in Microsoft Word

Prepared using the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.).

Organization of Manuscripts and Guidelines:

1. Identification Page: Name, professional title/credentials, affiliation, postal address, phone number/fax, email address, and title of the manuscript

2. Title Page: Manuscript title, running header, [No Author Identification] 3. Abstract: followed by 3-4 key words for indexing. Abstract (250 words) and 4-5

key words 4. Body of the Manuscript: 15-20 double-spaced, 1 inch margins, 12 font type plus

references. Written permission from copyright holders must be submitted if the manuscript includes figures or tables from another’s work, or quotations of 300 words or more (journals or books), or quotations of any length from newspapers,


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Correspondence regarding Visions and Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor and other correspondence may be sent to the Editor at [email protected] . Please include contact information (email, phone/fax, and postal mail address). Letters to the Editor will be printed based on pertinence to the content, clarity and organization, and language. All decisions regarding publishing Letters to the Editor will rest with the Editor.

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Welcome Celebrations, Transitions, & Infinite Possibilities

Welcome to the 2013/2014 Volume (20) of Visions: The Journal of Rogerian Nursing Science (Visions). This is an exciting time for the SRS and Visions; we have had much to celebrate. In 2013, the SRS celebrated the 25th anniversary of its founding by Martha E. Rogers and 4 co-founders, E. A. M. Barrett, V. Malinski, T. Meehan, and J. Phillips. In 2014, we celebrated the 100th anniversary of Martha E. Rogers’ birth. The SRS held the 2014 conference in Knoxville, TN, where Rogers spent some of her youth and where a memorial has been maintained by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville College of Nursing and their Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International, honor society in nursing. Rogers’ influence in nursing theory, research, education, and practice is still present and vibrant. In terms of Visions, 2014 has been a year of transition; transition to a new mode of access, i.e. e., from print to online and Visions is transitioning with new leadership by way of a new editor.

As editor, in 2015 and moving forward, I hope to maintain the quality of articles and pertinence to the Science that my predecessors ensured through their leadership. As we transition, I would like to take this opportunity to remind our readers of the committed former editors and co-editors who planned and produced any and all phases of the journals publication and to celebrate their contributions. From Volume 1 in 1993, the premiere issue, through Volume 19 (2012), there has been three sets of co-editors; V. Malinski and S. Cheema, the inaugural co-editors, S. Hardin and M. Bramlett, and finally, M. Bramlett and H. Butcher. I respect and honor the co-editors’ work and will gladly learn from the legacy they have nurtured.

Visions will continue to be indexed in CINAHL, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature. This is essential to allow students, researchers, and others to locate works by Visions’ authors and to provide visibility for our journal and our authors to the wider community of scholars. The blind, peer reviewed process will be maintained and we will continue a commitment to best practices in publication ethics and work toward the most current expectations for rigorous reporting of research consistent with other contemporary research publications. The online, open access version of Visions offers the advantages of timely publication of original works, fewer limitations regarding space, ongoing rather than static publication of work, and other formatting/visual changes. All access will be via our SRS website, http://www.societyofrogerianscholars.org, click on “Publications” from the menu. Your input about what you would like to see and how the journal is meeting your needs will be very important and most welcomed. I look forward to your feedback and to receiving your manuscripts!

Arlene T. Farren, RN; PhD; AOCN, CTN-A, CNE Editor, Visions: The Journal of Rogerian Nursing Science



Program and Opening Remarks from the

Society of Rogerian Scholars

2013 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the SRS

Rhythms of Life:

The Symphony of Rogers’ Science of Unitary

Human Beings

William & Anita Newman Conference Center

Baruch College/CUNY

151 E. 25th Street, New York, NY

October 9-11, 2013

Hosted by the City University of New York

The Society of Rogerian Scholars extends appreciation to the

City University of New York and the University Dean for Health and Human Services

for support to host this conference.


Wednesday, October 9, 2013

2:30 – 3:15 PM Registration Opens

3:15 – 3:30 PM Welcome, Overview, & Remembrances

Arlene T. Farren, RN; PhD; AOCN, CTN-A

President, Society of Rogerian Scholars

At the opening of the conference celebrating the 25th

Anniversary of the Society

of Rogerian Scholars (SRS) a brief reflection of appreciation and remembrance of

the SRS Founder, Martha E. Rogers, along with members, friends and supporters

was presented by the SRS President. Some of the pictures and comments from the

opening are shared with you here. I would like to acknowledge that the

photographs used were those contributed by John Phillips (most of the individual

photos) and Howard Butcher (the Genius photo). Mary Ann Hanley was also

acknowledged for sharing the anonymous poem.

Martha E. Rogers, SRS Founder 1914-1994

Head, Division of Nursing, New York University, 1954-1975


Joan Hoexter, Member, Friend Supporter

Polly Scilken, Member, Friend, & Supporter


Erline P. McGriff

Member, Friend, & Supporter,

Former Nursing Division Head at New York University,

Barbara Latham, Member, Friend, & Supporter


Shelia Cheema, Visions founding Co-Editor,

Member, Friend, & Supporter

Dr. Joanne King Griffin, Member,

Conference Planner, Dialog Facilitator, Friend & Supporter


Fran Biley

Past SRS President, Dialog Facilitator,

Member, Artist, Friend, & Supporter

There are others for whom we have no pictures at this time; we remember

them as well:

Cheryl McGaffic, Susan Leddy, and Alice Davidson.

We remembered those whose passing may not have been revealed to us.

All shared a moment of silence in appreciation and warm remembrance

for our dear friends and colleagues.


An Anonymous Poem shared by Mary Ann Hanley was read:

And if I go,

While you’re still here

Know that I live on, vibrating to a different measure –

Behind a veil you cannot see through.

You will not see me,

So you must have faith.

I wait for the time when we can soar

Together again –

Both aware of each other.

Until then,

Live our life to its fullest and when you need me,

Just whisper my name in your heart…..

I will be there


Remembering those who travel with us along our journey is a wonderful way to

begin a celebration of the Anniversary of our organization – one that has as its

mission the advancement of nursing science with a focus on the SUHB through

education, research, practice, and theory development. That is precisely what we

began yesterday at the Martha E. Rogers Scholars Fund Lecture and will engage

in for our brief time together. Thank you for your continued support of the SRS.

That concluded Dr. Farren’s remarks of the opening of the 2013 Conference of

the SRS celebrating its 25th

Anniversary.


3:30 – 5:30 PM Martha E. Rogers Scholars Fund Lectureship

Founders’ Panel

Elizabeth A. M. Barrett, RN; PhD; LMHC, FAAN, SRS Co-founder

Private Practice, NY, NY

Violet Malinski, RN; PhD, SRS Co-founder

College of New Rochelle, NY

John R. Phillips, RN; PhD, SRS Co-founder

Retired Professor, New York University, NY

Approaches to Teaching, Rogerian Nursing Practice, and

Theoretical Conceptualizations in Rogerian Nursing Science

Note: The Martha E. Rogers Scholars Fund Lecture was videotaped.

Regrettably, only a portion of the session was adequately captured and

file errors occurred. Technical assistance is being sought to determine if

the captured video can be saved.

5:30 PM

Welcome Reception Honoring our Founders & Past Presidents

Faculty Lounge


Thursday, October 10, 2013

8:30 AM Registration/Light Breakfast/Sign In

8:30 AM Poster Presentations

Kristi Osborne, BSN & Lynn Carter, BSN; Graduate Students, Lincoln

Memorial University, Knoxville, TN

Music Therapy-A Patterning Activity for Agitation in Alzheimer’s

E. D. Paljevic, RN; EdD; CPNP, Pace University, New York, NY

The Lived Experiences of Families that have attended a Cardiogenetics Clinic

G. Ramos BSN Nursing Student & P. Waters, RN; PhD, University

of St. Thomas

Forming a Theoretical Lens: An Undergraduate Student’s Journey to

Resonance with Martha Rogers

K. B. Rickard, RN; MSN; FNP-C, Northern Arizona State

University

Disseminating Value of Chakras for Healing

Note: our Poster Presenters represented a wonderful geographic cross section

of the country and topical diversity ranging from personal experiences, family

field research, a health patterning modality – Music Therapy and

informational poster about Chakras. Much dialog took place with the

presenters throughout the conference.


9:15 – 9:30 AM Welcome, Overview, & Opening Remarks

Mary O’Donnell, RN; PhD

On Behalf of CUNY Nursing Discipline Council & Host Dean,

University Dean for Health and Human Services, Dr. William Ebenstein

Arlene T. Farren, RN; PhD; AOCN, CTN-A,


9:30 -10:30 AM Keynote Address

Martha E. Rogers: Nursing’s Einstein

Pamela Reed, RN; PhD; FAAN

Professor, University of Arizona, College of Nursing, Tucson, AZ

11:00 – 12:00 PM Podium Session – 1

Theoretical Rhythms

A Rogerian-based Situation Specific Theory of Men’s Healing from Childhood

Maltreatment

Danny Willis1, RN; DNS; PMHCNS-BC

Susan DeSanto-Madeya2, RN; PhD; CNS; &

Jacqueline Fawcett3, RN; PhD, ScD (hon); FAAN

1& 2: Boston College, Connell School of Nursing; 3: Professor & Chair of

Nursing, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA

Evolution of the Theory of Compassion Energy from Rogers’ Science of Unitary

Human Beings

Dorothy J. Dunn, RN; PhD; RNP; FNP-BC, AHN-BC

Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ



Educational Rhythms

Rogerian Swirl: The Accelerating Evolution of Higher Education

Nancey E. M. France1, RN; PhD &

Marlaine C. Smith2, RN; PhD; AHN-BC; FAAN

1 & 2: Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University

2: Dean and Helen K. Persson Eminent Scholar

Lunch

1:30 – 3:00 PM Concurrent Session A

A1: Research and Rhythms of Life

The Experience of Living with HIV Disease:

A Phenomenological Study of a Group of Older Black/African American Women

Judith Borga, RN; PhD

Molloy College, Garden City, NY

The Living Experiences of Suffering in Later Life

Steven L. Baumann, RN; PhD

Hunter College & CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY

Patterns of Smokeless Tobacco Use in Rural Women: Their Own Stories

Brenda Talley1, RN; PhD; NEA-BC, Allison Rushing2, RN; PhD; & R. Gee2,

RN; PhD

1: University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; 2. Georgia Southern University,

Statesboro, GA


OR

A2: Holistic Nursing Practices and Rhythms of Life

Science of Unitary Human Beings: Foundation for Unitary-Transformative

Paradigm of

Nursing and Holistic Nursing Practice

Phyllis Waters, RN; PhD

Harris Health System, Director Nursing Practice & University of St.

Thomas, Houston, TX

The Unfolding Pattern of Unitary Science Noted by Nurses Following Ancient

Healing Cosmologies to Modern Complex Dynamics of Resonance, Harmonics,

Cosmic Consciousness and In-Formation

Joyce Perkins, RN; PhD, AHN-BC, RMP-T

Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN


Thursday, October 10, 2013 Continued

3:15 PM – 4:15 PM Concurrent Session B

B1: Programs/Practices and Rhythms of Life

The Process of Developing and Evolving a Conflict Resolution and

Peer Mediation Program at an Elementary School

Dorothy Larkin, RN; PhD

College of New Rochelle & Private Practice, NY

Taking Care of Me Takes Care of You:

The Charles Evans Integrative Stress Management Program

Caroline Ortiz, RN; MSN, MPH,

Christine Gilchrist, RN; MSN, MPH; NC-BC, &

Jeanne Kenney, RN; BSN; HN-BC

Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY

OR

B2: Exemplars and Rhythms of Life

Desire’s Story: A Case Study in Power as Knowing Participation in Change

Darcel Reyes, RN; MS; NP-BC

HELP/PSI, New York & Doctoral Student, CUNY Graduate Center, NY,

NY

Becoming a Rogerian Scholar: My Personal Journey

Sarah Gueldner, RN; DSN; FAAN

Garvin Professor of Nursing, Frances Payne Bolton, SON, Case Western

Reserve University, Cleveland, OH



Rhythms & Symphonies

Musical Notes as Symphony for the Rhythms of Life

Sheila M. Lewis, BScN, MHSc

York University, School of Nursing, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

4:45 - 5:00 PM Break

5:00 – 6:30 PM SRS General Assembly and Business Meeting

All members are encouraged to attend

All non-members are invited to join

Friday, October 11, 2013

9:00 – 9:25 AM Registration/Light Breakfast/Sign In

9:25 AM Welcome and Introductions

9:30 – 10:15 AM Podium Session – 4

Emerging Presence of Power as Knowing Participation in Change and

Professional Practice

Dorothy Jones1, RN; EdD; FAAN & Jeanette Ives Erickson2, RN; DNP;

FAAN

1: Boston College, Connell School of Nursing & Massachusetts General

Hospital, Director of YLM Center for Nursing Research; 2: Massachusetts

General Hospital, Vice President for Patient Care Services & Chief Nurse


10:15 – 10: 30 AM Break

10:30- 11:15 AM Podium Session – 5

Transforming Professional Quality of Life and Quality Caring

Vidette Todaro-Franceschi, RN; PhD; FT

Hunter College & CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY


Martha E. Rogers: Heretic and Heroine

John R. Phillips, RN; PhD

Retired Professor, New York University & SRS Co-Founder

12:15 -12:30 PM Closing & Evaluations


College of Staten Island & CUNY Graduate Center, N


SRS 25th Anniversary Luncheon at 1:30PM

CUNY Graduate Center, 9th Floor

365 Fifth Avenue (between 35th & 36th Street), NY, NY 10016


Note: This picture was taken at the SRS 25th

Anniversary Luncheon. John

Phillips, Co-Founder, Ann Sullivan-Smith, SRS Member, Mary Joseph, SRS

Member and doctoral student, CUNY Graduate Center, Elizabeth Barrett, Co-

Founder, and Violet Malinski, Co-Founder.


2013 Conference Planning Committee

Arlene T. Farren

Phillip Gimber

Vidette Todaro-Franceschi

Barbara Wright


2013 Officers and Board of Directors

President

Arlene T. Farren (2012 – 2014) [email protected]

Vice President & Appointed Chair, Membership Committee

Pamela Reis (2011-2013) [email protected]

Treasurer

Jacqueline Fawcett (2011 – 2013) [email protected]

Secretary

Jane Flanagan (2012 – 2014) [email protected]

Directors

Class I (Odd Year)

Patricia Bartzak (2011-2013) [email protected]

Joyel Brule (2011-2013) [email protected]

Diana Morris (2011-2013) [email protected]

Class II (Even Year)

Dorothy Dunn (2012 – 2014) [email protected]

Nancy Scroggs (2012 – 2014) [email protected]

Vidette Todaro-Franceschi (2012 – 2014) [email protected]

Nominations Committee Chair

Michele Kramer (2012 – 2014) [email protected]

Visions: Journal of Rogerian Nursing Science Co-Editors

Martha H. Bramlett [email protected]

Howard K. Butcher [email protected]

SRS Martha E. Rogers Scholars Fund

President, Sarah Gueldner [email protected]
















Program and Notes from the


2014 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Hosted by the

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of

Nursing

Martha E. Rogers:

Her Life, Her Science, Her Legacy Emerging

Crowne Plaza Knoxville

401 Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37902

October 7-9, 2014

1914 - 2014

100th Anniversary Year of

Martha E. Rogers’ Birth


Society of Rogerian Scholars (SRS)

The SRS was incorporated in 1988 by its founder Martha E. Rogers and co-

founders, Elizabeth Ann Manhart Barrett, Violet Malinski, Theresa Meehan, and

John Phillips. The mission of the SRS is to advance nursing science through an

emphasis on the Science of Unitary Human Beings (SUHB). The focus of the

society is education, research, and practice in service to humankind.

The purposes of the SRS are to:

Advance nursing as a basic science

Explore the meaning of a philosophy of wholeness for nursing

Foster the understanding and use of the SUHB as a basis for theory

development, research, education, and practice

Provide avenues for dissemination of information related to the SUHB

Create forums for scholarly debate

Provide educational forums on the SUHB

Visit our website at: http://www.societyofrogerianscholars.org or Visit us on

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/506598189473184/ - ask to join

the group.

The University of Tennessee Knoxville, College of Nursing

The SRS expresses appreciation to Dean Neiderhauser and the UT Knoxville,

College of Nursing for hosting our event, assisting with contact hours, and

sponsoring the Dean’s Reception.

Conference Purpose: The overall purpose of this offering is to enable learners

(nurses and other professionals) to: a)Describe the influence of Martha E. Rogers

in nursing knowledge development and unitary science; b) Describe

developments in Rogers’ science, related unitary perspectives, and reports of

research; c)Discuss potential for future nursing knowledge development.

This program provides contact hours through The University of Tennessee, College of

Nursing. The University of Tennessee College of Nursing is an approved provider of

continuing nursing education by the Tennessee Nurses Association, an accredited

approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on

Accreditation.


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Disclosures to Participants

Daily sign-in for attendance and submission of completed evaluation form

is required to document successful completion and receive contact hour

certificate

The presenters and planners have declared no actual, potential, or perceived

conflict of interest.

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

2:30 – 3:15 PM Sign-in & Registration Opens – Mezzanine

Poster Presentations

3:15 – 3:30 PM Welcome and Overview - Salon B

3:30 – 5:30 PM Keynote Address & Discussion

John R. Phillips, RN; PhD, SRS Co-founder

Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings: Beyond the Frontier of Science

5:30 PM Dean’s Welcome Reception – Salon A

Dean Victoria Niederhauser

College of Nursing

University of Tennessee Knoxville



Available Tuesday, 10/7 through Thursday, 10/9 - Mezzanine

Relationship Based Care: Exploring the Manifestations of Health as Expanding

Consciousness within a Patient and Family Centered Medical Intensive Care Unit

Lillian Ananian, RN, MSN, PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Infinite Potentials: Legacy and Visions of the Future Emerging

Arlene T. Farren, RN; PhD; AOCN, CTN-A, CNE

City University of New York, College of Staten Island and

CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY

The Feasibility and Efficacy of Using a Computer-assisted Pedometer to improve the

perception of Health in a Cohort of Nurses through Number of Steps Walked, Flights of

Stairs Climbed and Overall Activity Level

Jane Flanagan, PhD; ANP-BC, Presenter, Boston College, Boston, MA

Co Authors:

Michael C. Cheney, MS, AGPCNP-BC; Meghan Rudolph, MS, PMHCNS-BC;

Daniela Agusti, RN; Elise Gettings, RN; Marjorie Noone, RN

Behavioral Expectations:

Shifting Paranormal To Normal Using Controlled Remote Viewing Data Collection

Teresa Frisch, RN

Aesthetic Impact Informational Services, LLC

Troy, Ohio

Self-management: A Rogerian Science Conceptualization

Philip Gimber, MS, NP

City University of New York, LaGuardia Community College

Doctoral Student, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY

Human Dignity and Patient Advocacy as Mutual Process

Lisa Heelan, MSN, FNP-BC

Doctoral Student, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ

Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Scholar

Health, Caring, Consciousness, Mutual Process, Patterning, Presence, and

Meaning unfolding in a Praxis Relationship

Katherine Rosa PhD, FNP-BC

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA


Wednesday, October 8, 2014

8:30 AM Registration/Light Breakfast/Sign In - Mezzanine

8:30 - 9:15 AM Poster Presentations - Mezzanine

9:15 – 9:30 AM Welcome and Overview – Salon B

9:30 -10:30 AM Keynote Address

Evolution of the Science of Unitary Human Beings:

The Conceptual System, Theory Development, Research, and Practice

Methodologies

Jacqueline Fawcett, RN; PhD; ScD (hon); FAAN

University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA

10:30 – 10: 45 AM Break

10:45 – 12:30 PM Visit & Remembrance: Martha E. Rogers Memorial

University of Tennessee Knoxville, College of Nursing

Martha Raile Alligood, RN; PhD; ANEF

Professor Emeritus,

East Carolina University, College of Nursing,

Greenville, NC

Note: The bus leaves the hotel for the Memorial Site

promptly at 10:50AM and will leave the site promptly at

12:15PM for the return trip to the hotel.


Memories of Martha E. Rogers’ Places, People, and Purpose

Welcome………………………………………………….Martha Raile Alligood

PLACES:

Yale Ave ……..………………………….…. Martha Raile Alligood

Welcome to UTK College of Nursing………Dean Victoria Niederhauser

Gamma Chi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International……Dava Shoffner

PEOPLE:

Nurses in the USA and around the world

Family members unable to attend today……………..Martha Raile Alligood

Martha’s sisters, Laura Wilhite and Jane Coleman and her niece, Katherine Lundy

Martha Rogers family (Martha’s nephew)………………….…Bruce Wilhite

Even Before They Are Gone……………………………….Sarah Gueldner

PURPOSE:

Nursing’s Story by Martha Rogers…………………………Arlene Farren

President of Society of Rogerian Scholars

Moment of Silence

Distribution of copies of Nursing’s Story


12:30 – 2:00 PM Lunch and Celebrations - Salon C

2:00 – 3:30 PM Keynote Address & Panel Discussion – Salon B

Martha & Me

Margaret Newman, RN; PhD; FAAN

Panel: Health as Expanding Consciousness: Impact on Optimizing

Education, Research, and Clinical Practice

Dorothy Jones, APRN; EdD; FAAN

Margaret Pharris, RN; PhD; FAAN

Marlaine C. Smith, RN; PhD; AHN-BC; FAAN

3:30 – 3:45 PM Break

3:45-5:15 PM Concurrent Session A

A1: Salon B

The Relationship between Power and Human Dignity in Childbirth

Lisa Heelan, MSN, FNP-BC, ANP-BC

Followed by an Open Discussion Related to

Power Research

OR


A2: Salon A

The Patterning of Compassion Energy

Dorothy J. Dunn, RN; PhD; FNP-BC, AHN-BC

Explication of the Unitary Field in Human Consciousness:

A Model Revealing the Shift in Perception from a Linear to Spherical-

Holographic Reality

Joyce B. Perkins, RN; PhD; MA, MS, CHTP, AHN-BC

5:15 - 5:30 PM Break

5:30 – 6:45 PM SRS General Assembly and Business Meeting


Thursday, October 9, 2014

9:00 – 9:25 AM Registration/Grand Continental Breakfast/Sign In


9:25 AM Welcome and Introductions – Salon B

9:30 – 12:15 PM Martha E. Rogers Scholars Fund Lectureship - Salon

MER Talks: Re-imagining Unitary Dialogue

W. Richard Cowling III, RN; PhD; APRN-BC, AHN-BC, FAAN

Vice President of Academic Affairs

Chamberlain College of Nursing

Downers Grove, IL

12:15 -12:30 PM Closing & Evaluations


Mark Your Calendars – October 2015

Society of Rogerian Scholars 2015 Conference

Hosted by

Lewis University

College of Nursing and Health Professions

Oak Brook Campus, Illinois


Oral Presentation Abstracts

Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings: Beyond the Frontier of Science

John R. Phillips, RN; PhD

Unique manifestations of Rogers and her mode of thinking in creating her science of

unitary human beings are made evident. The significance of Rogers’ ongoing changes in

the emerging specificity of the unitary perspective of her science is highlighted.

Emphasis is given to significant changes Rogers made to her science that went beyond

the frontier of scientific thinking. The contributions of Rogers’ science to knowledge

development of unitary perspectives are viewed within the context of accelerating

changes in humankind and the universe. A question is raised: Is there a phenomenon in

the unpredictable relative present to be discovered that will accelerate the theoretical

emerging of Rogers’ science and legacy beyond the frontier of science?

Evolution of the Science of Unitary Human Beings:

The Conceptual System, Theory Development, Research, and Practice Methodologies

Jacqueline Fawcett, RN; PhD; ScD (hon); FAAN

The purpose of this address, given at the 2014 meeting of the Society of Rogerian Scholars, is to

acknowledge the impressive evolution of the Science of Unitary Human Beings. The content of

this address, which is offered in celebration of the 100th year since Martha E. Rogers’ birth, is a

story of the outstanding contributions made by Rogers to the advancement of nursing knowledge

and by all Rogerian scholars who have translated the Science of Unitary Human Beings into

service to human beings. The story focuses on the changes Rogers made in the terminology of her

Conceptual System over time; the work by Rogers and many Rogerian scholars to derive grand,

middle-range, and situation-specific theories from the Science of Unitary Human Beings; the

evolution of what constitutes Science of Unitary Human Beings-based research; and the evolution

of practice methodologies that operationalize the Science of Unitary Human Beings.

The Relationship between Power and Human Dignity in Childbirth

Lisa Heelan, MSN, FNP-BC, ANP-BC

Background

Continuous fetal monitoring is associated with worse outcomes for healthy women with

low risk pregnancies when compared to intermittent fetal monitoring (Alfirevic et al.,

2006; Klein, 2006). The vast majority of laboring women in the United States are

routinely receiving continuous fetal monitoring when in labor (Declercq et al., 2006).

This finding strongly suggests that women in labor are not given an opportunity to choose

between intermittent fetal monitoring and continuous fetal monitoring. Informed consent

requires accurate information and knowledge of choices (Beauchamp & Childress, 2009;

Yeo & Moorehouse, 1996), and is akin to self-determination. Self-determination is


associated with human dignity (American Nurses Association [ANA] Code of Ethics,

2001; Curtin, 1979; Gadow, 1980, Kohnke, 1982).

A core value in nursing is the concept human dignity (ANA, 2001; Fagermoen, 1997;

International Council of Nursing, 2012; Milton, 2003). Themes of human dignity

include respect, autonomy, and choice in decision making (Anderberg et al., 2007;

Fenton & Mitchell, 2002; Griffin-Heslin, 2005; Haddock, 1996; Jacelon et al., 2004,

Shotton & Seedhouse, 1998).

Using the theoretical framework of Barrett’s theory of power (1983, 2010) a laboring

woman gives informed consent regarding fetal monitoring by being aware of her choices,

being free to choose with intent from among her choices, and then by being involved in

creating change by making an informed choice based on evidence and her beliefs and

values.

Method: This lecture will analyze and synthesize the literature regarding the concept of

human dignity and its relationship to Barrett’s concept of power in the context of a labor

setting and the use of fetal monitoring.

Data sources: CINAHL, EBSCO, SAGE, and MEDLINE-PubMed

Results: There have been no studies exploring the concept of power and human dignity

in the context of a labor setting.

Conclusion: Limited research has been conducted exploring the nursing values of human

dignity and its relationship with power in the context of a labor setting. Barrett’s theory

of power and the Science of Unitary Human Beings will provide the theoretical

framework for this analysis.

The Patterning of Compassion Energy

Dorothy J. Dunn, RN; PhD; MA, MS, CHTP, AHN-BC

The theory of compassion energy was developed from a creative synthesis process. The

three attributes that inform caring with another were synthesized and are known as

compassionate presence, patterned nurturance, and intentional knowing. The purpose of

nursing is to foster health and wellness potential within the pandimensional person-

environment energy field. This energy field is identified and manifested by patterned

nurturance occurring by a mutual process that occurs simultaneously. The continuous

mutual process of the person-environment energy fields results in continuous pattern

manifestation exchanges in both person-nurse dyad and their environment. The patterned

nurturance gives identity to the person-environment field where compassion becomes the

energy for caring. The person seeking health and wellness may have a low energy

frequency and enters into the high frequency energy field of the compassionate nurse

where information and intentional knowing emerges from the unique patterns of energy

exchanged.


Explication of the Unitary Field in Human Consciousness:

A Model Revealing the Shift in Perception from a Linear to Spherical-Holographic

Reality

Joyce B. Perkins, RN; PhD; MA, MS, CHTP, AHN-BC

This presentation unpacks the evolution of human consciousness through

strategies of linear rational thought processes to the practice of “direct knowing” via

intuitive awareness. This shift is best described as a shift of attention from a linear

projected understanding of past, present and future, to one of a holographic sphere that

expands and contracts as needed according to the focus necessary in the present moment.

Attention is guided by one’s inner perceiver from a left brain focus, to a “direct

experience” of right brain flow within an expanded reality by frequency matching.

Finding the unified field within oneself is a process of weaving the physical and

nonphysical worlds together, science with spirit. Quantum physicists are coming to

conclusions that validate what mystics have shared for thousands of years, that the inner

world is really a unified field of consciousness and energy. The physical world coalesces

out of the unified field via patterns, but still remains one field. The personal field of the

nurse is imbued with the unified field, and thereby has access to all levels of information

via resonance guided by attention. Indigenous people navigated their world via this

spherical-holographic field modulated by frequency patterns of the conscious heart.

MER Talks: Re-imagining Unitary Dialogue

W. Richard Cowling III, RN; PhD; APRN-BC, AHN-BC, FAAN

In the spirit of TED Talks (https://www.ted.com/about/our-organization), I am

introducing a new way of dialoguing that embraces the spirit of unitary thinking:

openness, patterning, and infinite possibilities. The point of this is to create a unitary

conversation that brings innovative vitalizing expressions to enduring unitary

conceptualizations to transform the human condition. There is a “danger in a single

story” of unitary science that in fact mitigates the boundless potentials infused in Rogers

enduring conceptualizations of the universe. I believe that Rogers is calling us to

simultaneously nurture that which is abiding with that which is dynamic – fostering her

spirit of liberating energetic uncertainty in the midst of an unpredictable, pandimensional

universe.

https://www.ted.com/about/our-organization


Poster Presentation Abstracts

Relationship Based Care: Exploring the Manifestations of Health as Expanding

Consciousness within a Patient and Family Centered Medical Intensive Care

Unit

Lillian Ananian, RN, MSN, PhD

Note: Dr. Ananian was unable to be with us at the conference but has given

permission for publication of her abstract.

Background/ Significance: Decades of scientific exploration demonstrate limited

nursing understanding of and interventions for the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) family

experience. Uncovering what is meaningful to critical care nurses and families coping

with life threatening situations within a practice model designed to enhance relationship

based care has not been explored.

Purpose of Study: Research Questions: To explore meaning embedded in experiences

of ICU family members and registered nurses within a medical intensive care unit within

a framework of Health as Expanding Consciousness (Newman, 2008).

Research Questions: What is the family experience of relationship based care when a

critically ill loved one is receiving care within a medical intensive care unit environment?

What experiences are revealed by nurses practicing within a relationship based care

practice model when caring for families in a medical intensive care unit environment?

Methods: Newman’s (2008) dialectic, hermeneutic phenomenologic praxis methodology

was used to uncover meaning and pattern expression among eight ICU family members

and seven registered nurse caregivers.

Results: Data were examined within Newman’s theoretical model of Health as

Expanding Consciousness and Young’s (1976) stages of consciousness expansion.

Recurrence among aggregate family members, registered nurses and integrated family

members/registered nurses were thematically clustered.

Family Member Themes:

1. Family members reassess their life goals during the critical illness experience

2. Family members experience comfort and easing of emotional burdens by being with

the patient and involved in care processes

3. Family members experience increased awareness and increasing freedom within

Young’s model by staying true to patients’ end of life choices and wishes

Registered Nurse Themes:

1. Registered nurses know patients more fully by interfacing with the family’s unique

way of being

2. Registered nurse relationships with the family’s unique way of being enhances the

meaning of professional nursing practice


3. Registered nurses ability to harmonize critical care and palliative care gives

meaning to relationship based patient and family centered nursing care

Integrated Family Member/Registered Nurse Themes

1. The intentional presence of the nurse grounded in relationship with patients and

families brings comfort to both nurse and patient/family and gives personal meaning

to the experience for both groups

2. Creating opportunities for open dialogue with families and nurses around issues

affecting the critical care of patients is a source of comfort, relief from suffering and

has the potential to develop new insights about the experience and its meaning in

their lives

3. The relationship between family, nurse and patient during a critical hospitalization

can harmonize critical care and palliative care and give new meaning to relationship

based patient and family centered care

Conclusions: Health, an awareness which contributes to insightful transformation and

consciousness advancement within the context of critical illness, can be enhanced

through relationship based ICU family centered nursing care.

Implications for Nursing Practice and/or Future Research: The advancement of

patient and family care is fostered by creating nursing practice environments focused on

meaning. This study reveals unlimited opportunities for future nursing research, practice,

education and policy advancements. In particular, the integrated family/registered nurse

themes offer a novel opportunity for scientific exploration of intentional presence and

open dialogue within ICU nurse/patient/family relationships.

Infinite Potentials: Legacy and Visions of the Future Emerging


The Society of Rogerian Scholars (SRS) was founded in 1988 by Martha E. Rogers and

four co-founders. Although there are many books published about Rogers and the

Science of Unitary Human Beings (SUHB), there were three publications that emerged

following the founding of the SRS. First (1988), the Rogerian Nursing Science News,

and, in 1993, the premier issue of Visions, the Journal of Rogerian Nursing Science was

published. In the 1993 Visions, Rogers shared her excitement and enthusiasm about

introducing a journal to share ideas, new ways of thinking, and making new knowledge

available to a wider audience. In 1995, the first issue of The Martha E. Rogers Center for

the Study of Nursing Science News was released to coincide with the establishment of the

Center at New York University. Currently, Visions is the only publication that continues

with the last print issue in 2012. A 2013/2014 online issue is being planned. The purpose

of this presentation is to report findings from an examination of the content of these three

Rogerian publications for the purpose of exploring the legacy of Rogers and the SUHB as

illustrated by the content and emergent themes from approximately 26 years of

publications, and to reflect upon the emerging legacy and future of Visions. Implications

for the science, society, and future publications will be discussed.


The Feasibility and Efficacy of Using a Computer-assisted Pedometer to improve the

perception of Health in a Cohort of Nurses through Number of Steps Walked, Flights

of Stairs Climbed and Overall Activity Level

Jane Flanagan, PhD; ANP-BC, Presenter, Co Authors: Michael C. Cheney, MS,

AGPCNP-BC; Meghan Rudolph, MS, PMHCNS-BC; Daniela Agusti, RN; Elise

Gettings, RN; Marjorie Noone, RN

Purpose: The primary aim of this study was to test the feasibility and efficacy of using a

computer-assisted pedometer in a cohort of nurses. A secondary aim was to understand if

pedometer use enhanced awareness, choice to participate in a walking program, freedom

to act intentionally and knowingly participate in change as manifested by an increased

number of steps walked, number of flights of stairs climbed, and an improved personal

perception of health. Significance: Over 75% of adults report living a sedentary lifestyle,

yet such a lifestyle greatly impacts a person’s health. This lack of activity contributes to

the development of many chronic conditions including obesity, heart disease, and

diabetes. Background: Despite having knowledge about the importance of exercise for

reducing stress and improving health outcomes, evidence suggests nurses are no better

than the general population in terms of exercising. It is recommended that women walk

11,000 steps per day and that men walk 13,000 steps per day to achieve physical fitness.

More recent studies suggest short bouts of exercise throughout the day are effective in

decreasing sedentary lifestyle.

Theoretical Framework: This study was informed by Rogers’ science of unitary human

beings (SUHB) and more specifically, Barrett’s theory of knowing participation in

change. According to SUHB, change is not cause and effect, but multi-factorial and

complex. An underlying assumption of Barrett’s theory suggests that power is the

potential of the person to participate knowingly in change. The dimensions of power are

awareness, choice, freedom to act intentionally, and involvement in creating change.

Methodology: This study utilized a non-experimental exploratory design with a

convenience sample to test the feasibility and efficacy of using the Fitbit – a computer

based pedometer. Pre-, intra- and post-test measures were used to obtain self-reports on

the following: Number of steps walked, flights of stairs climbed, activity level, and

perception of health. In addition, general demographic information was collected on each

participant. Results: 27female and 3male nurses with self-reported age mode 55-65, 93%

non-Hispanic Caucasian and 7% Hispanic participated in this study. SPSS version 22will

be used to perform an ANOVA analysis of the data, which will be complete by mid-June.

Findings will report the feasibility and efficacy of the computer-assisted pedometer, and

participants’ self report on the number of steps walked, flights of stairs climbed, activity

level, and perception of health. Conclusions: Initial data suggests that pedometer use was

feasible and efficacious. Early findings indicate that its use has enhanced participants’

awareness of current activity level, choice to participate in a walking program, freedom

to act intentionally and knowingly participate in change. This was manifested by

participants increasing the number of steps walked, number of flights of stairs climbed,

and an improved personal perception of health. Implications for future research: A

larger, more diverse population of nurses is needed to support these findings. Future

studies should include a measure of nurses’ perception of power as knowing participation

in change as described by Barrett.


Behavioral Expectations: Shifting Paranormal To Normal Using Controlled Remote

Viewing Data Collection

Teresa Frisch, RN

Background Martha Rogers explained that clairvoyance and other phenomena are

rational and “normal” when considered in a pandimensional, conceptual system.

Malinski identified paranormal phenomena as valid subjects worthy of serious scientific

research but mechanisms providing theory and methodology for further study are limiting

factors. This poster presentation will address successful, replicable data collection across

time and space using Controlled Remote Viewing. Method Controlled Remote Viewing

(CRV) was researched and developed scientifically by the Stanford Research Institute for

the United States government. Incorporating blind protocols and structure as praxis,

CRV was developed for information gathering purposes. Though classified, it became a

“normal,” adjunct reporting mechanism for intelligence gathering, describing locations,

events and activities across time and space. Results This poster presentation provides

empirical data using sketches and word descriptions of locations thousands of miles from

the location of the controlled remote viewer. Previous empirical data has been

recognized as valuable by Dr. Barbara Dossey, Integral Nursing Theorist. Conclusion

Further studies using CRV provide unlimited opportunities for stringent, robust data

collection supporting Roger’s pandimensional, conceptual system and gradually shifting

behavioral expectations of paranormal to normal.

Self-management: A Rogerian Science Conceptualization

Philip Gimber, MS, NP

Self-management is often conceptually defined in the literature from a fragmented

or systems based approach. The unitary perspective of this phenomenon is not

well described. The purpose of this poster presentation is to illustrate one possible

conceptualization of self-management from the perspective of Rogers' science of

unitary human beings.

Human Dignity and Patient Advocacy as Mutual Process

Lisa Heelan, MSN, FNP-BC

Background: A core value in nursing is the concept human dignity (Fagermoen, 1997;

International Council of Nursing, 2012; Milton, 2003). While the concept of human

dignity is abstract, complex, and not universally defined (Haddock, 1996; Jacobson,

2007), most people do know when they have not been treated as they would have wanted.

Found among diverse disciplines is the belief that the dignity of each person is realized

and actualized when in community with others (Aquinas, 1920; Griffin-Heslin, 2005;

Jacelyn et al., 2004; Jacobs, 2001; Kant, 1998; Thornton, 2007).

Patient advocacy is a moral obligation in nursing (Chambliss, 1996; Dierckx de Casterle,

Izumi, Godfrey, & Denhaerynck, 2008; MacDonald, 2006; Murphy, 1979; Penticoff,


2011; Sorlie, Jansson, & Norberg, 2003; Varcoe, et al., 2004), and a central value of

nursing (American Nurses Association [ANA], 2001; American Association of Colleges

of Nursing [AACN], 2008; National League of Nursing [NLN], 2010). In nursing’s

finest moments, the profession is one that provides care that honors the integrity of the

human being and protects the dignity of a patient. A theoretical nursing definition of

patient advocacy is safeguarding a patient’s autonomy, acting on behalf of a patient, and

championing social justice (Bu & Jezewski, 2007).

Energy fields are in mutual process (Rogers, 1986). The term mutual human-

environmental process is the term that describes the interrelatedness of the human energy

field with the environmental energy field. A way to envision mutual process of human

dignity and patient advocacy is to view human dignity as a lit candle, and patient

advocacy as the mirror that reflects or enhances the lit candle.

Method: This poster will provide an overview of the literature that explores the meaning

of human dignity and patient advocacy in nursing utilizing the theoretical framework of

the SUHB.

Data Sources: CINAHL, EBSCO, SAGE, and MEDLINE-PubMed

Results: While there are parallels between human dignity and patient advocacy found in

the literature, there is no research that has looked at these two concepts together utilizing

the SUHB.

Conclusion: Limited research has been conducted exploring the nursing values of human

dignity and patient advocacy. The SUHB will provide a theoretical framework to

actualize the

Health, Caring, Consciousness, Mutual Process, Patterning, Presence, and Meaning

unfolding in a Praxis Relationship

Katherine Rosa PhD, FNP-BC

For the past 20 years, researchers have utilized Margaret Newman’s research as praxis

approach to explore life patterns with persons living with chronic illness. Worldwide, the

number of persons with one or more chronic diseases is increasing and is predicted to

continue as a major health threat through at least 2030. Knowledge development on the

nurse-patient relationship while consciousness is expanding is critical for guiding future

nursing research and practice. Works utilizing a Newman’s research as praxis approach

with persons living with a chronic illness were analyzed for alignment with concepts

central to the discipline. This review provides new knowledge about the health as

expanding consciousness praxis nurse-patient relationship with persons living with

chronic illness.


Conference Planning Committee & Reviewers

Martha Raile Alligood, RN; PhD; ANEF

Arlene T. Farren, RN; PhD; AOCN, CTN-A, CNE, Chair

Dorothy Jones, APRN; EdD; FAAN

Diana L. Morris, RN; PhD; FAAN, FGSA

Pamela Reis, PhD; CNM, NNP-BC

Brenda Talley, RN; PhD

Barbara W. Wright, RN; PhD; FAAN


Society of Rogerian Scholars Officers and Board of Directors

2013-2014

President

Arlene T. Farren

Vice President & Membership Chair

Pamela Reis

Treasurer

Jacqueline Fawcett

Secretary

Jane Flanagan


Michele Kramer

Directors

Class I (Odd Years)

Patricia Bartzak

Joyel Brule

Diana L. Morris

Class II (Even Years)

Dorothy Dunn

Nancy Scroggs


SRS Martha E. Rogers Scholars Fund Liaison

Tina Reinckens


Acknowledgements

The Society of Rogerian Scholars wishes to thank

Dean Niederhauser, College of Nursing

University of Tennessee Knoxville and her staff

Especially

Emily Kissel

Margrethe Krogh

for their assistance with planning this special event

We are grateful for the participation of

Bruce Wilhite

Nephew of Martha E. Rogers representing the Family

and

Dava Shoffner,

Past President, Gamma Chi Chapter at University of Tennessee Knoxville

Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society in Nursing


Celebrating and Remembering Martha E. Rogers: Opportunities to Preserve the History of Martha E. Rogers

Life, Science, and Legacy

Arlene T. Farren Jacqueline Fawcett Jane Flanagan

During the summer of 2014, Time

Magazine celebrated 100 years (1914-2014) of

continuous publication of America’s modern

history with a special illustrated issue. Knauer

(2014), the magazine editor, indicated he

wanted “to show the remarkable story of the

American people’s journey from 1914-2014”

(p. 4). Knauer noted that the issue would

include stories that would move the reader

through words and pictures.

Similarly, the Society of Rogerian

Scholars (SRS) chose the 100th (1914-2014)

anniversary of Martha E. Rogers’ birth year to

celebrate her remarkable life, science, and

legacy through words, stories, and artifacts. In

this article, we address three activities of this

momentous year that celebrate manifestations

of Rogers’ life, science, and legacy--the future

Martha E. Rogers’ Group Study Room at New

York University, an overview of the 2014 SRS

Conference, and archival repositories of items

donated by Rogers.

Martha E. Rogers Group Study Room

The SRS is engaged in raising funds

for the Martha E. Rogers Group Study Room,

to be located in the New York University

(NYU) College of Nursing (CON) new

building, which will open in February 2015.

Although a brick and mortar physical space

named for Rogers may not be something she

personally may have sought, it is one

important way that the SRS can celebrate

her life, science, and legacy to nursing and

nursing education. Recognizing Rogers with

the only dedicated named space in the NYU

CON where she had such an impact is an

important memorial gesture and a

contribution to educating nurses of the

future – about which she was very

passionate! Information about the campaign

can be viewed at

http://building.nursing.nyu.edu .

Contributions can be sent to NYU College of

Nursing Development Office, 25 W. 4th

Street, NY, NY 10012. Place “Martha E.

Rogers Group Study Room” in the check

memo.

Arlene T. Farren, RN; PhD; AOCN, CTN-A, CNE is Associate Professor, City University of New York, College of Staten Island and CUNY Graduate Center. Jacqueline Fawcett, RN; PhD; ScD (hon); FAAN is Professor, Department of Nursing, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Boston Jane Flanagan, RN; PhD; ANP-BC is Associate Professor, William F. Connell School of Nursing, Boston College.

http://building.nursing.nyu.edu/



SRS 2014 Conference

Celebrating Rogers’ life, science, and

legacy was the focus of the 2014 SRS

Conference. Manifestations of pattern in her

life were celebrated through emerging

collections of oral stories from friends,

colleagues, students, and family. Bruce Wilhite,

nephew of Martha E. Rogers, represented the

family at one conference session lead by

Martha R. Alligood, which was held at the

memorial site dedicated in 1997 by Gamma

Chi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International

and the University of Tennessee Knoxville

College of Nursing (UTK CON) (see Figure 1).

Figure 1. SRS Co-Founders E. Barrett (front, center) and J. Phillips (right end), Past Presidents (from left to right) A. Farren, M. Smith, S. Gueldner, B. Talley, and R. Cowling, and Session Facilitator, (Center back) M. R. Alligood at the site of the Martha E. Rogers memorial, UTK CON. Photographed by Dr. P. Reis, 2014.

Mr. Wilhite remembered his Aunt

Martha and her deep commitment to family.

He described her ways of being present in the

family life even though she may have been

quite busy. He described her as a role model

and a trusted advisor. He recounted stories

of summer trips to Phoenix, Arizona and

other automobile trips throughout the west,

calls to New York for advice and counsel,

and Rogers’ generosity. He spoke of “Aunt

Martha’s” gifts to her nieces and nephews to

enhance their education and perspective

through trips abroad. Mr. Wilhite’s heartfelt

admiration for his aunt and his joy in having

her life and contributions remembered by

the group of SRS Conference attendees and

UTK CON Dean, faculty, and students was

apparent.

Rogers’ life is integral with her

science and her legacy. Three keynote

presenters focused on her life, science, and

legacy. The science was discussed in terms

of change, research, and praxis. Other

manifestations of her legacy include former

students who are advancing nursing

knowledge development through the

Science of Unitary Human Beings (SUHB)

and other theories that have emerged with

origins in Rogers’ science. Indeed, as

Founder of the Society of Rogerian Scholars,

Rogers’ legacy continues to be manifest

through the SRS, most notably through the

scholars whose lives she touched, who have

advanced not only the SUHB but who have

contributed much to nursing through

knowledge development, leadership,

education, practice, and philanthropy.

Rogers’ entry into nursing as a career was a

life choice to make a contribution to people

(personal communication, B. Wilhite,

October 8, 2014).



Rogers’ writings (two books about

nursing education, one book about Rogerian

science, and numerous articles, essays, and

editorials) communicate her creative ideas

and visionary perspectives. Martha E.

Rogers (1992) described nursing as a

science (knowledge as nursing) and as an

art (the practice of nursing as the

application of knowledge). In her essay

about nursing’s story (Rogers, 1966), we are

given the vision of a future in nursing as one

that is a “rich repository of far-flung

opportunities” with “the promise of deep

satisfaction in a field long dedicated to

serving the health needs of people.” Many

stories from 2014 SRS Conference

participants speak to her humor, her hope,

and vision of the future. Rawnsley (1995)

asserted, “there are only two persons in the

annals of modern nursing who made a

qualitative difference: Florence Nightingale

and Martha Elizabeth Rogers. Nightingale lit

a symbolic lamp; Rogers torched an eternal

flame” (p. 4).

Archival Repositories

Martha E. Rogers made a difference in

nursing and in the lives of many nurses

through her ability to light a fire that

continues to emerge as an eternal flame.

One manifestation of the value and

importance of her contributions and her

ongoing significance to the history and

future of nursing is the presence of archival

repositories of her belongings. The holdings

may be categorized as intellectual,

professional, and personal items. There are

three sites of which we are aware—the UTK

CON holdings, the Archives of the

Foundation of the New York State Nurses

Association, and the Boston University

History of Nursing Archives at the Howard

Gotlieb Archival Center.

Among the holdings at UTK CON are

copies of her three books (Educational

Revolution in Nursing [1961], Reveille in

Nursing [1964], and An Introduction to the

Theoretical Basis of Nursing [1970]), as well

as Italian and German translations of An

Introduction to the Theoretical Basis of

Nursing. The UTK CON holdings also include

a collection of pictures, handwritten poems

from Rogers’ early life, and other

memorabilia (see Figure 2). Information

about the Rogers’ holdings at UTK CON may

be obtained from

http://www.utk.edu/nursing.

Figure 2. Martha E. Rogers at University of Tennessee Knoxville College of Nursing UTK CON for the opening of the PhD Program – 1989 from the UTK CON collection.

The Foundation of the New York State

Nurses’, Bellevue Alumnae Center for

Nursing History (the Foundation) (2003)

has archival collections related to nursing in

New York, among which are the individual

papers and memorabilia of Martha E.

http://www.utk.edu/nursing



Rogers. The Foundation holdings include

some of Rogers’ awards, pins, personal

items, and papers. Interested readers may

visit the Foundation website at

http://foundationnysnurses.org/Bellevue/i

ndex.php , view the brief description of the

Rogers’ holdings at

http://foundationnysnurses.org/viewarchiv

e.aspx?ID=12&refer=alpha , or for further

information, contact Gertrude B.

Hutchinson, MSIS, MA, RN, Archivist,

Bellevue Alumnae Center for Nursing

History, The Veronica M. Driscoll Center for

Nursing, 2113 Western Avenue, Guilderland,

NY 12084, or email Ms. Hutchinson at

[email protected].

An extensive collection of Martha

Rogers’ artifacts and publications are among

the extensive and fascinating holdings of the

History of Nursing Archives at the Boston

University Howard Gotlieb Archival

Research Center. The archives are located

on the Boston University campus at 771

Commonwealth Avenue, Boston,

Massachusetts 02215 or online at

http://www.bu.edu/dbin/archives/index.p

hp?pid=052. The archives are open Monday

through Friday from 9 AM to 4 PM. Call

(617-353-3696) or send an email

([email protected]) for an appointment to

visit the archives to view Martha Rogers’

and other holdings.

Some very special items from the

Martha Rogers collection are:

Martha’s birth certificate

Earned and honorary academic degrees

(see Diploma, Figure 3)

Academic hoods

Nursing caps

Honors and awards, including

certificates and plaques.

Tables of contents for all three volumes

of Nursing Science, a journal edited by

Martha Rogers and published by F. A.

Davis from 1963 through 1965.

Typed manuscripts and Rogers’ notes

for Educational Revolution in Nursing

(1961), Reveille in Nursing (1964), and

An Introduction to the Theoretical Basis

of Nursing (1970).

Figure 3. Martha E. Rogers’ diploma from the Knoxville General Hospital School of Nursing. The diploma is part of the holdings at Boston University History of Nursing Archives. Photo taken by Dr. Jacqueline Fawcett during the 2014 display of the Rogers’ collection celebrating the 100th Anniversary of her birth. Note: the white areas are due to lighting and reflection on display case during the photography.

http://foundationnysnurses.org/Bellevue/index.php

http://foundationnysnurses.org/Bellevue/index.php

http://foundationnysnurses.org/viewarchive.aspx?ID=12&refer=alpha

http://foundationnysnurses.org/viewarchive.aspx?ID=12&refer=alpha


http://www.bu.edu/dbin/archives/index.php?pid=052

http://www.bu.edu/dbin/archives/index.php?pid=052




In addition to the materials at

the History of Nursing Archives at

the Boston University Howard

Gotlieb Archival Research Center,

the Boston College O’Neill Library in

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts houses

the original editions of the journal

Nursing Science. Martha E. Rogers

was the editor for this journal from

1963-1965. Editions of the journal

include her editorials, articles, and

other special features such as the

columns Demand Reading and In

Capsule. As part of our strategic

plan honoring Martha E. Rogers’

history, the Society of Rogerian

Scholars is considering working

with the publisher to reprint

sections of Nursing Science in a

special book to preserve these

original papers and contributions to

nursing and Rogerian Science. In the

meantime, the original versions of

Nursing Science can be viewed by

visiting the Boston College O’Neill

Library in Chestnut Hill,

Massachusetts.

Martha E. Rogers’ writings in

Nursing Science and other original

works assist nurses and other

professions interested in nursing

and nursing history to learn about

nursing in the context of the author,

Rogers, the times in which she lived

and worked, and her enormous

contribution to professional

nursing. We invite readers who may

be aware of other collections or

archives not mentioned here to share

that information with the new

president of the SRS, Dr. Jane Flanagan

at [email protected]. All those

interested in Rogers’ work, may wish

to remember that Malinski and

Barrett (1994) edited a compilation of

some of Rogers’ original writings

(Martha E. Rogers: Her life and her

work) related to nursing education,

research, professional issues, politics,

and her science.

In closing, the authors invite

you to celebrate Rogers’ remarkable

life, science, and legacy. Some readers

may consider contributing to the

Martha E. Rogers’ Group Study Room.

Others may search for and read some

of the keynote papers from the 2014

Conference (see the conference

program in Visions, Volume 20).

Readers may consider attending a

future SRS Conference (Lewis

University, Oak Brook Campus, Illinois

in 2015). Yet others may access the

wonderful archival collections in the

three locations noted in this article. In

whatever ways you choose to use the

information provided here, you will be

participating in the celebration of

Martha E. Rogers: Her Life, Her

Science, Her Legacy.




References

Foundation of the New York State

Nurses Association. (2003).

Records of a proud profession: A

guide to record on nursing in New

York State at the Bellevue

Alumnae Center for Nursing

History. Guilderland, NY: Author.

Knauer, K. (Ed/Writer). (2014).

America: An illustrated modern

history 1914-2014 [Special Issue].

Time, 4.

Malinski, V. M., & Barrett, E. A. M.

(Eds.). (1994). Martha E. Rogers:

Her life and her work. Philadelphia,

PA: F. A. Davis.

Rawnsley, M. M. (1995). Rogerian

nursing science: Celebrating the

legacy. Visions: The Journal of

Rogerian Nursing Science, 3, 4-11.

Rogers, M. E. (1966). Nursing’s Story.

The Education Violet, New York

University.

Rogers, M. E. (1992). Nursing science

and the space age. Nursing

Science Quarterly, 5, 27-34.


SRS News

President’s Message

We have all been participating knowingly in the change that is constant in the Society of Rogerian Scholars. At our 2013 and 2014 conferences we celebrated memories, the science, and milestones. In our integral presence, we engaged in group field. Field pattern manifestations included the expression of different ideas and ways of being as well as a commitment to the Science of Unitary Human Beings (SUHB), unitary science, and human betterment. We continue to raise monies for the Martha E. Rogers Group Study Room at the new building housing the New York University College of Nursing to make manifest our joy and memories of Martha Rogers’ Legacy. The Board has tried to connect with the history of the Society as well as Martha Rogers’ life history in an effort to introduce future scholars and historical researchers to the SUHB, Rogers’ life, and the organization. This work will continue as will our collaboration with the SRS Martha E. Rogers’ Scholars Fund to advance nursing science. We continue to support our members’ scholarly work and achievements to advance nursing science through opportunities for dissemination and recognition. We have celebrated 25 years as a Society (2013 conference), one of the living legacies of Rogers and the co-founders (Elizabeth Barrett, Terese Meehan, Violet Malinski, and John Phillips). We have also celebrated the centennial anniversary of Rogers’ birth in her home town (2014 Conference). The celebrations of milestones present opportunities to vision toward new paths, innovations, and provocative ideas.

Some provocative ideas have been introduced to us at our recent conferences and in recent publications. One example has been the work of John Phillips (2013; 2013a; 2014) who has shared his thinking with us and in many ways has invited us to participate knowingly in being visionary and creating new unitary knowledge within Rogers’ science. Let the principles of homeodynamics be our guide; in our infinite wholeness lets resonate in mutual process and integral presence to innovate and deepen our understanding of the potentials for diversity and complexity within Rogers’ SUHB. After all, that is the essence of the purposes of the Society of Rogerian Scholars: Advance nursing as a basic science; explore the meaning of a philosophy of wholeness for nursing; foster the understanding and use of the Science of Unitary Human Beings as a basis for theory development, research, education, and practice; provide avenues for dissemination of information related to the Science of Unitary Human Beings; create forums for scholarly debate; and provide educational forums on the Science of Unitary Human Beings.

In closing, I wish to thank our members and the Board for their support and work during my two terms. I have enjoyed working together


toward our common goals. I look forward to supporting our new President, Jane Flanagan, as she leads us to new adventures and accomplishments.

With admiration and gratitude,


President, Society of Rogerian Scholars (2010-2014)

References

Phillips, J. R. (October, 2013). “Martha E. Rogers: Heretic and Heroine”. Paper

delivered at the Society of Rogerian Scholars 2013 Conference, New

York, NY.

Phillips, J. R. (2013a). Creating an epiphany with Martha E. Rogers. Nursing

Science Quarterly, 26, 241-246.

Phillips, J. R. (October, 2014). “Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings:

Beyond the Frontier of Science”. Paper delivered at the Society of

Rogerian Scholars 2014 Conference, Knoxville, TN.


Society of Rogerian Scholars Officers and Board of Directors

2013-2014

President

Arlene T. Farren

Vice President & Membership Chair

Pamela Reis

Treasurer

Jacqueline Fawcett

Secretary

Jane Flanagan


Michele Kramer

Directors

Class I (Odd Years)

Patricia Bartzak

Joyel Brule

Diana L. Morris

Class II (Even Years)

Dorothy Dunn

Nancy Scroggs


SRS Martha E. Rogers Scholars Fund Liaison

Tina Reinckens


CALL FOR ABSTRACTS & SAVE-THE-DATE

Society of Rogerian Scholars 2015 CONFERENCE

Provocative Ideas and Innovations in Unitary Nursing Science

Hosted by the Lewis University at the Oak Brook Campus

1111 W. 22nd Street, Suite 700, Oak Brook, IL

Thursday, October 8 through Saturday, October 10, 2015 The SRS 2015 Conference will include a format of TED Talks-like Sessions, Traditional Podium Presentations, and Poster Presentations. The Planning Committee invites abstracts addressing:

o Emerging provocative and innovative ideas in Unitary Nursing Science o Martha E. Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings (SUHB) o SUHB related Research, Theory, Practice, Education, Leadership, or Aesthetics o Nursing Knowledge Development within Unitary Science

Abstracts submitted electronically for blind, peer review are due by May 20, 2015 and should include:

1. Page 1: Abstract (200 word maximum) with title and submission type [oral and/or poster]

2. Page 2: A cover page with identifying data including: a. Name & Credentials; b. Affiliation; c. Contact Information; and d. Abstract Title

Note: Submitters will be notified by June 20. Presenters are expected to register for the full conference at the

speakers’ rate

Send abstracts to: Dr. Farren at [email protected]


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