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Unitary Human-Environment Field Mutual Process: Knowing Participation in Patterning the Environment.
1Retired, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, Hunter College/City University of New York, New York, NY, USA.
Nursing Science Quarterly
|April 8, 2022
Summary
This study explores how environmental energy fields, particularly nature and animal companions, influence well-being through rhythmical patterning. It advocates for greater awareness and participation in shaping these environmental fields for enhanced health outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Science
- Environmental Health
- Energy Fields
Background:
- Martha E. Rogers viewed people and environment as unitary energy fields characterized by rhythmical patterning.
- Focusing on environmental contributions to well-being is crucial for proactive health management.
Purpose of the Study:
- To emphasize the environment's role in well-being.
- To encourage active participation in environmental patterning.
- To explore mutual rhythmical patterning with nature and animal companions.
Main Methods:
- Grounded in Rogerian nursing science.
- Utilizes Barrett's theory of power as knowing participation in change.
- Incorporates Phillips' theory of pandimensional awareness-integral presence.
Main Results:
- Mutual rhythmical patterning with nature and animal companions serves as a model.
- Integration of Rogers' theories on accelerating change and the paranormal.
Conclusions:
- Environmental patterning is key to well-being.
- Increased awareness of energy fields promotes health.
- Nursing science offers frameworks for understanding human-environment interactions.
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