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Human Becoming Theory
Nursing (RLE70)
Capitol University
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HUMANBECOMING THEORY
(Structured Meanings, Rhythmical Paradoxes, Transcendence)
Rosemarie Rizzo Parse PhD, RN, FAAN
Was born on July 28, 1938 at Pennsylvania
is an almuna of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and finished her master’s and doctorate degrees from the same University. She was a faculty member of the University of Pittsburgh and was a Dean of the Nursing School at Duquesne University. For 10 years (1983-1993) Dr. Parse was a professor and coordinator of the Center for Nursing Research at Hunter College of the City University of New York. From 1993-2006, she was a Professor and Niehoff Chair at Loyola University in Chicago. Since January 2007 she has been a Consultant and Visiting Scholar at the New York University College of Nursing. Since January 2007 she has been a Consultant and Visiting Scholar at the New York University College of Nursing. Dr. Parse first publised her theory in 1981 as the “Man-Living-Health”. The name was officially changed to “the Humanbecoming Theory” in 1992 to remove the term “man” after the change in the dictionary definition of the word from its former meaning of “humankind”. Her most recent work is Hope: An International Human Becoming Perspective (1999). Previous works include Nursing Fundamentals (1974); Man-Living-Health: A Theory of Nursing (1981); Nursing Science: Major Paradigms, Theories, and Critiques (1987); Illuminations:The Human Becoming Theory in Practice and Research (1995); and The Human Becoming School of Thought (1998).
3 PRINCIPLES
1. Structuring Meanings
- Is the imaging and valuing of languaging.
- This principle specifies that persons, structure, or choose the meaning of their realities, and this choosing happens with explicit-tacit knowing.
Concepts: a. Imaging (Explicit- Tacit and Reflective- Prereflective) b. Valuing (Confirming—Not confirming) c. Languaging (Speaking-Being Silent and Moving- Being Still)
2. Configuring Rhythmical
Patterns
- Is the revealing-concealing and enabling-limiting of connecting- separating.
- This principle means that human beings create patterns in day-to- day life, and these patterns tell about personal meanings and values. Concepts: a. Revealing- Concealing (Disclosing-Not Disclosing) b. Enabling- Limiting (Potentiating- Restricting) c. Connecting- Separating (Attending- Distancing)
3. Cotranscending With
Possibles
- Is the powering and originating
of transforming.
- This principle means that
persons continuously change and unfold in life as they engage with and choose from infinite possibilities about how to be, what attitude or approach to have, whom to relate with, and what interests or concerns to explore. Concepts:
HUMANBECOMING THEORY
a. Powering (Pushing- Resisting, Affirming-Not Affirming, Being- Nonbeing) b. Originating (Certainly- Uncertainly, Conforming-Not Conforming) c. Transforming (Familiar- Unfamiliar)
MAJOR ASSUMPTION
- Meaning- is borne in the messages that persons give and take with others in speaking, moving, silence and stillness.
- Rhythmicity- is about patterns and possibility.
- Transcendence- is about change and possibility, the infinite possibility that is humanbecoming.
These 3 are permeated by four postulates: Illimitability, paradox, freedom, and mystery
- Illimitability- is “the indivisible unbounded knowing extended to infinity, the all-at-once remembering and prospecting with the moment.
- Paradox- is “an intricate rhythm expressed as a pattern preference.” Paradoxes are not “opposites to be reconciled or dilemmas to be overcome but, rather, lived rhythms.”
- Freedom- is “contextually construed liberation.” People are free to continuously chooses ways of being with their situations.
- Mystery- is “the unexplainable, that which cannot be completely known.”
METAPARADIGM
Nursing- as basic science. A science, the practice of which is a performing art. Parse set forth the following set of fundamentals for practicing the art of nursing:
- Know and use nursing frameworks and theories.
- Be available to others.
- Value the other as a human presence.
- Respect differences in view.
- Own what you believe and be accountable for your actions.
- Move on to the new and untested.
- Connect with others.
- Take pride in self.
- Like what you do.
- Recognize the moments of joy in the struggles of living.
- Appreciate mystery and be open to new discoveries.
- Be competent in your chosen area.
- Rest and begin anew.
Person- viewed as human universe. Defined as an open being who is more than and different from the sum of the arts. Environment- viewed as human becoming. Defined as everything in the person and his or her experiences. Health- viewed as living quality. Defined as the open process of being and becoming and involves the synthesis of values.
Human Becoming Theory
Course: Nursing (RLE70)
University: Capitol University
