Josephine G.Paterson and Loretta T. Zderad

Concepts and Assumptions• Central Theme: Humanistic

Nursing– Nursing is concerned with the

individual’s unique being and striving towards becoming, nurtured in relationships.

– Concerned with the phenomenological experiences of individuals and the exploration of human experiences

PERSON

• Man is an individual being necessarily related to other men in time and space.

PERSON

• Capable, open to options, with values, and the unique manifestation of their past, present and future

PERSON

• Interactive and needs to be viewed as competent.

ENVIRONMENT• The phenomenon of

society or environment is the community.

• Community is defined as two or more persons striving together, living-dying all at once.

• A matter of personal survival, a process of experiencing one’s potential for well being and more-being, a quality of living and dying; not merely the absence of disease. It is a process of finding the meaning of life– More-being refers to being in the process of

becoming all that is humanly possible.– Well being – a steady state

HEALTH

• A nurturing response of one person to another in a time of need that aims toward development of well being and more being

• Helps increase the possibility of making responsible choices, since this is how human beings are able to become

NURSING