J Nurs Acad Soc.  1995 Dec;25(4):751-773.

Development of a Family Pattern Appraisal to Guide a Rogerian Nursing Practice

• Lee GO
• Han YR
• Kim HJ

Abstract

We, clinical nurse specialists practising and guiding student practice in a Community health nursing clinic, wanted to develop a family pattern appraisal consistent with Rogers'conceptual system, the nursing model guiding our practice. We use Rogers model because it is harmonious with the traditional Korean view of the one human, natural and cosmic world. The purpose of our research was to contribute to science-based nursing practice, not only, one helpful model, but also a model of how to use, in guiding practice, a conceptual system which reflects nurse practitioners' philosophy of nursing, is intellectually satisfying, and enriches meaning in daily nursing life. ture on Rogers' model and analyse it according to Kim's five-level analytical framework, to explore Rogers' definition of family, to review appraisals based on Rogers' model, and to develop a family appraisal which is culturally appropriate for use in our community. This work including the use of the appraisal and its refinement with families in our practice which was done during 1994 and 1995, in Seoul, in the Capital of the Republic of Korea. At the highest level of analysis, Rogers conceptual system emphasizes acausality and multidime-ntional meaning: the world view is characterized by process, movement and wholeness. The epistem-ology is one of holism and the knowledge base includes all forms of experience, from sensory to mystical, objective, and subjective. At the metaparadigm level, nursing focuses on the unitary human being and the environment. At the level of nursing philosophy, the model identifies human being, nursing, nurse, and illness and health. At the paradigm level the model assumes the irriducibility of the human to parts, noncausality and continual change. Rogers' practice methodology consists of pattern manifestation appraisal and deliberative mutual patterning. Understanding patterns and patterning of people is the key to helping them achieve their potential. At the theory level, the basic assumptions, key concepts, and homeodynamic principles were identified. Rogers states the family energy field is an undividable, four-dimensional negentropic energy field which is in a larger environmental field showing such characteristics as cannot be predicted by knowledge of individual family members. Based on the word of Rogers scholars, we chose Rogers' correlates of patterning to understand the family unit as a whole-frequency, rhythms, motion, time perception, sleeping-waking beyond waking, pragmatic-imaginative-visionary to develop the appraisal. We, also used some of Barret's(1988) criteria including interpersonal network and professional health care access and use, and Gordon's(1982) criteria including self perception-self concept modified to fit the family. Our family pattern appraisal included 1. Influencirg data, 2. Professional health care access and use, 3. Family self perception-self concept, 4. Family interpersonal network, 5. Sleep-wake-be yond waking, 6. Pragmatic-imaginary-vsionary, 7. Family frequency and rhythm, 8. Family motion, 9. Family time perception. The appraisal was used with four families and modified to eliminate overlap and to make it possible for the family member to express themselves more easily. We plan to gain more experience with the appraisal toward further development of the tool.

MeSH Terms

Community Health Nursing
Delivery of Health Care
Humans
Knowledge Bases
Models, Nursing
Nurse Clinicians
Nursing*
Philosophy
Philosophy, Nursing
Republic of Korea
Seoul
Time Perception