Transforming Presence The Difference That Nursing Makes

'...is important to the evolving body of knowledge in the discipline. Newman explains the evolution of her thinking and her theory; this updated textbook will add to the body of knowledge in nursing.'-Mary Elizabeth Sadler, RN, PhD, Professor, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PennsylvaniaOne of nursing's foremost theorists, Margaret Newman, expands her theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness, a theory that emphasizes the healing and transformative nature of nursing. She redefines the nurse's role as recognizing a person's unique pattern of life and working within that pattern to achieve that person's goals. Dr. Newman's work focuses on allowing people to explore how diseases and disorders affect their lives..how a patient's life changes because of illness...and how a patient begins to look at life in a different way. Nurses practicing within this perspective experience the joy of participating in the expanding process of others and find that their own lives are enhanced and transformed.