The Art Of Nursing Theory - 957 Words

Running head: The Art of Nursing Theory The Art of Nursing Theory Basimah Sewell New Jersey City University Newman’s theory involves the concepts of health, consciousness, movement, and space-time. All of these concepts are factors that embody health as the expansion of consciousness. As a visual representation of this theory I have chosen a work of art by a local artist by the name of Gerald Arthur titled â€Å"The Fine Line and the Hereafter†. Much like Newman’s grand theory, Arthur’s abstract art can be interpreted or applied in many ways depending on its audience. Masters stated that according to Newman, â€Å"human comes from a state of potential consciousness into the world with the capacity for understanding that enables†¦show more content†¦Although coming from two different entities, one being of ancestry and the other on health, both speaks on how awareness of life patterns will lead to a form evolution of person. In order to structurally compare this art to the premises of the theory, the review of the four metaparadigms (Person, Environment, Health, and Nursing) as it is defined in Newman’s theory is used to facilitate the comparison. Person Person is defined as a center of consciousness within an overall pattern of expanding consciousness (as cited in Masters, 2015). In the lower right corner of the art, it appears to be a mass in the shape of a head that is the center focus. From that there is expands into different structure that are all interconnected to make one large element. The many lines are similar to lines that represent the life patterns of the person. Just like in life, the art depicts moments of smoothness (straight lines) and moments that are rough (twisted/looped lines). Although there are moments of chaos, it gives the audience an opportunity to transform what they are seeing into something meaningful (i.e. another face). This is relevant because Newman identified patients by their patterns of consciousness and saw them as participants of a transformative process. Environment â€Å"Environment is viewed as an energy field, as a universe of open systems; an event, situation, or phenomenon interacting wi th the