Life Perspective Rhythm Model

Joyce Fitzpatrick
* Introduction
 
Life Perspective Rhythm Model is a nursing model developed
September 18, 2013lized her model from Martha Rogers' Theory
of Unitary Human beings.
About the Theorist
-Born in 1944

-BSN - Georgetown University

-MS in psychiatric-mental health nursing - Ohio State University

-PhD in nursing - New York University and an MBA from Case ---

-Western Reserve University

-Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing – 1981 Nursing,

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
* Major Assumptions
 
"The process of human development is characterized by
rhythms that occur within the context of continuous
person-environment interaction."
Nursing activity focuses on enhancing the developmental
process toward health.
A central concern of nursing science and the nursing
profession is the meaning attributed to life as the basic
understanding of human existence.
The identification and labeling of concepts allows for
recognition and communication with others, and the rules
for combining those concepts permits thoughts to be
shared through language.
* Core Concepts
 
Rhythm Model includes four content concepts and they
are:
 
-Person
-Health
-Wellness-illness and
-Metaparadigm
* Person
 
includes both self and others. person is seen as an open
system , a unified whole characterized by a basic human
rhythm. the model recognizes individuals as having unique
biological, psychological, emotional, social, cultural, and
spiritual attitudes
* Health
 
is a dynamic state of being that results from the
interaction of person and the environment. 'a human
dimension under continuous development, a heightened
awareness of the meaning fullness of life.
Optimum health is the actualization of both innate and
obtained human potential gathered from rewarding
relationships with others, goal directed behavior, and
expert personal care.
* Wellness-illness
 
Professional nursing is rooted in the promotion of wellness
practices.
Nursing
 
"A developing discipline whose central concern is the
meaning attached to life (health)
Primary purpose of nursing is the promotion and
maintenance of an optimal level of wellness.
* Metaparadigm
 
It refers to the transitions through basic metaparadigm
concepts of person, environment, health and nursing.
* Conclusion
 
Life Perspective Rhythm Model is a complex nursing model
which contribute to nursing knowledge by providing
taxonomy for identifying and labeling nursing concepts to
allow for their universal recognition and communication
with others.