The Theory of Human Becoming
The theory of Human Becoming posits of an individual’s life perspectives as the primary goal of nursing practice. It was initially known as the “Man-living-health” theory. The theory has three central assumptions, which are meaning, rhythmicity, and transcendence. Under “meaning” humans are required to freely choose individual meaning in circumstances where living value is a priority. Rhythmicity defines the human becoming process as a co-creating pattern that relates the shared process with the universe. Therefore, man and environment can co-create in rhythmical patterns such as using language and imaging (de Sousa et al., 2018). Lastly, transcendence is an explanation of humans becoming multidimensional in line with evolving possibilities. Thus, it connotes to accomplishment beyond personal limits, where one continuously transforms.
Through this theory of care, clinicians acquire more skills as handlers of health information technology to reinforce the primary care-based and patient-centered care (Jacob, 2018). Clinicians use the theory of human becoming to manage and register disease as well as cooperate with allocated primary care providers by reviewing clinical evidence that can evaluate and address the gaps in treatment plans. In the future, the implementation of the “Human becoming theory” will expand the character of nurses, and sustain a continuous improvement in primary indicators of patient care. The theory provides a transformative methodology in all the critical levels of nursing practice and contrasts from traditional nursing practice in that it seeks not to fix the existing issues (de Sousa et al., 2018). However, the model provides nurses with the capacity to understand the patient’s perspective and allows the nurse to guide the patient accordingly towards better health outcomes. Thus the model creates a nurse-patient relationship that develops a changing health pattern.
References
de Sousa, M. M., Almeida, T. D. C. F., da Costa Andrade, S. S., Gouveia, B. D. L. A., & dos Santos Oliveira, S. H. (2018). Theory of rational action and its characteristics in nursing research. Enfermería Global, 17(3), 601-612.
Jacob, S. R. (2018). Theories of Nursing Practice. Contemporary Nursing E-Book: Issues, Trends, & Management, 75.