The Rhythm of Relating in a Paradigm of Wholeness |
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| Authors: | Margaret A. Newman RN PhD FAAN |
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| Affiliation: | Margaret A. Newman;, RN, PhD, FAAN, Zeta, Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. This article is based on a keynote address to the American Holistic Nurses Association annual meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, June 26-30, 1996. |
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| Abstract: | The importance of relating to the rhythm of another person's interactive pattern is integral to helping people move through illness and disruptive events. At times of chaos, a person's rhythm may be irregular and difficult to sense, but transformation to higher levels of organization often occurs at far-from-equilibrium states. Nurses should develop a tolerance for ambiguity and uncertainty and ang in there with clients until a new rhythm emerges. |
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| Keywords: | rhythm wholeness interpersonal relationship |
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