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심문숙 ( Shim Moon-Sook ) - 건양대학교 의과대학 간호학과
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was to explore health experiences of the low-income elderly living alone reflected in Newman’’s Health as expanding consciousness theory.
Method: The researcher used Newman’’s praxis methodology because it is good for showing the process of interaction between the researcher and the low-income elderly living alone.
Results: The significant characteristics of early health experience during a participant’’s lifetime were demonstrated that blamed themselves, being burden of themselves hopeless of their lives. However, after a turning point in health experience. The health experience of most of the participants evolved as expanding consciousness.
Conclusion: This study has provided support for Newman’’s theory of health. Most of the participants recognized meanings in their patterns and authentic caring relationships with the nurse as researcher, pattern recognition as a nursing practice was a meaningful transforming process in the participant-nurse partnership. This participatory approach expands the scope of sharing health experience with the elderly living alone and with caring community people.
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KeyWords
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의식확장으로서의 건강, 독거노인, 실무연구방법론
Newman’s praxis methodology, Elderly, Health as expanding consciousness
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원문 및 링크아웃 정보
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등재저널 정보
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