Republic of the Philippines

PAMANTASAN NG LUNGSOD NG MAYNILA

(University of the City of Manila)
Intramuros, Manila, Philippines

COLLEGE OF NURSING
(Dalubhasaan ng Narsing)

Theoretical Foundations in Nursing

Reflection about Synchronicity in Human- Space- Time:

A Theory of Nursing Engagement in a Global Community
based on the Gibbs’ Reflective Model

Angeles, Jemima Aflora

Gabona, Marei Jane
Musa, Czarina Kim

BSN 1-4

Dr. Marilyn Coladilla

 Synchronicity in Human- Space- Time:
A Theory of Nursing Engagement in a Global Community

Description
With globalization, the impact of complexities in healthcare systems on nursing ontology
and epistemology fosters pragmatic encounters. These practical encounters continue to evolve with
the burgeoning technological advancements in health care that challenge how we perceive and
perform nursing today. The Synchronicity in Human–Space–Time: Theory of Nursing
Engagement is advanced as foundational to nursing praxis as a theoretically based nursing
encounter, developing diverse practice-based knowledge and methods focused on the life
principles of emancipation, equitability, interconnectivity, and human transcendence. The
application of these four life principles is viewed as expressions of wholeness of persons at the
moment. Moreover, nursing engagement involves an active relationship in the nursing caring
process that fulfills the commitment to the persons within the Human- Space- Time.

Feelings
The theory illuminates the persistent caring elements of nursing. This emphasizes the
process of nursing in guiding disciplinary nursing praxis, and to rationalize theory-based nursing
as essential to the appreciation of nursing as a discipline of knowledge and a practice
profession. We were amazed on how the theory explains the interconnectedness of human, space,
and time in the process of nursing care despite the associated intricacies of practice. This made us
understand the innovative process of nursing engagement, expressed as interpersonal relating,
technological knowing, rhythmical connecting, and transformational engaging. Upon
understanding the theory, the group realized that this would be a great basis for the nurses due to
the continuous evolvement of technological advancement.

Evaluation
The Synchronicity in Human–Space–Time: Theory of Nursing Engagement contributed a
lot to the group, in terms of understanding that the synchronicity in nursing can be exemplified in
contemporary, and future technological advancements in nursing informatics, artificial
intelligence, and other highly efficient technologies, that is, nursing robotics, which must be
advanced as nursing practice is supported within human caring science. It has also great
contribution in the field of nursing, by properly explaining the four principles of the theory that
could guide nurses in living caring within the HST, in health and well-being of their patients.
interconnectivity, the connectedness of beings and systems; equitability, the system of fairness and
justice within and across healthcare systems; emancipation, the liberation from oppressive
situations or human health conditions; and human transcendence, the ability to go beyond the
limits of HST boundaries or the transformation of persons beyond their biologic nature, social
norms, and universal perspectives.

Analysis
Our group was enlightened in the theory, that made us understand the nursing practices
through an innovative demonstration of nursing care processes, grounded on authentic intentions
of caring transcending extant reductionistic approaches. Furthermore, our group find this as a
useful theoretical base for future research, that aims to describe the meaningful connectedness in
human experiences of transcendence, interconnectivity, emancipation, and equitability with
humanistic approaches in the discipline of nursing. We also learned the four life principles that
could guide us provide nursing care for the health and well- being of the patients. This includes
the theory-based practice, sustains the human science view of wholeness of persons, while
focusing on the inclusion of the coexistence between technology and caring in nursing. We also
understand, that the caring moment is a focal point in space and time in which human beings
interact with their respective life histories, coming together with the creation of shared experience
and meaningful connections.

Conclusion
The Synchronicity in Human–Space–Time: Theory of Nursing Engagement in a Global
Community, undergirds the innovative process of nursing engagement expressed as interpersonal
relating, technological knowing, rhythmical connecting, and transformational engaging. The
philosophical and theoretical perspectives declare the evolutionary design in affirming the
meaningful human caring experiences within nursing practice. Moreover, theory-based practice
sustains the human science view of wholeness of persons while focusing on the inclusion of the
coexistence between technology and caring in nursing. The practice of nursing approaches human
caring beyond the customary, fragmented, and routinary healthcare commitment.

Action Plan
Upon understanding the theory, our group find it as a strong basis for nursing discipline
that could later on be applied when we are about to do nursing practices. We have fully understood,
that as the technological advancement continues to evolve, nursing caring should have
interconnectedness with it, to provide proper caring for the health and well- being of the patients.
We can also apply the four life principles, as our guide to a well-integrated global approach, that
ensures the quality of nursing care focused on human caring in nursing engagement.