TOPIC. The use of Margaret A. Newman's theory by psychiatric nursing s
tudents with elderly nursing home residents. SOURCE. The author's work
with baccalaureate nursing students. CONCLUSIONS. Nurses who form rel
ationships with elderly nursing home residents can help their clients
identify problematic patterns, move to a choice point, then to a highe
r level of consciousness, resulting in a reduction in problematic patt
erns of behavior.