Autobiography of rosemarie rizzo parse

Dr. Rosemarie Rizzo Parse published her nursing theory in as the Man-Living-Health Theory but changed the name in to the Human Becoming Theory.

This was done to reflect the official change of the dictionary meaning of the word man that formerly meant humankind. Her theory states that the quality of life is determined by each person and differs from most other nursing theories.

Autobiography of rosemarie rizzo parse human becoming theory

Rosemarie Rizzo was a native of Pennsylvania and spent most of her young life in Castle Shannon. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and her master's and doctorate degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.

She held a faculty position at the University of Pittsburgh, then served as a professor of medical-surgical nursing at the Duquesne University Graduate School of Nursing and later became its dean. From to , she was a faculty member and coordinator of the Center for Nursing Research at the Hunter College of New York City Uni