Which nursing theorists have developed theories indicating a paradigm shift occurring in nursing today?
a. Myra Levine and Dorothea Orem
b. Rosemarie Parse and Jean Watson
c. Sister Callista Roy and Martha Rogers
d. Virginia Henderson and Hildegard Peplau
B
Parse and Watson's theories support the new worldview of nursing. In their theories, the patient has primacy and the patient-environment interaction is of utmost importance.
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