DOROTHEA E. OREM Flashcards
Born in
Baltimore, Maryland in 1914
Received her diploma of
nursing at Providence Hospital School of Nursing in Washington
BS in
Nursing Education
MS in
Nursing Education from the Catholic University of America
Author of
Nursing: Concepts of Practice
Seen as an art through which the practitioner of nursing gives specialized assistance to persons with disabilities
NURSING
Men, women and children cared for either singly or as social units and are material object of nurses and others who provide direct care
PERSON/HUMANS
Includes family, culture, community
ENVIRONMENT
Being structurally and functionally whole or sound
HEALTH
View surrounding environment as an external source of influence in the internal interaction of a person
ENVIRONMENT
3 RELATED THEORIES
- Theory of Self Care
- Theory of Self Care Deficit
- Theory of Nursing Systems
HER THEORY
SCDNT
describes why and how people care for themselves
Theory of Self Care
describes why people can be helped through nursing
Theory of Self Care Deficit
describe and explain relationship that must be brought about and maintained for nursing to be produced
Theory of Nursing Systems
comprises the practice of activities that maturing and mature persons initiate and perform, within time frames, on their own behalf in the interest of maintaining life, healthful functioning, continuing personal development and well being
Self- Care
SELF CARE REQUISITES
- Universal Self Care Requisites
- Developmental Self Care Requisites (associated with developmental process)
- Health deviation Self Care Requisites
Requirements that a person must do and perform in order to achieve wellbeing
SELF CARE REQUISITES
Has number of categories
SELF CARE REQUISITES
universally set goals, associated with life processes, common to all)
Universal Self Care Requisites
Provision of conditions that promote development
Developmental Self Care Requisites
Engagement in self development
Developmental Self Care Requisites
Prevention of overcoming effects of human conditions and life situations that adversely affect human development
Developmental Self Care Requisites
Required in conditions of illness, injury or disease
Health deviation Self Care Requisites
Seeking and securing appropriate medical assistance
Health deviation Self Care Requisites
Being aware of and attending to the effects and results of pathologic conditions
Health deviation Self Care Requisites
Effectively carrying out medically prescribed measures
Health deviation Self Care Requisites
Modifying self concepts in accepting oneself as being in a particular state of health and in specific forms of health care
Health deviation Self Care Requisites
Learning to live with effects of pathologic conditions
Health deviation Self Care Requisites
Nursing is required when an adult is incapable or limited in the provision of continuous effective self care
THEORY OF SELF CARE DEFICIT
Acting for and doing for others
METHODS OF HELPING
Guiding others
METHODS OF HELPING
Supporting one another
METHODS OF HELPING
Providing an environment to promote patients ability
METHODS OF HELPING
Teaching another
METHODS OF HELPING
Describes how the patient’s self care needs will be met by the nurse, the patient or both
THEORY OF NURSING SYSTEMS
- Wholly Compensatory System
- Partially Compensatory System
- Supportive Educative System
CLASSIFICATIONS OF NURSING SYSTEMS
Patient is dependent
Wholly Compensatory System
Nurse is expected to accomplish all the patient’s therapeutic self care
Wholly Compensatory System
The patient can meet some needs
Partially Compensatory System
Needs nursing assistance
Partially Compensatory System
Both the nurse and the patient engage in meeting self care needs
Partially Compensatory System
Patient can meet self care requisites but needs assistance with decision making or knowledge and skills to learn self care
Supportive Educative System
The summation of all activities needed to alleviate the existing disease or illness
Therapeutic Self Care Demand
Is the ‘ability for engaging in self care activities” conditioned by age, developmental state, life experiences, cultural orientation, resources and health
Self Care Agency
They have the power to engage in a course of action
Agent
Individual who takes full responsibility of taking care of a person who are incapable of providing care for themselves
Dependent Care Agent
Capability of nurse to perform legitimately activities of care for a client. Helps the person achieve their own health care demands.
Nursing Agency
These are professional functions that must be performed by the nurse in order to meet clients needs
Nursing Designs
Individual who is engage in meeting the needs of a person
Agent
