Dorothea Elizabeth Orem Flashcards
What is Dorothea Elizabeth Orem’s theory?
Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory
When and where is Dorothea Orem born?
1914 - Baltimore, Maryland
What is Orem’s first book?
Nursing Concepts of Practice
What does Orem’s theory address?
Self-care needs
- Goal-oriented activities set towards generating interest in the part of the client to maintain life & health development
Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory
What does Orem’s theory aim?
For clients to perform self-care and live independently
The patient - a being who functions and has potential for learning and development
An individual - meet self-care requisites
Person
State of physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Health
Environmental factors, elements, conditions & Developmental Environment
Environment
Help clients in self-care activities
Geared towards independence of clients
Nursing
What is nursing based on? (Orem)
Values
What type of service is nursing? (Orem)
Human service
Why and How people care for themselves
Theory of Self Care
Activities perform independently to promote and maintain well-being
Self-Care
Complex acquired ability of mature/maturing persons to know & meet their continuing requirements for deliberate, purposive action to regulate their own functioning & development
Self-Care Agency