Dorothea Orem

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    • Dorothea Orem - one of America's foremost nursing theorists
    • Orem developed the Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory
    • Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory also known as the Orem Model of Nursing
    • Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory - states that patients are encouraged to bring out the best in them despite being ill for a period of time
    • Orem's General Theory: Theory of Self-Care, Theory of Self-Care Deficit, Theory of Nursing System
    • Self-Care - the performance or practice of activities that individuals initiate and perform on their own
    • Self-Care Agency - human's ability or power to engage in self-care
    • Self-care Agent - the one who provides self-care
    • Dependent Care Agent - other than the individual who provides the care
    • Two Agents of Self-Care: Self-Care Agent, Dependent Care Agent
    • Self-Care Requisites - actions or reasons for which self-care is done
    • Universal Self-Care Requisites - needs that are common to all individuals
    • Developmental Self-Care Requisites - needs resulting from maturation or develop due to a condition or its treatment
    • Health Deviation Self-Care Requisites - needs resulting from illness, injury, and disease or its treatment
    • Therapeutic Self-Care Demand - the totality of "care measures" to meet known self-care requisites
    • Theory of Self-Care Deficit - the central focus of Orem's general theory of nursing
    • Theory of Self-Care Deficit - generally describes how people can be helped through nursing
    • Theory of Self-Care Deficit - this theory delineates when nursing is needed
    • Theory of Nursing System - describes how the patient's self-care needs will be met by the nurse, the patient, or both
    • Self-Care Agency - what the individual can do
    • Therapeutic Self-Care Demand - what needs to be done to maintain optimum functioning
    • Wholly Compensatory Nursing System - the nurse provides all the care because the patient is unable to perform
    • Partial Compensatory Nursing System - the nurse and the patient share the same responsibility for the care
    • Supportive-Educative System - the patient is capable of self-care but needs education, support, or guidance from the nurse
    • Humans - are the men, women, and children cared for either singly or as social units
    • Persons are the "material object" of nurses and others who provide direct care
    • Health - state of well-being achieved when self-care needs are met
    • Environment - has physical, chemical, and biological features, which includes the family, culture, and community
    • Nursing - support provided to help individuals meet their self-care needs when they can't do it
    • Nursing Agency - nurses use these skills to either help patients directly or teach them how to care for themselves
    • Normalcy - refers to what is fundamentally human and aligns with an individual's genetic traits, constitutional characteristics and talents
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