Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Dorothea Elizabeth Orem, nineteen fourteen to two thousand seven, was a prominent nursing theorist born in Baltimore, Maryland, who developed the Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory. Her extensive career included roles in operating rooms, private duty nursing, pediatric and adult medical-surgical units, and nursing education. She served as the director of the nursing school and Department of Nursing at Providence Hospital in Detroit from nineteen forty to nineteen forty-nine and continued refining her theory well into her retirement in nineteen eighty-four.
Overview of the Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory
Overview of the Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory
The Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory is a caring approach that utilizes specialized knowledge to design and produce nursing care. It is comprised of four interrelated theories:
One. Theory of Self-Care: Focuses on activities individuals initiate and perform on their own behalf to maintain life, health, and well-being.
Two. Theory of Dependent-Care: Pertains to the assistance provided to socially dependent individuals who cannot perform self-care.
Three. Theory of Self-Care Deficit: Explains why and when nursing is required, occurring when an individual's self-care agency is inadequate to meet their therapeutic self-care demands.
Four. Theory of Nursing Systems: Describes how the patient's self-care needs will be met by the nurse, the patient, or both.