Category: Dorothea Orem’s Theory

Table of Contents Definition and Explanation Literature Review Defining Attributes Antecedent and Consequence Empirical Referents Construct Cases Theoretical Applications of the Concept Conclusion References Concept analysis remains a powerful strategy for ensuring that readers and users of a specified theory understand and apply it accordingly. This practice is usually designed to ensure that researchers and…

The most important and priority function of the health care system is prevention. For this reason, nursing is one of the essential components of the health care system of any country. Health care personnel can suggest ways of prevention to reduce the incidence of disease. Nurses are no longer secondary employees, and their work is…

Table of Contents Introduction Background of the Theories Philosophical Underpinnings of Theories Major Assumptions, Concepts, and Relationships Clinical Applications and the Value to Nursing Science Comparison, Parsimony, and Examples Conclusion References Introduction Nursing theories have been developed for describing, predicting, and explaining the process of nursing for those in the field. They offer a foundation…

Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion Reference Introduction The main objective of the empirical study was to measure the effects of Dorothea Orem’s self-care model on fatigue and its self-management in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). As such, fatigue is defined as a subjective MS symptom yet it is one of the most prevalent…

Introduction Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Theory mainly focuses on patients’ unique needs and the actions they initiate on their behalf to improve their quality of life. Orem also theorized that nursing practice encompasses deliberately directed actions executed by nurses to help people or groups under their care maintain an optimal state of health, change conditions in…

Table of Contents Introduction Importance of Nursing Theory Summary of Selected Nursing Theory Application Conclusion References Introduction The modern healthcare sector is focused on the provision of outstanding care to all patients and the improvement of the quality of their lives. It means that health workers should incorporate knowledge from different areas to attain enhanced…

Table of Contents Introduction Elements of Self-Care Deficit Theory Application of Orem’s Theory to Practice Conclusion References Introduction Dorothea Orem developed one of the major grand theories of nursing in the 1960s and continued to contribute to perfecting it with the help of the nursing academic community. Her self-care deficit theory created a new edge…

Orem’s self-care is a nursing theory that offers direction to the nurse practitioner on how to identify a patient’s deficit needs in getting well. The different levels of care range from educating the patient’s family to giving total attention. The theory explains how nurses can intervene to help patients maintain autonomy. It allows nurses to…

Family assessment involves evaluation of factors that affect families. It may assess the family history, mental health of the family members, and other provisions. It is a continuous process of identifying these factors and making intervention decisions so as to help the family. There are various theories that have been developed to explain the process…

The two theories for discussion are Virginia Henderson’s Need Theory and Dorothea Orem’s Theory of Self-Care Deficit. Henderson’s theory is rather abstract, and its purpose is to explain the functions of a nurse to respond to a patient’s needs in a wide context. Therefore, the concepts include those associated with the nursing metaparadigm (the person,…