Biography dorothea nursing orem theory ppt

Dorothea Orem is a nurse theorist who pioneered the Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory. Get to know Orem’s biography and works, including a discussion about the major concepts, subconcepts, nursing metaparadigm, and application of Self- Care Deficit Theory.

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Biography of Dorothea E.

Orem

Dorothea Elizabeth Orem (July 15, 1914 – June 22, 2007) was one of America’s foremost nursing theorists who developed the Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory, also known as the Orem Model of Nursing.

Her theory defined Nursing as “The act of assisting others in the provision and management of self-care to maintain or improve human functioning at the home level of effectiveness.” It focuses on each individual’s ability to perform self-care, defined as “the practice of activities that individuals initiate and perform on their own behalf in maintaining life, health, and well-being.”

Early Life

Dorothea Orem was born on July 15, 1914, in Baltimore, Marylan