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Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Theory: Eloisa A. Aswegi Erika C. Balbuena Yanick Ballestra
Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Theory: Eloisa A. Aswegi Erika C. Balbuena Yanick Ballestra
Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Theory: Eloisa A. Aswegi Erika C. Balbuena Yanick Ballestra
Self-Care Theory
Eloisa A. Aswegi
Erika C. Balbuena
Yanick Ballestra
INTRODUCTION
Nursing therapeutics
deliberate, systematic and purposeful action.
OREM’S GENERAL THEORY OF NURSING
Accomplishes patient’s
N therapeutic self-care
U
R Compensates for patient’s
S inability to engage In self care
E
ACTION Supports and protects patient
Limitations
• Health is often viewed as dynamic and ever changing.
• The theory is illness oriented.
1. Year of birth of Dorothea Orem?
4. A system that is used to determine why a person is under care, a plan for care,