Dorothea Elizabeth Orem (June 15, 1914 – June 22, 2007), born in

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, was a nursing theorist and creator of the

self-care deficit nursing theory The self-care deficit nursing theory is a grand nursing theory that was developed between 1959 and 2001 by Dorothea Orem. The theory is also referred to as the Orem's Model of Nursing. It is particularly used in rehabilitation and primary care ...

, also known as the Orem model of nursing.

Education

Orem received a

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from Providence Hospital School of Nursing in Washington, DC. She also attended

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, earning a Bachelor of Science in Nursing Education in 1939 and a Master of Science in Nursing Education in 1945. Orem has been awarded honorary doctoral degrees from

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, Incarnate Word College and

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Self-care deficit nursing theory

Orem's

nursing theory Nursing theory is defined as "a creative and rigorous structuring of ideas that project a tentative, purposeful, and systematic view of phenomena". Through systematic inquiry, whether in nursing research or practice, nurses are able to develop knowl ...

states self-care as a human need, and nurses design interventions to provide or manage self-care actions for persons to recover or maintain health.

Nursing diagnosis

Orem was a member of the group of nurse theorists who presented ''Patterns of Unitary Man (Humans)'', the initial framework for

nursing diagnosis A nursing diagnosis may be part of the nursing process and is a clinical judgment about individual, family, or community experiences/responses to actual or potential health problems/life processes. Nursing diagnoses foster the nurse's independent pr ...

, to the

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in 1982.

Awards

*1980: Alumni Achievement Award for Nursing Theory, Catholic University of America

Death

Orem died on June 22, 2007 in

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, where she had spent the last 25 years of her life as a consultant and author. She was 92.

References

External links

Orem Society
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