Dorothea Orem Explained

Dorothea Elizabeth Orem (June 15, 1914  - June 22, 2007), born in Baltimore, Maryland, was a nursing theorist and creator of the self-care deficit nursing theory, also known as the Orem model of nursing.

Education

Orem received a nursing diploma from Providence Hospital School of Nursing in Washington, D.C. She also attended Catholic University of America, 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 Georgetown University, Incarnate Word College and Illinois Wesleyan University.[1]

Self-care deficit nursing theory

Orem's nursing theory 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.[2]

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, to the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association in 1982.[3]

Awards

Death

At the age of 92, Orem died on June 22, 2007, in Savannah, Georgia, where she had spent the last 25 years of her life as a consultant and author.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hartweg, Donna. Dorothea Orem: Self-Care Deficit Theory. Sage Publications. Notes on Nursing Theories. 4. 1991. 1. 0803942990.
  2. Book: Fundamentals of Nursing . Taylor . Carol R. . Lillis . Carol . LeMone . Priscilla . Lynn . Pamela . 2011 . Wolters Kluwer Health . Philadelphia . 978-0-7817-9383-4 . 74 .
  3. Web site: NANDA-I History. June 17, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120525182845/http://www.nanda.org/AboutUs/History.aspx. May 25, 2012. dead.