Dorothea Orem

Dorothea Elizabeth Orem (July 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.

Dorothea Orem

Education

Orem received a nursing diploma from Providence Hospital School of Nursing in Washington, DC. 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
  • 1980: Alumni Achievement Award for Nursing Theory, Catholic University of America[1]

Death

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. She was 92.[4]

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gollark: There are nasty things like those various parasitic wasps.
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gollark: I don't think this matches any common definition of standards or values. Also, "human values" are somewhat thought up by humans, or at least made precise by human thinking. Also, nature contains plenty of horrible things.
gollark: It's basically the same thing as the standards you just complained about.

References
  1. Hartweg, Donna (1991). Dorothea Orem: Self-Care Deficit Theory. Notes on Nursing Theories. 4. Sage Publications. p. 1. ISBN 0803942990.
  2. Taylor, Carol R.; Lillis, Carol; LeMone, Priscilla; Lynn, Pamela (2011). Fundamentals of Nursing. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-7817-9383-4.
  3. "NANDA-I History". Archived from the original on May 25, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  4. "Obituary: Dorothea Elizabeth Orem", Savannah Morning News, June 24, 2007, retrieved June 17, 2012
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