Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory

Vocabulary flashcards covering the key components, definitions, history, and applications of Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory.

Dorothea Orem

A major American nursing theorist born on July 15, 1914, in Baltimore, Maryland, who created the Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory.

Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory

A nursing theory developed from 1959 to 2001 focusing on the idea that individuals have a natural ability to care for themselves and nursing comes into play when people are unable to meet their own self-care needs.

Nursing: Concepts of Practice

A book published by Dorothea Orem in 1971 in which she discussed her Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing.

Self-care

The actions individuals perform to take care of themselves, which can include bathing, eating, dressing, hygiene, and mobility.

Self-care agency

A person's ability or capacity to perform self-care actions.

Therapeutic self-care demand

The total self-care actions required to meet the needs of an individual's health.

Self-care deficit

A condition occurring when an individual cannot meet the demand of self-care, comprising limitations in knowledge, decision-making, or ability to perform actions.

Three nursing systems for self-care deficits

The three modes in Orem's theory through which nurses assist patients: wholly compensatory, partly compensatory, and supportive-education.

Supportive-education nursing system

A nursing approach within Orem's theory where nurses teach and guide patients to improve their self-care agency.

Group Activity Therapy (GAT)

A four-session rehabilitation program targeting personal hygiene, dressing, eating and drinking, and toileting, implemented for schizophrenic patients at Atma Husada Mahakam Psychiatric Hospital in Indonesia.

12-dimensional system

An evaluation framework scored from 0 to 100 used to assess type 2 diabetes patients across twelve dimensions of health and care to identify areas needing tailored assistance.