Dorothea Orem Self-Care Deficit Theory
Orem Theory Assessment
Tricia Burr
Elms College
Elms College: Division of Nursing
Theory Assessment Assignment
N: 285
Theorist: _____Dorothea Orem______________________________________
Theory: ______Self-Care Deficit Theory _______________________________
|Credentials |Basic degrees – Diploma from Providence Hospital School of Nursing in Washington DC in 1934; BSN Ed from |
|Of author |Catholic University of America in 1939 (Hartweg & Fleck, 2010, pp. 121-145) |
| |Highest degree - MSN Ed from Catholic University in 1946; (Hartweg & Fleck, 2010, pp. 121-145) |
| |Contributions to nursing – Self-Care Deficit Theory; faculty at Catholic University of America and |
| |Providence Hospital School of Nursing; authored The art of nursing in hospital services: An analysis; |
| |authored Guides for Developing Curriculum for the Education of Practical Nurses; authored numerous |
| |scholarly papers many of which are compiled into Self-Care Theory in Nursing: Selected Papers of Dorothea |
| |Orem; (Hartweg & Fleck, 2010, pp. 121-145) |
| |Honorifics: Dorothea Orem has received recognitions from numerous organizations, an exhaustive list would |
| |be impossible, however they include but are not limited to Sigma Theta Tau International; the American |
| |Academy of Nursing; National League of Nursing, honorary doctorates from multiple colleges and universities|
| |including Georgetown in 1976 and Wesleyan University in 1988; her works became the basis for the creation |
| |of the International Orem Society for Nursing Science and
Tricia Burr
Elms College
Elms College: Division of Nursing
Theory Assessment Assignment
N: 285
Theorist: _____Dorothea Orem______________________________________
Theory: ______Self-Care Deficit Theory _______________________________
|Credentials |Basic degrees – Diploma from Providence Hospital School of Nursing in Washington DC in 1934; BSN Ed from |
|Of author |Catholic University of America in 1939 (Hartweg & Fleck, 2010, pp. 121-145) |
| |Highest degree - MSN Ed from Catholic University in 1946; (Hartweg & Fleck, 2010, pp. 121-145) |
| |Contributions to nursing – Self-Care Deficit Theory; faculty at Catholic University of America and |
| |Providence Hospital School of Nursing; authored The art of nursing in hospital services: An analysis; |
| |authored Guides for Developing Curriculum for the Education of Practical Nurses; authored numerous |
| |scholarly papers many of which are compiled into Self-Care Theory in Nursing: Selected Papers of Dorothea |
| |Orem; (Hartweg & Fleck, 2010, pp. 121-145) |
| |Honorifics: Dorothea Orem has received recognitions from numerous organizations, an exhaustive list would |
| |be impossible, however they include but are not limited to Sigma Theta Tau International; the American |
| |Academy of Nursing; National League of Nursing, honorary doctorates from multiple colleges and universities|
| |including Georgetown in 1976 and Wesleyan University in 1988; her works became the basis for the creation |
| |of the International Orem Society for Nursing Science and
References: Dorthea Orem 's self-care framework. (2009, June 23). Taber 's cyclopedic medical dictionary ( 21 ed.). Retrieved from F. A. Davis Company website: http://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/ub/view/Tabers/144305/0/DOROTHEA_OREM 'S_SELF_CARE_FRAMEWORK_:_DOROTHEA_OREM 'S_SELF_CARE_FRAMEWORK Gervase, M. (n.d.). Dorothea Orem Nursing Theory. In The art and science of nursing [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved March, 2012, from Department of Nursing, Union County College website: http://faculty.ucc.edu/nursing-gervase/Orem[1].pps Hartweg, D. L., & Fleck, L. M. (2010). Dorothea Orem 's self-care deficit theory. In M. E. Parker & M. C. Smith (Eds.), Nursing theories & nursing practice (3rd ed., pp. 121-145). Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company. Hartweg, D. L. (1990). Health promotion self-care within Orem 's general theory of nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 15(1), 35-41. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.1990.tb01670.x Meleis, A. A., Bond, M., & Dean, S. (2011). On needs and self-care. In Theoretical nursing: Development and progress (3rd ed., pp. 207-228). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/ Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.