Shirly George
Grant Canyon University
Professional Research Project
NRS-441V- 0500
Deb Thorson October 18, 2015
Describe the theory and your rationale for selecting the theory.
The Dorothea Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory is considered a magnificent nursing theory, Orem's theory has three concepts, theory of Self-Care, theory of Self-Care Deficit, theory of Nursing Systems, the first two powerful parts which are associated with successful self-care. “Orem’s concept of self-care, or the practice of activities that adults initiate to maintain health, life, and well-being, is usually initiated voluntarily” (Kumar, C. (2007). The theory focus is on each person …show more content…
Dorothea Orem’s Self-Care theory can support authors proposed solution, diabetes self management education. The patient (learner) ability to self care continuously contribute to individual own persist in an initiate and perform on their own behalf to maintain life, existence, health, and well-being (Kumar, C. (2007). Diabetes self -management education is a needed nurse educator to provide for all patients who will need to manage their diabetes for a lifetime.
Explain how you will incorporate the theory into your project.
Incorporating Orem’s belief and view that, it is the human creation inner self to possess not limited or restricted desire to longing to learn. There for while assisting the diabetes patient nurse should educate, trained enables them to act, to know, and to help them meet their therapeutic self-care requirement by exercising or developing their own self-care agency (Kumar, C. (2007). Nursing system is the product of a relationship between patient and nurse, “this system is activated when the client’s therapeutic self-care demand exceeds available self-care agency, leading to the need for nursing” (Gil Wayne, 2014).
Dorothea Orem’s Self-Care