Dorothea Orem's Theory
Dorothea Orem’s Theory : The Self-Care or Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing The Self-Care or Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing has three interrelated theories which are the theory of self-care, the self-care deficit theory, and the theory of nursing systems. These theories then further classified into wholly compensatory, partially compensatory, and supportive-educative. First Interrelated Theories : The Theory of Self-Care This theory focuses on the performance of activities performed by individuals on their own behalf to maintain their life, health and well-being . For example, eating and wash your hands right after are considered as performing self-care on yourself. The Theory of Self-Care has three points, which composed self-care agency, self-care requisites and therapeutic self-care demand Self-Care Agency A person’s ability or power to self-care is affected by various factors that are known as conditioning factors. These factors include age, gender, health stat...