Background:Georgetown University conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Science on Orem in 1976.

 

Background:Georgetown University conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Science on Orem in 1976.

She received the CUA Alumni Association Award for Nursing Theory in 1980.

Other honors included Honorary Doctor of Science, Incarnate Word College, 1980; Doctor of Humane Letters, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1988; Linda Richards Award, National League for Nursing, 1991; and Honorary Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, 1992.

She was awarded the Doctor of Nursing from the University of Missouri in 1998.

Background

At age 92, Dorothea Orem’s life ended after a period of being bedridden. She died Friday, June 22, 2007, at her residence on Skidaway Island, Georgia.

Orem’s many papers and presentations provide insight into her views on nursing practice, nursing education, and nursing science.

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