Nursing

  Therapeutic self-care demand Therapeutic self-care demand consists of the summation of care measures necessary at specific times or over a duration of time to meet all of an individual’s known self-care requisites, particularized for existent conditions and circumstances by methods appropriate for the following: • Controlling or managing factors identified in the requisites, the […]

  Health deviation self-care requisites Health deviation self-care requisites exist for persons who are ill or injured, who have specific forms of pathological conditions or disorders, including defects and disabilities, and who are under medical diagnosis and treatment. The characteristics of health deviation as conditions extending over time determine the types of care demands that

  MAJOR CONCEPTS & DEFINITIONS The self-care deficit nursing theory is a general theory composed of the following four related theories: The theory of self-care, which describes why and how people care for themselves The theory of dependent-care, which explains how family members and/or friends provide dependent-care for a person who is socially dependent The

  Structure of nursing science Wholly compensatory nursing Partly compensatory nursing Supportive-developmental nursing Foundational nursing sciences The science of self-care The science of the development and exercise of self-care agency in the absence or presence of limitations for deliberate action The science of human assistance for persons with health-associated self-care deficits Applied nursing sciences Basic

  Theoretical sources Orem’s SCDNT provides a conceptualization of the distinct helping service that nursing provides. The primary source for Orem’s ideas about nursing was her experiences in nursing. Through reflection on nursing practice situations, she was able to identify the proper object, or focus, of nursing. The question that directed Orem’s (2001) thinking was,

  Theoretical sources Orem (2001) stated, “Nursing belongs to the family of health services that are organized to provide direct care to persons who have legitimate needs for different forms of direct care because of their health states or the nature of their health care requirements” Like other direct health services, nursing has social features

  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

Chapter 14: Self-care deficit theory of nursing Violeta A. Berbiglia, Barbara Banfield* PowerPoit by Dr. Sergio Osegueda Dorothea E. Orem (1914–2007) “Nursing is practical endeavor, but it is practical endeavor engaged in by persons who have specialized theoretic nursing knowledge with developed capabilities to put this knowledge to work in concrete situations of nursing practice.”

Curriculum Analysis – 5 pages Select a nursing curriculum either from an academic setting, such as a school of nursing, or a clinical setting, such as a hospital staff development program. Look for a nursing curriculum to use as a model for assessments. One choice might be an orientation curriculum for a clinical facility. Identify

Health Policy/Discussion/Week 7 Nurses advocate for their patients every day. Whether collaborating with the health care team to ensure a patient’s plan of care is appropriate, connecting patients and families to community resources, or teaching a patient during discharge planning, nurses utilize a set of interpersonal skills that lend them to be natural advocates (Mason,