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Dorothea Orem : Self-Care Deficit Theory.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Incorporated, 1991Copyright date: ©1991Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (73 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781452253237
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 610.7301
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Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- Biographical Sketch of a Nurse Theorist -- Chapter 1 - Origin and Development -- Chapter 2 - Assumptions, Theories, Concepts, and Propositions -- Chapter 3 - Application to Practice, Education, and Research -- Glossary -- References -- Bibliography -- About the Author.
Summary: Encapsulating the work of a classic nursing theorist, this book provides a unique overview of Orem′s Self-Care Deficit Model of Nursing. Orem′s Model proposes that nursing should be especially concerned with the patient′s need to move continuously towards responsible action in self-care in order to sustain life and health or to recover from disease or injury. The actions required of nurses to achieve these goals are clearly described.
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Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- Biographical Sketch of a Nurse Theorist -- Chapter 1 - Origin and Development -- Chapter 2 - Assumptions, Theories, Concepts, and Propositions -- Chapter 3 - Application to Practice, Education, and Research -- Glossary -- References -- Bibliography -- About the Author.

Encapsulating the work of a classic nursing theorist, this book provides a unique overview of Orem′s Self-Care Deficit Model of Nursing. Orem′s Model proposes that nursing should be especially concerned with the patient′s need to move continuously towards responsible action in self-care in order to sustain life and health or to recover from disease or injury. The actions required of nurses to achieve these goals are clearly described.

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