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Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theor
Concepts from Orem's theory
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Health Care
Undergraduate 3
02/10/2008

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Orem's Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory
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A highly developed & formalized theoretical system that includes the philosophical foundation, the general theory of nursing with its constituent elements, and an expanding body of knowledge that includes empirical research.
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Nursing Theory

Self-Care Theory

Self-Care Deficit Theory

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What are the 3 sub-theories of Orem's general theory?

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Self-Care
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Learned goal-oriented activity of individuals; a behaviour that exists in concrete life situations directed by persons to self or to the environment to regulate factors that affect their own development and functioning in the interests of life, health or well-being.
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Universal Requisites
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Air, food, water, etc.
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Developmental Requisites
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Requisites that are r/t living conditions that promote & influence human development
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Health Deviation Needs
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Self-care requisites that arise from or are associated with persons' health state & healthcare
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What are the 3 systems within professional nursing practice?
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1) Compensatory

2) Partially-compensatory

3) Educative-development

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Compensatory System
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The nurse provides total care
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Partially-compensatory System
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The nurse & patient share responsibility for care
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Educative-development System
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The patient has primary responsibility for personal health needs, with the nurse acting as a consultant
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Self-Care Agency
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The individual's ability to perform self-care
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Self-Care Agent
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Person who provides the self-care
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Dependent Care Agent
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The person, other than the individual, who provides the care (i.e. a parent)

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Therapeutic Self-Care Demands
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The measures of care required to meet existing requisites
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Self-Care Deficit
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Results when self-care agency is not adequate to meet the known self-care demand; inability of an individual to perform self-care
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What are the 4 operations of Orem's Nursing Process?

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1) Diagnostic

2) Prescriptive

3) Regulatory

4) Control

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Orem's Nursing Agency
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The capability of empowered, educated nurses that represent their profession in appropriate interpersonal relationships
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Nursing System
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Series & sequence of deliberate, practical actions of nurses performed at times to meet the client's health needs
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