Dorothea Orem

Dorothea Elizabeth Orem (* 1914 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, † June 22, 2007 in Savannah ) was an American nurse, Pflegetheoretikerin and businesswoman.

Life

Orem graduated in 1930 their exams at the nursing school in Washington. Then she took on a part-time study of nursing education, she with a Master of Science of Education graduated from the Catholic University of America, Washington, 1945.

In 1970, she founded a consulting firm to care and education. Published in 1971 their Orem theory of self-care.

On 22 June 2007 Dorothea Orem died in her home in Savannah.

Self- care concept Orem

In 1968 Dorothea Orem began developing and testing their theory of self- care that they in the book " Nursing concepts of practice" published in 1971. You will receive up today recognition in the professional world, with the biggest criticism of their theory is that it comes from " disturbed functions " of the people and thus build a more negative view. Their definitions have a high priority in nursing science.

Definition of self-care after Orem: self-care is to strive for the voluntary production and practice of acts that are directed to oneself or one's environment to regulate their own function and development and to life, health and well-being after Orem. Self- care is the set of all actions in order to be able to care for themselves. A self-care deficit arises when the self-care ability of a people is lower than his care needs.

Works

• Nursing - concepts of practice. 1971; 41991 ( Engl.: structural concepts of nursing practice Berlin, Wiesbaden. Ullsteinhaus Mosby 1997 ISBN 3-86126-548-6 ).