Dorothea Orem

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Dorothea E. Orem (1914- ) was a Nursing theorist, and she made her theory of the Self-care.

This theory, the Orem model of nursing, says that the Nurses have to supply care when the patients cannot provide care to themselves.

[edit] Resources

Donna Hartweg - Dorothea Orem: Self-Care Deficit Theory (Notes on Nursing Theories) Sage Publications, Inc (1991) 72 p. ISBN 0803942990


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