Dorothea Orem ’s Self-Care Theory This page was last updated on February 4‚ 2012 INTRODUCTION • Theorist : Dorothea Orem (1914-2007) • Born 1914 in Baltimore‚ US • Earned her diploma at Providence Hospital – Washington‚ DC • 1939 – BSN Ed.‚ Catholic University of America • 1945 – MSN Ed.‚ Catholic University of America • She worked as a staff nurse‚ private duty nurse‚ nurse educator and administrator and nurse consultant. • Received honorary Doctor of Science degree in 1976. • Theory
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NMIH101 Self-awareness This essay will explore some of the aspects of self-awareness‚ with description and definition for use to the health care worker in the health care setting from various educators in all fields of health care from various aspects of evidence-based practice that involves‚ includes and is open to developmental learning for continuous improvement with Client-Health Care Worker outcomes. Self-awareness is the mental‚ psychological and physical attributes that are ingrained
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(lymph node dissection) (Tschudin‚ 1996). However‚ Irene expresses concern at this time that her surgery will cause her arm to swell (lymphoedema) and this will affect her interaction with her baby. Therefore as the nurse responsible for Irene’s care‚ a care plan of actual and potential postoperative complications of this surgery has been devised‚ this will include possible nursing interventions that would be implemented for Irene. However this assignment will concentrate on two postoperative problems
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palliative care needs of ethnic minority patients October 29‚ 2012 Literature Review A Paper Presented to Meet Partial Requirements For NRSG-494B Transcultural Nursing Southern Adventist University School of Nursing Literature Review: The palliative care needs of ethnic minority patients: staff perspectives An article titled “The Palliative Care Needs of Ethnic Minority Patients: Staff Perspectives” discussed the palliative care staff’s perceptions of multicultural care provision
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After completing the self assessment tool for self care‚ it was clear that I am lacking in many areas. With the aid of the assessment tool I was able to recognize that my strengths are in my emotional self care and professional self care. I must say that with these areas of strengths for me‚ I am elated. I like to think that I give a lot of myself when I am caring for others such as my patients and family. However‚ the areas that I need improvement on are for me. It did not surprise me that my areas
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A number of professionals are involved in providing health care to patients. Inter-professional practice happens when professions from more than one health care professions work together interactively to improve inter-professional collaboration for the expert purpose of improving patient care and well being (Farrell‚ Payne‚ & Heye‚ 2015). Likewise‚ Milton (as cited in Farrell‚ Payne‚ & Heye‚ 2015) defines inter-professional team-work as healthcare professionals who co-operate‚ collaborate‚ communicate
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quality of care we delivery is very important not just to the patient‚ but also the nurse. When we care for patients it is important to make the patients the priority and make their clinical experience a good one. A nurse usually develops their plan of care to satisfy the patients needs‚ so we call that patient-centered care. Dabney and Tzeng (2013) describes patient-centered care as a therapeutic relationship that occurs among health care providers and the patients that are receiving health care services
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Describe the details of your patient care experience. I began my career in healthcare working as a behavior therapist for individuals on the autism spectrum. I worked as part of a care team centered on improving the quality of life for the clients we served. Working directly with a behavior analyst and a speech language pathologist‚ I assisted in developing and implementing therapeutic programs specific to my clients’ unique needs. I spent the majority of my time working one on one with clients
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THE ROLE OF DEBRIDEMENT IN WOUND HEALING OF PATIENTS WITH DIABETES FOOT ULCERS (REFLECTIVE ANALYSIS) INCIDENT As a registered nurse with over 10 years of clinical practice experience in various field of nursing including caring for patients with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs)‚ I was concerned with rise in the numbers of DFUs cases resulting into higher rates of amputation‚ disabilities and mortality . DFU are caused by a combination of peripheral neuropathy and vascular diseases resulting from
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nurse but‚ the patient and the rest of the staff as well. By the term “aim” I mean a goal‚ after receiving hand off report from your nurse collegue a nurse can than gather that information to develop their goal for the day. Goals are important‚ they determine the focus of the nurse and allow them to accomplish their tasks efficiently and in a timely manner. Core Competency: Managing Patient-Centered Care Let’s face it‚ a nurse would not have a career if it were not for patients‚ this does not mean
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