Dorothea Orem’s Self-Care Practice Model Elaine Gilligan Whelan‚ RNC‚ MA‚ MSN ABSTRACT Curriculum design in nursing education has become an increasingly sophisticated process throughout the past decade. "Theories" of nursing have emerged‚ and have become the basis for various curricula models. One model which is relevant to nursing education‚ practice and research‚ is that of Dorothea Orem. Nurse educators are constantly bombarded with material regardmg various nursing "theories." Each nurse educator
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What is Self-concept? According to Wagner‚ self-concept is that image or mental picture of our invisible self‚ a feeling of being a person‚ sense of somebody or of being nobody (p. 5). There are three functional aspects of self concept: appearance‚ performance and status. It is noteworthy that our feeling of identity of being somebody is derived from feelings when rated by others (p. 13). I could identify with these three aspects of self-concept. Several years ago‚ when I left my job to be
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is unethical and immoral based on deontology or Kant’s theory on the principle of humanity. Sir Martin John Evans is
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Ethical Considerations: This case is about Carl’s decision of taking or not steroids to recover his prime physical condition. The ethical question for this problem is: “Should Carl use steroids?” One position for this case is Carl should use steroids. The other position is Carl should not use steroids. Relevant Facts: Carl lost muscle tone while recuperating from a broken leg and he knows that their teammates need him to win the baseball games. He knows that other teammates and players use vitamins
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The “Self” concept is understanding your behavior and that of the offender. Ones self-concept is who a person is and what that person believes they are all about. The self-concept is a picture we have of ourselves about the kind of person we are. Ones self-concept is both the product and producer of your experiences. For instance‚ if you are capable of giving and receiving love‚ if you consider yourself a worthwhile person‚ if you are confident in your feelings and you behave responsibly‚ you will
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Roger W. Sperry Introduction Born August 20‚ 1913‚ Roger W. Sperry‚ won the 1981 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine. He shared it with two other scientists‚ Wiesel and Hubel‚ for research on the nervous system and brain. They were praised for demonstrating the difference between the two hemispheres of the brain and special functions of the right brain. (Roger W. Sperry Biography (n.d.) A moderately controversial psycho biologist‚ Sperry changed the history of psychology. In 1935‚ Sperry
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to discuss the differences between the Humoral concept of disease‚ the anatomical theory of disease‚ the germ theory of disease and the differences between each theory. I am also going to look at the historical significance of these theories and how they apply to health and wellness in today’s health care. The humoral theory comes from an ancient Greek theory that states that the human body is composed of four basic humors. The Humoral theory is derived from the word “humor‚” but in this context
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I chose the topic of self-concept through interpersonal communication because I had an interest in it. This interest is because I didn’t understand that one’s self-concept affected the way one is perceived by others. I learned self-concept through class discussions‚ but I wanted a better understanding of how communication affects one’s self-concept and how it affects one’s perception One’s self-concept affects one’s perception‚ attitude and behavior‚ which can be demonstrated during the
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Culture is influential on the concept of self‚ specifically in relation to the independent and interdependent self. The article the learner has chosen provides evidence to support this claim. Keller (2002) asserts that the formation of the independent self and interdependent self are guided by cultural contexts and socialization‚ such as warmth and contingency‚ beginning in the early stages of human development. Keller (2002) hypothesizes that warmth and contingency experienced as infants establishes
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Carl Linnæus Carl Linnaeus was a great scientist who made breakthroughs in botany‚ zoology‚ medicine and‚ most importantly‚ biology. He was one of the greatest scientists of his time. Even to this day‚ his system of naming organisms is used all over the world‚ and his theory in classification is still the most significant. Linnaeus was born on May the 23rd 1707 and he died on January the 10th 1778‚ at seventy years old. He lived in Sweden and studied in three different Swedish universities
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