Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing – Flashcards
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Health
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State characterized by soundness of bodily and mental functioning and well-being; it is the responsibility of society and all its members
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Person
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A biologically, symbolically (uses ideas and words), socially integrated whole
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Environment
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Any factors in the external surroundings that have an impact on the health needs of the patient
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Nursing
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A field of knowledge and a practice discipline that helps individuals to recover from illness or injury, to achieve and maintain health, or attain a peaceful death
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Self-care
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The deliberate and ongoing contribution to one's health and well-being; is learned through family, culture, and society; is goal oriented; is a right and a responsibility
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Self-Care Requisite
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The activities that we need to perform to maintain life and health
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Universal Self-Care Requisites (USCR)
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Needs common to all. Includes air, water, food, elimination, activity and rest, prevention of hazards, normalcy (promotion of human functioning), and solitude/social interaction
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Basic Conditioning Factors (BCF)
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Factors to which USCR's need to be adjusted to meet each individual's particular needs (Include age, gender, developmental state, health state, sociocultural orientation, patterns of daily living, family systems, health care system factors, environmental factors, resource availability/adequacy)
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Self-Care Agency
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The ability to practice self-care
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Self-Care Deficits
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The inability to perform self-care / lack of self-care agency
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Nurse's Agency
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The nurse's ability to help by methods such as acting for another, guiding another, providing physical support, providing a developmental environment, teaching
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Nursing Systems
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How nurses help or perform their role. Includes wholly compensatory, partially compensatory, and supportive educative systems
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Wholly Compensatory Nursing System (WCNS)
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Nurse compensates for total inability of the patient
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Partially Compensatory Nursing System (PCNS)
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When both nurse and patient perform
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Supportive-Educative Nursing System (SENS)
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Patient can perform but doesn't know how
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Need for Nursing
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exists when there is an imbalance between the individual's self-care agency and the required self-care actions
