Question

Does orem theory contribute to the discipline of nursing? In what way/s

Answer 1

Orem theory:                                                                                                                      

Orem theory approaches to the nursing process presents a method to determine the self-care deficits and then to define the roles of person or nurse to meet the self-care demands .The steps within the approach are considered to be the technical component of nursing process .Orem emphasize that the technical component “must be coordinated with interpersonal and social process with in the nursing situation

Orem identified the 3 types of practice of nursing science in nursing system

1. Fully compensatory system when nursing replace the individuals in self-care

2. Partially compensatory system when individuals need nursing only to help them carry out what they are not able to do on their own

3. Supportive educate system, when individuals are able to perform self- care although they need nurses to teach and supervise them while performing it.

In this perspective, a sequential series of actions help overcome or compensate the limitation associated with people’s health to undertake the regulatory action of their own functioning and development or those their dependents.

The value of any nursing theory, particularly the grand theories, is explained by its ability to expand nursing as practical human’s science. Understanding the nature of human beings, their interaction on people’s health helps to plan clinical practice and define the intervention that improve the individuals health wellbeing. The improvement of care should be main focus of grand theory in nursing