Orem Nursing Model

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This paper examines Orem's self-care model, a professional nursing practice model. The paper explains that, according to this model, the patient's self-care deficits are the result of environmental situations. The paper evaluates the three systems that exist within this professional nursing practice model: the compensatory system, in which the nurse provides total care; the partially compensatory system, in which the nurse and patient share responsibility for care; and the educative-development system, in which the client has primary responsibility for personal health, with nurse acting as a consultant.

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"Orem's self-care model of modern nursing was first developed to address the basic care needs of individuals who were unable to perform the basic functions of self care as they were accustomed to, such as soldiers returning from wartime. However, this nursing model continues to be highly useful to nursing practitioners today. This is especially true given the increasing dependence of elderly patients upon family support systems for basic care, as well as the need for families to deal with individuals in a state of crisis within the family structure. The essential features of the model are addressing the self-care needs of the patient by the nurse through assessment and facilitation. The model deals with the responsibilities of the nurse practitioner to the patient in assessing the patient's ability to care for him or herself on a daily basis, how this care can be improved, and providing essential aid to individuals who cannot perform basic functions of self-care."

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