The Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing (SCDTN) is a grand nursing theory, in that it covers a broad scope with basic concepts that can be applied to all nursing situations. The SCDTN attempts to provide a conceptual framework for the entire body of nursing knowledge. It’s creator, Dorothea E. Orem, “pursued the development of a theoretical structure that would serve as an organizing framework for such a body of knowledge” (Alligood, 2014, p. 241). In determining the proper object or focus of nursing, Orem drew from her eclectic personal experiences in nursing as well as her extensive knowledge of contemporary nursing literature. “The question that directed Orem’s (2001) thinking was, ‘What condition exists in a person when judgments
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Throughout Orem’s works on the subject, she expresses a view which is consistent with science and the modern philosophical model of moderate realism. This position asserts that “there is a world that exists independent of the thoughts of the knower” and “although the nature of the world is not determined by the thoughts of the knower, it is possible to obtain knowledge about the world” (Alligood, 2014, p. 242). Also, in agreement with the moderate realist position, the SCDTN takes the view of human beings as, “dynamic, unitary beings who exist in their environments, who are in the process of becoming, and who possess free-will as well as other essential human qualities” (Alligood, 2014, …show more content…
It proposes that patients recover faster and more holistically by gaining total or partial control to perform their own self-care to the best of their ability. There is strong evidence that Orem’s conceptual models of nursing are currently helping to guide nursing practice to optimize patients’ outcomes. According to the case study of diabetic patients by Kumar (2007), the application of Orem’s theory enhanced communication among nurses and supports a patient’s ability to self-manage a chronic illness. Nurses evaluated the resources available to address the patient’s need for improved diabetic treatment with adherence to an overall quality of care (Kumar, 2007). “Self-care is a human regulatory function that individuals must, with deliberation, perform themselves or must have performed for them to maintain life, health, development, and well-being” (Alligood, 2004, p.
Throughout Orem’s works on the subject, she expresses a view which is consistent with science and the modern philosophical model of moderate realism. This position asserts that “there is a world that exists independent of the thoughts of the knower” and “although the nature of the world is not determined by the thoughts of the knower, it is possible to obtain knowledge about the world” (Alligood, 2014, p. 242). Also, in agreement with the moderate realist position, the SCDTN takes the view of human beings as, “dynamic, unitary beings who exist in their environments, who are in the process of becoming, and who possess free-will as well as other essential human qualities” (Alligood, 2014, …show more content…
It proposes that patients recover faster and more holistically by gaining total or partial control to perform their own self-care to the best of their ability. There is strong evidence that Orem’s conceptual models of nursing are currently helping to guide nursing practice to optimize patients’ outcomes. According to the case study of diabetic patients by Kumar (2007), the application of Orem’s theory enhanced communication among nurses and supports a patient’s ability to self-manage a chronic illness. Nurses evaluated the resources available to address the patient’s need for improved diabetic treatment with adherence to an overall quality of care (Kumar, 2007). “Self-care is a human regulatory function that individuals must, with deliberation, perform themselves or must have performed for them to maintain life, health, development, and well-being” (Alligood, 2004, p.