Dorothea Orem Self-Care DeficitDorothea Orem, considered one of the greatest nursing theorists according to (currentnursing.com), was born in 1914 in Baltimore MD. She received her degree in nursing from the Providence Hospital School of Nursing located in Washington DC in the 1930s. She later earned a bachelor's degree in education and a master's degree in education from the Catholic University of Washington DC. She ultimately earned honorary doctorates: Doctor of Science from Georgetown University (1976) and Incarnate Word College in San Antonio, Texas (1980); Doctor of Humane Letters from Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois (1988); Doctor Honoris Causae, University of Missouri-Columbia 1998 (www.nursesinfo.com). Dorothea Orem's formal idea of ​​nursing practice concepts was published in 1971, then in 1980, and finally in 1985. Dorothea Orem worked for the Indiana State Health Division of Hospital and Institutional Services of 1949 to 1957. During this period, she aimed to improve the quality of nursing care in general hospitals throughout the state. It was also at this time that she created her definition of nursing practice. She also worked for the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, where she helped publish guidelines for developing curricula for the training of practical nurses "in 1959. Dorothea Orem then served as Acting Dean of the School of Nursing and Assistant Professor of Nursing Education at the Catholic University of America in 1959, where she continued to develop her concept of nursing and nursing. personal care Dorothea Orem began working on her theory in nursing, while working with the Indiana State Board of Health Nurses were able to...... middle of paper. .....f nursing: standards and practice Clifton Park, NY: Thomson Delmar Learning. PC and Caine, RM (1995) Self-Care Theory of Nursing: Dorothea E. Orem. (4th edition) Nursing theories form the basis of professional nursing practice (pp. 100-150) Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. http://www.nurses. info/. doi: http://www.nurses.info/nursing_theory_person_orem_dorothea.htmKumar, C.P. (2007). Application of Orem's self-care deficit theory and standardized nursing languages ​​in a case study of a diabetic woman [Abstract]. International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications, 1-10. do I: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/miNursing theories: self-care deficit theory. (January 26, 2010). Retrieved April 9, 2010, from http://currentnursing.com/nursing_theory/self_care_deficit_theory.html.