Theoretical Foundation in Nursing

Chapter 9
Dorothea Orem’s Self – Care Deficit Nursing Theory
Nursing Agency. It refers to the developed capabilities of
nurses that empower them to meet the therapeutic self –
care demands of patients.
Nursing Design. A professional function performed both
before and after nursing diagnosis and prescription, allows
nurses, on the basis of reflective practical judgments about
existent conditions, to synthesize concrete situational
elements into orderly relations to structure operational
units.
Four Structured Cognitive Operations of SCDNT
1. Diagnostic Operations
2. Prescriptive Operations
3. Regulatory Operations
4. Control Operations
Two Categories of Technologies Identified in SCDNT
1. Social or Interpersonal Technologies. Communication is
adjusted to age and health status. The nurse helps
maintain interpersonal, intra-group, or inter-group
relations for the coordination of efforts.
2. Regulatory Technologies. Maintain and promote life
processes. It regulates the psychological and
physiological modes of functioning in health and
disease.