C304 Task 1 Western Governor's University

C304 Task 1 A. Identify a nursing theory that has influenced your values and goals. Answer: I identify with Dorothy Orems Self Care Deficit Nursing Theory.

1. Explain how nurses apply the identified theory from part A to implement excellent nursing practices. Answer: This theory applies to all nursing practices because nursing is about getting your patients back to where they were, or as close as possible, before they needed health care. According to Orem, nursing is required when an adult is incapable or limited in the provision of continuous, effective self-care. ("Orems self-care deficit nursing theory," n.d., p. 6) I found this quote also, The central philosophy of the Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory is that all...