Answer 2 for DNP 815 Select a nursing theory that you will use to guide your DNP Project

Identification, research, teaching, and communication are very crucial in treating and managing a disease condition hence the nursing process guides the nurse in the care and management of the patients as a unique individual. Orem’s theory of framework points to theoretical constructs of Self-Care, Self-Care Deficits, and Nursing Systems which are all interrelated in providing support and foundations for nursing practice (Marques et al., 2022).  Orem noted the inseparability of a person’s physical, psychological, interpersonal, and social aspects of health and suggests that human services provided by the nurse aid in recovering skills that may be deficient due to altered health status. The theory encompasses constructs that guide the nurse in rendering holistic person-centered care which includes the foundational capabilities and disposition that entails skills and traits, basic conditioning factors (BCFs) for self-care deficit ability, self-care requisites, includes actions, and items required for the patient to achieve holistic self-care, including health, development, and general well-being achieving these assist in attaining holistic self-care, including health, development, and general well-being (Yip, 2021). The context involved with Orem’s self-care theory reflects the nursing process that helps in the identification of a patient’s problem by systematically collecting and organizing data analysis, identification of people’s needs through the data analyzed, planning based on the information reviewed, implementation, and evaluation of care. Using clear and patient own language in educating a patient and revaluation and reemphasizing thought topics will empower patients to become involved and become experts in their care subsequently preventing and reducing diseases and infection. The DNP project focuses on the identification and management of the causes of urinary tract infection (UTI) among nursing home residents to reduce the rate of hospitalization. This theory introduces the use of the nursing process and individualized approach in the care of patients

References

Marques, F. R. D. M., Charlo, P. B., Pires, G. A. R., Radovanovic, C. A. T., Carreira, L., & Salci, M. A. (2022). Nursing diagnoses in elderly people with diabetes mellitus according to Orem’s Self-Care Theory. Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 75.

Yip, J. Y. C. (2021). Theory-Based Advanced Nursing Practice: A Practice Update on the Application of Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory. SAGE Open Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1177/23779608211011993