Dorothea Orem Self-Care Deficit Theory Dorothea Orem considered one of the most important nursing theorists according to (currentnursing.com) was born in 1914 in Baltimore MD. She earned her nursing degree from the Providence Hospital School of Nursing in Washington DC around the 1930s. He then went on to earn a bachelor's degree in education and a master's degree in education from the Catholic University of Washington DC. He eventually earned an honorary doctorate: 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 into Nursing Practice Concepts was published in 1971, then in 1980, and finally in 1985. Dorothea Orem worked for the Indiana State Health Care Division of Hospital and Institutional Services from 1949 to 1957. During this period was aimed at improving the quality of nursing care in general hospitals across the state. It was also during this period that she created her definition of nursing practice. She also worked for the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, where she contributed to the publication of "Guidelines for the Development of Curricula for the Education of Practical Nurses" in 1959. Dorothea Orem later served as dean at interim of nursing school and assistant professor of nursing education at the Catholic University of America in 1959, where she continued to deepen her concept of nursing and personal care began working on her nursing theory, while working with the. Indiana State Board of Health. Nurses were able to...... half of paper ......f nursing: standards and practice Clifton Park,, NY: Thomson Delmar Learning.Foster, P.C., & Caine , R.M. (1995) Self-Care. Nursing Deficit Theory: Dorothea E. Orem. In J.B. George (4th ed.) Nursing Theories as a Basis for Professional Nursing Practice (pp. 100-150 Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall .Http://www.nurses). info/. (2010 doi: http://www.nurses.info/nursing_theory_person_orem_dorothea.htmKumar, CP (2007). Application of Orem's self-care deficit theory and standardized nursing languages ​​in a case study of a woman with diabetes [ Abstract]. International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications, 1-10. doi: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/miNursing Theories: Self-Care Deficit Theory April 2010 from http://currentnursing.com/nursing_theory/self_care_deficit_theory.html.