Revista de Enfermagem Referência
ISSN 0874-0283 ISSN 2182-2883
SANTOS, Márcia Cristina de Figueiredo; BITTENCOURT, Greicy Kelly Gouveia Dias; BESERRA, Patrícia Josefa Fernandes NOBREGA, Maria Miriam Lima da. Orem’s general self-care theory according to Meleis’ model for theory analysis. []. , serVI, 1, e21047. 11--2022. ISSN 0874-0283. https://doi.org/10.12707/rv21047.
Background:
Nursing theories contribute to the development of the identity of the nursing profession and promote its expansion as a science and a discipline, pointing to the relevance of conducting theoretical studies in nursing.
Objectives:
To analyze the utility of Orem’s general self-care theory and describe its structural components based on Meleis’ model for theory analysis.
Main topics under analysis:
A descriptive-reflective study was conducted using the criteria for analyzing utility and describing the structural components of the self-care deficit nursing theory. The description of the structural components involved the analysis of concepts (abstract-concrete dimension, degree of generality, and variable/non-variable dimension), assumptions (explicit or implicit), and propositions (existence, explanation/relational, reversible, deterministic, stochastic, sequential, coexisting, sufficient, conditional/contingent, necessary, or substitutable). In the analysis of the utility of a theory for practice, this study sought to answer the questions posed by Meleis.
Conclusion:
The application of Meleis’ model for theory analysis confirmed the utility of Orem’s self-care deficit nursing theory in nursing practice.
: nursing; nursing models; nursing theory; self-care.