Implementing Orem??s Conceptual Framework

The authors present an overview of Dorothea Orem's conceptual framework, discuss its impact upon practice in a nursing home, and give clinical illustrations of nurse and patient reactions. Implementation of the sell-care concept was found to be growth producing for nurse and patient and has a potential for cost effectiveness. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of the U.S. Department of the Army.