I decided to watch Dorothea Orem’s video because I heard a lot about her revolutionary approach to patient care. Nowadays, a comprehensive approach to patient care is evident to all teachers, nurses, and doctors. However, this was not always the case, and Dorothea Orem made a breakthrough in her time, allowing society to look at the nursing profession differently (Miller, 2021). An overly conservative approach to nursing makes it rigid, and help from nurses is presented as fragmented. For these people, assistance includes wound care, support for the most straightforward organic processes, monitoring the patient’s daily activities. However, Dorothea Orem first raised the issue of hospital care as the interaction of two independent subjects: the patient and the nurse.
I generally agree with the exit model proposed by Dorothea Orem because this model posits the idea that workers are critical of their tasks. Society should not perceive nurses as poorly educated nurses whose duties include cleaning the hospital ward after the patient and bandaging wounds. Nurses can and should do this, but it is not their only responsibility. Nurses are specialists with their philosophy and view of the phenomena of life and death and various diseases. However, Dorothea Orem’s ideas about self-care are not always detailed by her, which makes it unclear exactly how young students or aspiring nurses should behave to fit this theory.
What surprised me most about the video was Dorothea Orem’s ambitious approach and vision when she answered a question from an interviewer about the impact of her theory. Dorothea Orem understands the fundamental implications of her thesis on the countries of Europe, Canada, and the United States. She emphasizes that the idea radically changes the approach to the tasks of nurses in general. It surprises me because such theories most often find an application after the death of their authors. In most cases, the authors of ideas cannot see the fruits of their labors with their own eyes. However, Dorothea Orem was able to do it, and her pragmatic approach and calmness in the story surprised me. I was surprised by the short story about Dorothea Orem’s childhood at the beginning of the video. However, on the other hand, this story shows that most professional nurses have been inspired to work since childhood.
I would recommend this video to other students, but I would strongly advise conservative people to watch it. Sometimes people are sure that the work of a nurse does not require excellent skills, and people who could not enter medical universities can quickly become nurses. Dorothea Orem’s video demonstrates the importance of awareness and logic in the work of a nurse and the will and confidence. After watching this video, I think many people will have respect for nurses, even if before that they considered them to be lower staff who only help doctors.
The video was interesting for me and perhaps even emotionally impressive. After watching, I felt inspired and remembered all the friends who once spoke to me about the work of nurses. Dorothea Orem is an example of a calm and reasonable woman who can hardly be attributed to the role of Mother Teresa. People like Dorothea Orem want to do a good job and sincerely want to grow. What I find most valuable is that after watching this video, the work of a nurse begins to be presented as a system of patient education. In this system, the nurse helps the patient acquire skills that are useful in his current condition and helps get used to the disease or overcome it. In addition, the nurse is an independent knowing subject, and the patient is not a helpless object.
References
Miller, S. (2021). Dorothea Orem: Pioneer of the self-care nursing theory. The Sentinel Watch. Web.