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Self‐care: chore or challenge?
Author(s) -
Rourke Anne M
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1991.tb01629.x
Subject(s) - paternalism , negotiation , nursing , psychology , nursing practice , nursing care , nursing theory , medline , sociology , medicine , political science , law , social science
Traditionally, nursing has been viewed as a paternalistic profession steeped in ritualistic practice However, the current upsurge of interest in holistic and client centred nursing has challenged this ritualism The move is away from paternalism and the Medical Model of Care towards individual pahent‐centred practice in which mutuality of rehabilitative purpose is derived through bipartite negotiation This article attempts to explore the relationship between Orem's Self‐Care Model of Nursing and the challenges it suggests for traditional nursing practice and belief