Theoretical Contributions from Orem to Self-care in Rehabilitation Nursing

Self-care allows one to maintain the health and well-being of the person and may be compromised. Approaches to Orem's theory and rehabilitation specialist nurse competencies allow the development of intervention plans to minimize the person's dependence on self-care. Objective: To identify Orem's theoretical contributions to self-care and their relevance to Rehabilitation Nurse practice. Methods: Integrative literature review through search engines (EBSCO, RCAAP and Google Scholar), using the descriptors self-care, nursing, and Orem, assisting us from the Boolean operator "AND". Results: Nine articles were selected, the results of which we grouped into two studies of a theoretical nature and three groups according to Orem's theory (fully compensatory systems, partially compensatory systems and educational support systems). Conclusions: Praying to privilege your approach to self-care, can differentiate their performance, with visible gains in the health of the person.