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for Dorothea Orem
Vicki Underhill
July 23, 2007
One of nursing's national treasures, Dr. Orem will be greatly missed.
Susan B. Dickey, PhD, RN
July 13, 2007
Although I have admired several other nursing theorists for nearly 3 decades, I discovered Dr. Orem's in 1979. It is the one most adaptable (in my opinion) to pediatric and adolescent health care... and I drew heavily on her work to support my work on informed decision making and ethicolegal aspects of tween and adolescent health care. Her ideas & work will remain with us for their eminently practical approach for a long time!
Eunice Bell
July 7, 2007
Savannah has known Dorothea Orem as "our nurse theorist" for 20 years. During this time she continued to publish, worked with her world wide study group, assisted colleges and universitites with information and interviews, mentored individuals working on graduate degrees, and was a delightful friend to many of us. I will remember her humor (particularly political comments)and her interest in all the outside world. She was a wonderful friend.
Sharon Stoten, RN, MSN
July 3, 2007
Dorothea Orem's contributions to nursing will continue to be valued by all nurses. Not having her with us now is very sad, like losing a life long friend.
Joan Hug
July 2, 2007
I was blessed to meet Dorothea a few years ago. I took Holy Communion to her along with others from our Parish. She was such a wonderful woman. She was so accomplished, yet, she never talked about her successes. She only wanted to learn about her visitors and their lives. Her gentleness and genius will both be missed by all who were privileged to meet her.
Karen Brown Peterson
July 2, 2007
My thoughts and prayers are with all who mourn the passing of Dorothea Orem. Her theory guided my nursing practice for the past 20+ years, and I found her insights invaluable. She was a visionary who foresaw the needs and desires of everyday people to care for themselves before this became the norm for health care in the US. I have been privileged to have met her and and to have studied as an Orem scholar while at Wayne State University for my doctorate.
Ralph Vogel
July 2, 2007
A leader in our profession who made theory make sense. A great loss
Mary Margaret Bayer
July 2, 2007
It was such a priviledge to plan many of the early Self-Care Conferences sponsored by the University of Missouri Sschool of Nursing. Dorothea was truly a scholar who shared her great knowledge.
Tonya Harrington
June 30, 2007
Your gift of nursing education thorugh the Orem Self Care model will continue to benifit health care and nursing education.
Carol Matthews
June 30, 2007
Dorothea Orem was just "another assignment" to me many years ago. Now that I am working on my DNP (and a little older!), I am seeing and understanding her wisdom. May God be with her and her family.
Lydia Lopez, MSN, RN,C
June 29, 2007
Nursing has lost one of its true champions.You inspired me to take your theory to new heights when teaching it to my students. Rest in peace. Heaven has truly gained an angel.
Deborah Finfgeld Connett, PhD APRN, BC
June 28, 2007
An astute observer and quiet woman of courage. Her ideas will permeate nursing for generations.
Dharma Freytes
June 28, 2007
The contribution of Dorothea Orem was not only for nursing profession but for humanity. Was an honor for the nursing profession to have this distinguished member among us. Her ideas and contribution will continue with us. Please accept my deepest condolences.
Jeanne Hupprich
June 28, 2007
Dorothea Orem's theory is so practical that we have adopted it at the VNA of CapeCod. The nurses are so happy to carry on this work beyond the classroom.I teach it with Ann-Marie Peckham who designed the course.
Eileen Griffin RN,BSN, MBA,MHCM
June 27, 2007
My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
Alfredia Williams
June 27, 2007
May God bless Dr. Orem and her family. She will always be remembered honorably by nurses today and in the future.
Cristina Martin
June 27, 2007
Thank you Dr. Orem for your leadership in the nursing profession. You will be missed, God Bless...
Liz Cull
June 27, 2007
The legacy of her thoughts and words for nursing have paved the way for research to come. My sympathies to her loved ones.
Karen White, RN
June 27, 2007
Dr. Orem's Nursing Theory will keep her memory alive for millions of Registered Nurses. She contributed so much to the Nursing Profession. May God comfort and bless her family.
Ginny Mapes
June 26, 2007
Dr Orem will long be remembered. Thank you, Dorothea, for how you elevated our profession & impacted the lives of so many. You will be missed ~
Melanie Logue
June 26, 2007
She has left an ongoing legacy in nursing and will be missed, indeed. I cannot express the loss our nursing community feels at this time. Dorthea Orem was a pioneer in the field.
Barbara Biehler
June 26, 2007
Memories of Dr. Orem's caring and kind spirit flood my thoughts. She was indeed a nursing scholar, but more importantly, one who generously shared her thoughts and encouragement to all who availed themselves of her mentoring. Her contribution to nursing belies description. We who knew her are blessed and now God has Blessed her.
Diane Keahey
June 26, 2007
God Bless her, her family, and all her friends. She taught many of us (nurses) over the years - her theory has enlighted us in so many ways.
Kerry Aguillon R.N.
June 26, 2007
Prayers for the blessings of peace and comfort. Ms. Orem will be eternally remembered.
Karen Gant, RN MSN FHN
June 26, 2007
Orem...my first "learned" theory...Smile!
Thanks...
Diane Campbell
June 26, 2007
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
Belen Bushman
June 26, 2007
Please extend my deepest sympathy to her family. She will always be known and remembered as one of the America's foremost nursing theorists. Her works presented a visionary view of contemporary nursing practice, education and knowledge development.
Frankie Workman
June 26, 2007
Be Still
Be still like the grass on a melancholy summer day
Be still like desert shrub.
Be calm and you will hear your loved one speak, in the stillness, in the calm, their love resounds.
If you are still this promise I make, you will hear the voice of your loved one helping you along your way.
Brad Harrell, MSN, CCRN
June 26, 2007
Dr. Orem was a truly inspiring and a wonderful leader. Her contributions to the nursing profession will never be forgotten.
Joanne DaCunha
June 26, 2007
Dr. Orem was a great thinker and her work help thouands of nurses prefect their practice. Truly an inspiring person. Thank you for sharing your ideas that helped shape a generation of caring.
Sally Schafer-Beltz
June 26, 2007
Thank you for a great foundation for nursing practice.
Janet Rawlinson
June 26, 2007
Thank you Dorothea for all your knowledge and special nursing care you brought to the profession of nursing. I will remember you for the rest of my nursing career.
Carolyn Steadham
June 25, 2007
Orem's theory was the backbone of my graduate nursing education and has been a guide for my practice ever since. Dorothea Orem helped us to carve out the piece of patient care that belongs exclusively to Nursing. She will be revered by professional nurses for all the decades to come.
Nancy Stuever, MNEd., RN
June 25, 2007
Dorothea Orem reached out to nurses everywhere through her teachings, writings, and personable nature. She was a passionate advocate of nurses and nursing, and she will be sorely missed. My sincere sympathies go to those whose lives she touched. All of nursing has lost a colleague and a friend.
Jeanie Bachand
June 25, 2007
Dr. Orem was a fantastic nurse theorist and positive role model for all nurses. She will be missed by all who were touched by her dedication to the profession of nursing.
Kathleen Jones, MSN, APRN, BC
June 25, 2007
I met Dr Orem many years ago in Miami at a Nurse Theorist Conference. She made nursing theory exciting, realistic and usable in practice. She will live on thrugh her work.
Carla Brim
June 25, 2007
Dr. Orem has left a wonderful legacy for the nursing profession through her theory of self-care deficit.
Marge Dean
June 25, 2007
Thank you, Dorothea, for your guidance in planning patient care at all levels of nursing. A great mentor.
Jacqueline Riley. RN, MN
June 25, 2007
A nursing theorist who made sense and gave us a tool to guide the care we give. May memories of the good times with her comfort all who knew her.
Linda W. Johnston
June 25, 2007
Dr. Orem was an early pioneer in the development of nursing theory, and her contributions to the science of nursing have been invaluable. She will be missed.
Ruby Weller
June 25, 2007
Truly a legend in Nursing. I couldn't have survived graduate school without the framework she provided. Truly a gift for us and our patients....
Marsha Heims
June 25, 2007
My condolences to the family of Dorothea Orem, on the event of her passing.
She was an inspiration on patient self-care. Her works have influenced many nurses and patients, for which I am grateful.
Sympatheticaly, with regards
Marsha Heims, RN, EdD
Deborah Davenport
June 25, 2007
Your knowledge and theory will live on in nursing forever. A life well-lived with a meaningful, lasting contribution so wide-reaching!
Blessings,
Catherine D'Amico
June 25, 2007
Dorothea Orem will be remembered for years to come for her fine theory that makes practical sense in the delivery of nursing care. Her memory will be carried forward in the minds of all the students and faculty who have successfully used her theory to provide care.
Dr. Ruth L. Jenkins
June 25, 2007
Always a great thinker, she led my students to quality understanding of nursing.
Dr. Ruth L. Jenkins University of Missouri-St. Louis, Visiting Scholar to Taiwan National Defense Medical Center
Jan Dalsheimer
June 25, 2007
At the time I was a Nursing student at the University of Southern Mississippi (1970s), our program (Bachelor's and Master's) was entirely based on Self-Care Deficit Theory. Some of my professors were members of the NDCG along with Dorothea Orem. I have a huge place in my heart for the theory and for Dorothea Orem. She is a true legend in Nursing.
Judy Corey
June 25, 2007
I have recently returned to school to get my MSN. I am in theory class and just viewed a touching interview with Ms. Orem as part of my studies. I am thankful she has left us such a gift in her service to nursing.
Darlene Rinehart
June 25, 2007
Your contributions to Nursing has improved the Nursing Profession and helped advance nursing into the 21st Century. Your knowledge and input will be missed.
Stephanie Unger, Ph.D., RN.
June 25, 2007
Dr. Orem was a major inspiration for me to advance my education to doctorate in nursing, after I was introduced to her theory in my MSN study. Orem 's Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory provided theoretical framework for my master thesis in 1990.
From her immense contribution, needless to say how much nursing profession has pressed forward on building the body of knowledge.
May she rest in peace, as her theory will always live.
Barbara Moody
June 24, 2007
Ms. Orem, You contributed so much to our profession of nursing. May God hold you in his loving arms.
Rita McGurk R.N., PhD
June 24, 2007
Dr. Orem will be missed by nurses worldwide. Her theories have advanced our profession and enhanced our ability to care for those in need while preserving their dignity and independence.
Daniel McBride McBride
June 24, 2007
I graduated from Nursing School in 1992, and I remember studying Dr. Orem's theory of moving the client toward self-care, on which my Nursing program was based. Her name and her theory of Nursing formed the first memories I have of my Nursing education. I had no idea that she lived so close to me. It would have been an honor to meet her.
May she rest in peace, for her work and contributions to the profession of Nursing live on.
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