PREPARED BY: MS SHALINI ABRAHAM, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, D Y PATIL SCHOOL OF NURSING, NERUL, NAVI MUMBAI. About Theorist : Dorothea Orem (1914-2007) Born 1914 in Baltimore, US Earned her diploma at Providence Hospital –Washington 1939 – BSN Ed., Catholic University of America 1945 – MSN Ed., Catholic University of America She worked as a staff nurse, private duty nurse, nurse educator and administrator and nurse consultant. Received honorary Doctor of Science degree in 1976. She Is focusing on: 1. Theory if self care 2. Theory of self care deficit 3. Theory of Nursing System