Abstract
Patients with leg ulceration face changing self-care demands associated with the consequences of the disease and treatment. Often patients can manage their self-care for some time, but new therapeutic self-care demands may emerge that require more complex self-care actions. The purpose of this article is to describe the development of a nurse-led education program in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany, that aims to help patients with leg ulcers to meet their therapeutic self-care demands. Orem's self-care deficit nursing theory is used as a framework to provide the conceptual context for this supportive—educative nursing system that is being tested in a multi-site clinical trial.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 150-155 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Nursing Science Quarterly |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2008 |
Keywords
- Education
- Leg ulcer
- Orem's theory
- Self-care agency