The patient is newly diagnosed with diabetes and will be discharged in the next day or so.The nurse is teaching the patient how to draw up and self-administer his insulin.Which nursing theory is the nurse utilizing?
A) Watson's philosophy of transpersonal caring
B) Orem's self-care deficit theory
C) Rogers' theory
D) Henderson's theory

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The goal of Orem's theory is to help the patient perform self-care.In Watson's theory,the nurse is concerned with promoting and restoring health and preventing illness.Rogers' theory considers the individual as an energy field coexisting within the universe.Henderson defines nursing as "assisting the individual,sick or well,in the performance of those activities that will contribute to health,recovery,or a peaceful death,and that the individual would perform unaided if he or she had the necessary strength,will,or knowledge."

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