While working on a postoperative unit,the nurse is applying elements of self-care theory and is assisting a patient to attain and manage self-care in wound management.Who was the nursing pioneer who developed this theory?
A)Florence Nightingale.
B)Virginia Henderson.
C)Dorothea Orem.
D)Hildegard Peplau.

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The goal of Orem's theory is to help the patient perform self-care.The goal of Nightingale's theory is to shift the focus from the disease process toward an environment conducive to healing.Henderson defined nursing practice as assisting the individual,sick or well,in the performance of activities that will contribute to health,recovery,or a peaceful death.Peplau's theory defined the core of nursing as the interpersonal relationship between the nurse and the patient.

While Working on a Postoperative Unit,the Nurse Is Applying Elements