While planning care,the nurse works with the client and chooses a wholly compensatory nursing system to help the client achieve an optimal level of self-care.What is true about this situation?
A)Most nursing theorists support a different form of planning.
B)Nursing theories do not lend themselves to the action of planning nursing care.
C)Orem's general theory of nursing involves this type of planning.
D)This type of planning is only supported by the caring theorists.

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Orem's general theory of nursing involves a system of three nursing sub-theories, one of which is the wholly compensatory system. This system involves the nurse providing all care activities for the patient who is unable to perform any self-care activities. It is one of the three nursing systems that can be utilized in Orem's theory of nursing.

While Planning Care,the Nurse Works with the Client and Chooses