Self-care nursing model for patients experiencing radical change in body image.
A description of the integration of concepts from other disciplines into the nursing self-care model is presented. Orem's model of the patient as a self-care, goal-directed, decision-making agent is applied to the care of a woman recovering from a radical vulvectomy. The model can be used in other nursing care situations in which the patient's body image is altered.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010358:Patient Participation; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing* / Q000601:surgery