title: Self-care for stoma surgery: mastering independent stoma self-care skills in an elderly woman.
abstract: According to Orem, active participation in caring for self contributes to the behavior of self-care. Before an individual is able to care for oneself, however, many factors must be considered. This article is based on an alert, oriented 85-year old widow, known as EL, who was recently diagnosed with rectal cancer. With postoperative hypertension and sinus tachycardia, EL is having difficulty learning self-care. This article demonstrates a scenario where Orem's self-care deficit theory of nursing assisted in developing an effective plan of self-care for an elderly woman who underwent an ileostomy.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Laurie A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Martínez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001828:Body Image; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D009736:Nursing Process; D009742:Nursing Theory; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012648:Self Care; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*