title: Self-care requirements for activity and rest: an Orem nursing focus.
abstract: According to Orem's self-care deficit nursing theory, helping people to maintain a balance between activity and rest (a universal self-care requisite) is a legitimate concern of nursing. The meaning of activity and rest, the requirements and potential measures for meeting this self-care requisite, and factors that might influence the process are explored. Criteria for determining a need for nursing, guides for a nursing clinical assessment, and guides for nursing action are suggested as potential ways to assist persons to meet the action demands associated with this self-care requisite.
authors.forename: Sarah E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Allison
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration; D009736:Nursing Process / Q000458:organization & administration; D009742:Nursing Theory; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012064:Relaxation Therapy; D012146:Rest / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology