A Department of Nursing within a medical center is adopting the theory that is founded on 14 fundamental needs of individuals. Which nurse theorist is this department using to guide client care?

Question

1. Dorothea Orem
2. Florence Nightingale
3. Martha Rogers
4. Virginia Henderson

Answer 1

Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Dorothea Orem's theory on self-care deficit does not contain 14 fundamental needs.
Rationale 2: Florence Nightingale's theory centered around the client's environment does not contain 14 fundamental needs.
Rationale 3: Martha Rogers related her theory to multiple scientific disciplines, and it does not contain 14 fundamental needs.
Rationale 4: Henderson conceptualized the nurse's role as assisting sick or healthy individuals to gain independence in meeting 14 fundamental needs, from breathing normally to discovering the curiosity that leads to normal development and health.