Dorothea Orem
              Dorothea Orem
              1914- June 22,2007
              1914- June 22,2007
              Born in Baltimore, Maryland
              Born in Baltimore, Maryland
            Died at home in Skidaway Island
            Died at home in Skidaway Island
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     Education: 
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       Diploma (early 1930's) Providence Hospital School of 
      Nursing, Washington, DC
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       BSN Ed. (1939) and MSN Ed. (1945) from the Catholic 
      University of America, Washington, DC.
          Credentials & Background
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      Honorary Doctorates: 
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        Doctor of Science from Georgetown University 
       (1976) and Incarnate Word College in San Antonio, 
       Texas (1980)
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        Doctor of Humane Letters from Illinois Wesleyan 
       University, Bloomington, Illinois (1988)
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        Doctor Honoris Causae, University of Missouri-
       Columbia (1998).
          Credentials & Background
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     Special Awards: 
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       Catholic University of America Alumni Achievement 
      Award for Nursing Theory (1980)
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       Linda Richards Award, National League for Nursing 
      (1991)
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       Honorary Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing 
      (1992).
        Early Nursing Experiences
  Clinical
    OR
    Private Duty Nursing (home & hospital)
    Staff nursing (pediatric & adult medical and surgical units)
    Evening supervisor-ER
  Education:
    Biological science teacher 
    Assistant Director of School of Nursing
  Consulting:
    Indiana St. Board of Health (1949-1957)
    Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and 
     Welfare (1957-1959)
      Theoretical Sources & Influences
   Eugenia K. Spaulding-great friend & teacher only
   Cites no particular nursing leader as a direct influence on 
    her work.
   Does cite many other nurses’ works in terms of their 
    contributions to nursing:
    Abdullah, Henderson, Johnson, King, Levine, Nightingale, Orlando, 
     Peplau, Riehl, Rogers, Roy, Travelbee, and Weidenbach, et al
   Cites numerous other authors from other disciplines:
    Chester Barnard, Rene’ Dubos, Robert Katz, Ernest Nagel, Hans 
     Selye, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, et al