Many people are capable of carrying out the actions and routines required of nurses but it takes critical

thinking and education to be able to be a professional nurse, fulfilling obligations to aid individuals towards health or the maintenance of well-being. To successfully perform as a nurse one must have a foundation of theory rooted in their philosophy that drives their actions. Without the driving force of theory in their practice nurses may lack motivation and goal attainment. Some nurses may occasionally stumble upon a goal but those nurses who have a strong sense of self and a clear direction of practice often yield more positive patient outcomes. That is why it is so crucial for future nursing to be able to identify their own philosophy of nursing and have a grounded understanding of nursing theory by which they practice. Dorothea Elizabeth Orem was born in Baltimore, Maryland on 1914. One of foremost nursing theorists, Orem made several contributions especially to the progress of my development and improvement of nursing education and practice.