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Question: Both Nursing theories and conceptual models are created to facilitate and organize thinking about the nursing process. Nursing theory creates purposeful and systemic approaches to the care provided compared to conceptual models which offer abstract concepts in a broad scope (Whitney, 2022). One example of a nursing theory used in healthcare is Dorothy Orem's self-care theory with focuses on helping others manage self-care to maintain and improve human functions. As nurses, we are responsible for finding patients the resources necessary for their activities of daily living. We need to be able to accommodate their weaknesses to ensure patient safety and better outcomes. For example, a stroke patient will have deficits that were not there before. It is our duty to coordinate care, ensure they get the proper therapy, and find external resources for him to adapt to his new conditions. In this scenario, it is essential to include family members and teach them how to care for the patient. They will require a change in diet to prevent aspiration. The use of an assistive device when ambulating to prevent falls. The need for therapy to promote dependency and help with ADLs like showering, changing, eating, etc. This theory is effective because it helps fill in the gaps needed to increase patient function and ADLS, which helps promote better patient outcomes and complications.