The applicability of a nurse theory allows us to explicit the purposes, contexts, variables, theoretical explanations, empirical evidences and the use of new approaches in the nursing practice that are determinant for the nature of the descriptive elements in this field. Thus, after identifying the articles published in different Brazilian Nursing magazines containing Orlando's Theory, the applicability of this theory was verified through the Model of Chinn & Krammer. The study is descriptive and exploratory. It was conducted through the analysis of Brazilian online databases containing national publications rated A and B. An article was located and analyzed under a qualitative method. Five categories were applied in order to extract the basic elements indicated by the chosen mode!. Considerations concerned the content of the article, allowing the collection of a rich material related to the applicability of Orlando's Theory together with the nursing assistance practiced in a specific situation where customers face surgery cancellation.
theory; nursing; analysis