Ernestine wiedenbach death

Wiedenbach had an affluent upbringing at a manor in Hamburg, Germany where she was born on August 18, , is the youngest of four siblings.  Her family migrated to New York nine years later and started her brilliant exploration in the field of nursing.

Her life was purely dedicated to uplift the status of nursing as a respectable and dignified profession.  She died on March 8, , at the age of 97, but the legacy of her works lives on.

Related The Helping Art of Clinical Nursing

References:

Nickel S, Gesse T, MacLaren A. Ernestine Wiedenbach. Her professional legacy. J Nurse Midwifery.

Wiedenbach&#;s theory identifies the patient as &#;any individual who is receiving help of some kind, be it care, instruction or advice from a member of the health profession or from a worker in the field of health.&#; A patient is any person who has entered the healthcare system and is receiving help, which means he or she does not need to be ill. A person receiving health-related education would qualify as a patient.

The theory identifies four main elements in clinical nursing: a philosophy, a purpose, a practice, and the art.

The nurse&#;s philosophy is his or her attitude and belief about life, and how that affects reality for him or her. The three essential components Wiedenbach associated with a nursing philosophy are reverence for life; respect for the dignity, worth, autonomy, and individuality of each human being; and the resolution to act on personally and professionally held beliefs.

The nurse&#;s purpose is that which the nurse wants to accomplish through her actions. It encompasses all of the activities directed toward the overall good of the patient.

The practice of nursing consists of the observable nursing actions affected by beliefs and feelings about meeting the patient&#;s need for help.

The art of nursing includes understanding the patient&#;s needs, developing goals and actions intended to enhance the patient&#;s ability, and directing the activities related to the medical plan to improve the patient&#;s condition. The nurse&#;s focus is also on the prevention of complications related to reoccurrence or the development of new concerns.

Nursing skills are carried out to achieve a specific patient-centered purpose rather than the completion of the skill itself being the end goal. Skills are made up of a variety of actions, and characterized by harmony of movement, precision, and effective use of self.

The theory explains that knowledge encompasses all that has been perceived and grasped by the human mind. It may be

Ernestine Wiedenbach (August 18, in Hamburg, Germany – March 8, ) was a nursing theorist. Her family emigrated to New York in , where she later received a B.A. from Wellesley College in , an R.N. from Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in , an M.A. from Teachers College, Columbia University in , and a certificate in nurse-midwifery from the Maternity Center Association School for Nurse-Midwives in New York in

Wiedenbach taught there until , and in , joined the Yale University faculty as an instructor in maternity nursing. She was named an assistant professor of obstetric nursing in and an associate professor in when the Yale School of Nursing established a master's degree program under which she directed the major in maternal and newborn health nursing. Wiedenbach's books are used widely in nursing education. She retired in

Theories

Wiedenbach's theory is outlined below:

1. Prescriptive theory: This is a situation-producing theory that directs actions toward an explicit goal.

The prescriptive theory has three factors:

1. Central purpose (nurse's philosophy for care). Central purpose philosophy underlies purpose and purpose reflects philosophy.
2. Essential to the particular discipline.
3. The prescription for the fulfillment of the central purpose, directive to activity. Realities in the immediate situation that influence the fulfillment of the central purpose. The matrix in which the action occurs.

There are three components for nursing philosophy:

1. Reverence for the gift of life.
2. Respect for the dignity, worth, autonomy, and individuality of each human being.
3. Resolution to act dynamically about one’s beliefs.

The prescription:

Actions appropriate to implement a plan to carry out the actions following the central purpose. Actions may be voluntary (intended response), or involuntary (unintended response).

There are three voluntary actions:

1. Mutually understood and agreed-upon action. The recipient understands the imp