ERNESTINE WIEDENBACH

Born on August 18, 1900, in Hamburg, Germany
B.A. from Wellesley College in 1922
R.N. from Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in 1925
M.A. from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1934
Certificate in nurse-midwifery from the Maternity Center Association School for Nurse-Midwives in New York in 1946
Joined the Yale faculty in 1952 as an instructor in maternity nursing
Assistant professor of obstetric nursing in 1954 and an associate professor in 1956
Wrote Family-Centered Maternity Nursing in 1958
Influenced by Ida Orlando in her works on the framework

The Helping Art of Clinical Nursing

Major Concepts

Key Concepts

Wiedenbach proposed 4 main elements to clinical nursing:

The Philosophy

The nurses' philosophy is their attitude and belief about life and how that affects the reality for them.

Wiedenbach believed that there were 3 essential components associated with a nursing philosophy:

Reverence for life

Respect for the dignity, worth, autonomy and individuality of each human being and

Resolution to act on personally and professionally held beliefs.

The Purpose

Nurses’ purpose is that which the nurse wants to accomplish through what she does.

It is all of the activities directed towards the overall good of the patient.

The Practice

Practice encompasses observable nursing actions that are affected by beliefs and feelings about meeting the patient’s need for help.

The Art

The Art of nursing includes understanding the patient’s needs and concerns, developing goals and actions intended to enhance patient’s ability and directing the activities related to the medical plan to improve the patient’s condition.

The nurses also focus on prevention of complications related to reoccurrence or developmentof new concerns.

References:

Ernestine Wiedenbach. In Nursing Theory. Retrieved from http://nursing-theory.org/nursing-theorists/Ernestine-Wiedenbach.php

Maniulit, E. (2014). Transcript of Ernestine Wiedenbach. Retrieved from https://prezi.com/3ix79odik6uy/ernestine-wiedenbach/

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The Helping Art of Clinical Nursing. (2012). In Current Nursing. Retrieved from http://currentnursing.com/nursing_theory/Ernestine_Wiedenbach.html

Wiedenbach, E. (1963). The helping art of nursing. American Journal of Nursing, 63, 54-57.

Weidenbach, E. (1964). Clinical Nursing: A Helping Art. New York: Springer.

Wiedenbach, E. (1965). Family Nurse Practitioner for Maternal and Child Care. Nursing Outlook, 13, 50.

Wiedenbach, E. (1968). The Nurse’s Role in Family Planning: A Conceptual Base for Practice. Nursing Clinics of North America, 3, 355-365.

Wiedenbach, E. (1970). Nurses’ Wisdom in Nursing Theory. American Journal of Nursing, 70, 1057-1062.