Ernestine Wiedenbach's
Ernestine Wiedenbach's
Ernestine Wiedenbach's
- Philosophy or Metatheory
Theoretical Sources
• Ida Orlando Pelletier - understanding of the
use of self and the effect the nurse’s thoughts
and feelings has on the outcome of her actions.
• Identification
• Ministration
• Validation
Component of Practice Indirectly
Related to Patient’s Care
• Coordination of Resources
- Reporting
- Consulting
- Conferring
The Art
• Stimulus
• Preconception
• Interpretation
THE ART
• The nurse reacts based on those
operations. Her actions may be:
• Rational action
• Reactionary action
• Deliberative action
MAJOR
ASSUMPTIONS
Nursing
Nurses ascribe to an explicit
philosophy. Basic to this are:
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 in relation to one’s
beliefs
Person
• Each Person is endowed with a
unique potential to develop self-
sustaining resources.
• People generally tend towards
independence and fulfillment of
responsibilities.
• Self-awareness and self-
acceptance are essential to
personal integrity and self-
worth.
• Whatever an individual does at
any given moment represents
the best available judgment for
that person at the time.
Health
• Not defined nor
discussed in
Wiedenbach’s model.
Environment
• Wiedenbach does not
specifically adrdress the
concept of
environment. She
recognized the potential
effects of environment,
however.
Theoretical
Assertions
Clinical Nursing – the relationship between its
focus and constituents
LOGICAL FORM
• Induction