She conceptualized nursing as practice of identification of a patient’s need for help through observation of presenting behavior and symptoms, exploration of the meaning of those symptoms with the patient, determining the patient’s ability to resolve the discomfort or if the patient has a need for help from the nurse or other health care professionals.

• Ernestine Wiedenbach

• Madeleine Leininger

• Ida Jean Orlando

• Joyce Fitzpatrick

According to Wiedenbach, these are the Basic to Philosophy of Nursing, EXCEPT

• Resolution to act dynamically in

  relation to one’s belief.

• Respect for the dignity, worth,

  autonomy, and individuality of

  each human being

• Dedication to furthering the goal

  of humankind than supporting

  self-aggrandizement.

• Reverence for the gift of life

According to Wiedenbach, these are the essential attributes of a professional person, EXCEPT

• Show interest in advancing

  knowledge in the area of interest

  and in creating new knowledge.

• Mastery of skill and knowledge

  essential for fulfilling the

  purpose.

• Ability to establish and sustain

  purposeful working relationships

  with others (for both professional

  and non-professional individuals).

• Resolution to act dynamically in

  relation to one’s belief.

• Clarity of purpose.

According to Wiedenbach, it is any measure or action required and desired by an individual and has potential for restoring or extending his ability with the demands implicit in his situation.

• Intervention of Help

• Need-for-help

• Delibarative Action

• Reactionary Action

According to Wiedenbach, it is "any measure or action that enables the individual to overcome whatever interferes with his ability to function capably in relation to his relation.

• Intervention of Help

• Need-for-help

• Delibarative Action

• Reactionary Action

According to Wiedenbach, it is what the nurse wants to accomplish through what she does. Hence, it is the reason for being and for doing.

• Art

• Practice

• Philosophy

• Purpose

According to Wiedenbach, it is an attitude toward life and reality that evolves from each nurse's beliefs and code of conduct, motivates the nurse to act, guides her thinking about what she is to do and influences her decisions.

• Art

• Practice

• Philosophy

• Purpose

According to Wiedenbach, it is the overt action, directed by disciplined thoughts and feelings toward meeting the patient's need-for-help, constitutes the practice of clinical nursing.

• Art

• Practice

• Philosophy

• Purpose

According to Wiedenbach, it is the application of knowledge and skill to bring about desired results and an individualized action.

• Art

• Practice

• Philosophy

• Purpose

According to Wiedenbach, there are components called as the _____.

(1) _____ encompasses all that has been perceived and grasped by the human mind; its scope and range are infinite.

(2) _____ represents the nurse's potentiality for making sound decisions.

(3) _____ represents the nurse's potentiality for achieving desired results.

• Components of Practice Directly Related to Patient’s Care:

  (1) Identification

  (2) Ministration

  (3) Validation

  (4) Coordination of Resources

• Functional Elements of Coordination:

  (1) Reporting

  (2) Conferring

  (3) Consulting

• Aspects Necessary for Effective Practice:

  (1) Knowledge

  (2) Judgement

  (3) Skills

• 3 Initial Operations of Nursing Art:

  (1) Stimulus

  (2) Preconception

  (3) Interpretation