Ernestine Wiedenbach
(1964)
The Helping Art of Clinical Nursing
The Helping Art of Clinical Nursing
- Developed the Clinical Nursing – A Helping Art Model.
- She advocated that the nurse’s individual philosophy or central purpose lends credence to nursing care.
- She believed that nurses meet the individual’s need for help through the identification of the needs, administration of help, and validation that actions were helpful. Components of clinical practice: Philosophy, purpose, practice and an art.