Faye Glenn Abdellah

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Faye Glenn Abdellah

Faye Glenn Abdellah (born March 13, 1919 in New York City - † February 24, 2017 ) was an American nurse, rear admiral and pioneer of nursing research.

Life

The crash of the airship Hindenburg in Lakehurst, which Faye Glenn Abdellah witnessed as an eyewitness in 1937, inspired her to become a nurse. In 1942 she graduated as a nurse from Fitkin Memorial Hospital's School of Nursing (now: Ann May School of Nursing) in Neptune , New Jersey. This was followed by a bachelor's and master's degree in nursing science from Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City. Here she also did her doctorate. She then focused on health care and developed several health care programs. She was also very committed to advancing nursing research. She also developed her own patient-centered nursing theory, in which she identified 21 nursing problems as fundamental. Her question was how a nurse can enable someone to actively take problem solving into their own hands (“enabling approach”). In nursing science, this nursing theory became groundbreaking for turning away from disease-centering with a simultaneous shift towards patient-centering.

In her public health programs, Abdellah addressed the group-related aspect of nursing. In her nursing theory, on the other hand, she addressed nursing actions related to the individual patient. Abdellah is one of the few nursing theorists who viewed both the group and the individual as the focal point of nursing activity.

Faye Glenn Abdellah has taught at several universities, such as the School of Nursing at Yale University (1945-1949), the University of Seattle and the University of Colorado Boulder . In the years between 1950 and 1953 she was used as a nursing officer in the Korean War and received the title of rear admiral.

In 1993, Faye Glenn Abdellah became the first dean of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Services nursing school in Bethesda, Maryland. This nursing school was named after World War II veteran Daniel Ken Inouye . Abdellah introduced four master's programs and three PhD programs for nursing practice here.

In 2002 she resigned from all offices and was retired. Your scientific work is in the "History of Medicine Division" of the "US National Library of Medicine".

Faye Glenn Abdellah was buried in the Quantico Memorial Cemetery, Prince William County, Virginia.

family

The mother of Faye Glenn Abdellah was Margaret Glenn Abdellah (1883-1952). One sister was Marty G. Abdellah (1917–1961). One brother served as a soldier in the Philippines during World War II. He probably drank highly toxic drinking water there and died of a prostate carcinoma.

Impact history

At the instigation of the first post-war rector of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg , the surgeon Karl-Heinrich Bauer (1890–1978), a nurses' school was established at the University of Heidelberg after the Second World War . At the Institute for the History of Medicine at Heidelberg University, the medical historian Heinrich Schipperges (1918–2003) and the nursing scientist Antje Grauhan (1930–2010) combined the old Hippocratic tradition with the nursing theory of Faye Glenn Abdellah. Schipperges converted the dietetics program of Hippocrates into the geometric figure of the circle. The center of the circle was the patient, as Faye Glenn Abdellah's nursing theory envisaged.

Faye Glenn Abdellah corresponded with the Hesse nursing scientist Hilde Steppe (1947–1999). The correspondence is in the Hilde Steppe documentation center of the "University of Applied Sciences" Frankfurt am Main.

Fonts

  • Patient-centered approaches to nursing . 2nd ed. Mac Millan, New York 1968.
  • The federal role in nursing education. In: Nursing outlook. Volume 35, No. 5, 1978, p. 224 f.
  • Together with Eugene Levine: Better patient care through nursing research. 1979.
  • Preparing nursing research for the 21st century: evolution, methodologies, challenges, Springer NYC 1996.

literature

  • Encyclopedia of World Biography : Faye-Glenn-Abdellah, March 30, 2020. Digitized
  • Angelo Gonzalo: Faye Abdellah: 21 Nursing Problems Theory. In: Nurseslabs. September 12, 2019. Digitized
  • Nursing Theory: 21 Nursing Problems by Faye Abdellah, 2016. Digitized

Honors

  • Allied Signal Award for gerontological research
  • 1994: Living Legend, American Academy of Nursing
  • 2000: Admission to the "National Women's Hall of Fame"
  • 2012: Admission to the "American Nurses Association Hall of Fame"

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary National Library of Medicine: NLM Mourns the Loss of Faye G. Abdellah Former Deputy Surgeon General and NLM Board of Regents Member, March 14, 2017, accessed on April 16, 2020. Digitized
  2. ↑ Legacy.com (published Washington Post, March 5, 2017): Faye Abdellah , accessed April 16, 2020 Digitized version
  3. ↑ NLM in Focus: Who Am I? 12 Notable Women in Medical History, No. 3: Nurse and Deputy Surgeon General Abdellah, Retrieved April 16, 2020 Digitized
  4. ↑ US National Library of Medicine: Faye Glenn Abdellah Papers. accessed on April 16, 2020. Digitized
  5. ↑ US National Library of Medicine: Faye Glenn Abdellah Papers, Summary Information. accessed on April 16, 2020. Digitized
  6. ↑ findagrave: Faye-Glenn-Abdellah , accessed on April 12, 2020.
  7. ↑ findagrave: Margaret Glenn Abdellah , accessed April 12, 2020.
  8. ↑ Christine R. Auer: A free-thinking nurse. Antje Grauhan is 80 years old. Heidelberg 2010, pp. 20, 71 f.
  9. ↑ Christine R. Auer: History of the nursing professions as a subject. The curriculum development in nursing education and training. Dissertation Institute History of Medicine Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg , academic advisor Wolfgang U. Eckart , 2008, pp. 28, 33, 38 f.
  10. ↑ Directory of Hilde Steppe's correspondence in the documentation center: p. 122.
  11. ^ Nursing world: Leaders in Nursing "A Celebration of Giving to the Profession". Hall of Fame Award RADM Faye Glenn Abdellah, accessed April 16, 2020. Digitized
personal data
SURNAME Abdellah, Faye Glenn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American nurse and pioneer in nursing research
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 2017