Marie Manthey

Marie Manthey
Born (1935-07-17) July 17, 1935
Alma mater St. Elizabeth Hospital(Diploma)
University of Minnesota (B.S.N.)
University of Minnesota (M.S.N)
Occupation President Emeritus

Marie Schuber Manthey (born July 17, 1935) is an American nurse, author, and entrepreneur. She is recognized as one of the originators of Primary Nursing, a system of nursing care delivery which emphasizes continuity of care and acceptance of responsibility for care over a period of time by having one registered nurse (RN), often teamed with a licensed practical nurse (LPN) and/or nursing assistant (NA), who together provide complete care for a group of patients within a hospital unit or department.

Education

Manthey received a diploma in nursing from St. Elizabeth Hospital in Chicago, Illinois in 1956. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing Administration in 1962 and her Master of Science, Nursing Administration in 1964, both from the University of Minnesota.

Inception and Development of Primary Nursing

While serving as Assistant Director of Nursing at the University of Minnesota Hospital, she was head of a team of nurses that implemented Primary Nursing in 1969 on Unit 32, an acute medical care ward. Manthey was later named Associate Director of Nursing at the University of Minnesota. In 1968 Primary Nursing evolved from the work of a team of direct care providers on Unit 32 at the University of Minnesota Medical Center who were experiencing extreme frustration with their chaotic work environment. At the time, it was quite revolutionary to allow the nurse providing care for the patient to determine the amount and type of nursing care the patient would receive. Nurses had been expected to follow policies and orders rather than making decisions based on their own professional judgment. Nurses providing direct care also did not generally communicate with physicians. Instead, patient information was communicated by the unit manager or nurse in charge. These individuals served as a go between, transmitting patient information/messages and orders between the nurses providing patient care and the patient’s physician. Marie Manthey’s leadership has allowed the work started by the nurses on Unit 32 at the University of Minnesota Medical Center to be expanded and shared worldwide. At the core of Primary Nursing is an empowered staff led by empowering leaders. The principles of Primary Nursing were later expanded to include people in all health care disciplines and departments, and clinicians seeing themselves as the “primary” caregiver or service provider to each patient and family became the core of the Relationship-Based Care Model of care delivery (Koloroutis, 2004).

Later career

After leaving the University of Minnesota, Manthey acted as Assistant Administrator and Director of Nursing at United Hospitals of St. Paul and the Vice President of Patient Services at Yale New Haven Hospital.

In 1978, she founded a consulting firm specializing in the organization and delivery of health care services. Originally named Creative Nursing Management, and later Creative Healthcare Resources, the company has been known as Creative Health Care Management since 2002, and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

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