Marie Schuber Manthey (July 17, 1935 – December 12, 2024) was an American nurse, author and businesswoman.
The Living Legends designation honors individuals with "extraordinary contributions to the nursing profession, sustained over the course of their careers".
[2] Manthey received a diploma in nursing from St. Elizabeth Hospital in Chicago, Illinois in 1956.
"[6] Up to that time, nurses had been expected to follow policies and orders rather than making decisions based on their own professional judgment.
What makes a difference is whether the nurse accepts responsibility for managing the care of the patients.
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.
[7][9] In 1978, she founded a consulting firm specializing in the organization and delivery of health care services.
Manthey provided technical guidance to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for their study of Primary Nursing, published in 1983.
In healthcare, people experience vulnerability at every level of their being: mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual.
The privilege of nursing is having the knowledge and skill, the position and relationship, to interact with a vulnerable human being in a way that alleviates pain and increases mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual comfort.