Virginia Henderson The Nature of Nursing 1897-1996
Nov 16, 2014
Virginia Henderson
The Nature
of Nursing
1897-1996
Nursing
“What it is and What it is not”
NURSING
“Of the head and
of the hands and
of the heart”
NURSING
“To assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of
those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to
peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary
strength, will or knowledge"
Virginia Avenel Henderson
First full-time nursing instructor in Virginia
Recipient of the Virginia Historical Nurse
Leader Award
Member of the American Nurses Association Hall of Fame
Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
Authored the most widely used definitions of nursing
Proposed plan to create districts within the Graduate Nurses Association of
Virginia (now Virginia Nurses Association
An American nurse
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