VIRGINIA HENDERSON

BIRTH AND DEATH

Birth: 11/30/1897     Death: 3/19/1996

OCCUPATION

scientist

BIOGRAPHY SUMMARY

Virginia Avenel Henderson was an American nurse, researcher, theorist, and writer.

NOTABLE WORK

WHY THEY MATTER

Virginia Henderson was intellectually unique for her significant contributions to the field of nursing, particularly through her development of the influential nursing theory known as the Henderson Theory of Nursing. Her writing and research emphasized the importance of individualized patient care and the nurse's role in helping patients achieve independence in their daily lives. Henderson's work continues to shape nursing practice and education today.

FAMOUS QUOTE

The unique function of the nurse is 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.Henderson, V.,The Nature of Nursing(1966), New York: Macmillan Publishing, page 15.Henderson is famous for a definition ofnursing

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