Virginia Henderson intro Nurs 5013 TWU

1. Virginia Henderson
The
Nature
of
Nursing
1897-1996

2. Nursing
it is and What it is not”
“What

3. NURSING

4. “Of the head
and of the
hands and of
the heart”

5. NURSING

6. “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
knowledgequot;

7. 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

8. An American nurse
Researcher
Theorist
&
Author