Virginia Henderson
Virginia Henderson
Ashley G. Tamayao
University of Saint Louis
NURSE THEORIST
Virginia Avenel Henderson, FRCN (November 30, 1897-March 19, 1996) was a nurse, researcher, theorist and author.
BIOGRAPHY
She was born in Kansas City, Missouri on Nov. 30, 1897, the fifth of eight children of Daniel B. and Lucy Minor (Abbot) Henderson. Her father was an attorney for Native American Indians. Her mother came from the state of Virginia to which Miss Henderson returned for her early schooling. She was educated at the U.S. Army School of Nursing (1921) and Teachers College, Columbia University where she completed her B.S. (1932) and M.A. (1934), then taught from 1934 until 1948.
Virginia Avenel Henderson died on March 19, 1996 at the age of 98. Her ending had the warmth, style, and graciousness of her life. After partaking chocolate cake and ice cream and saying goodbyes to her family and friends, she passed from one dimension to another. Miss Henderson, and she always preferred Miss to Ms., left behind a quantity of work that is the soul of modern nursing: a definition of nursing with sufficient precision and poetry to become the internationally adopted statement; three of the Principles and Practice of Nursing that elaborated on the knowledge base necessary to act in terms of the definition; a survey and assessment of nursing research that shifted nursing research away from studying nurses to studying the differences that nurses can make in people 's lives; and the Nursing Studies Index that captured the intellectual history of the first six decades of the 20th century.
The honors bestowed on Henderson are numerous. Among them are as follows: * She held honorary degrees from thirteen universities * She was selected to American Nurses Association Hall of Fame and had the Sigma Theta Tau International Library named in her honor. * She was honored by the Virginia Nurses Association in 1988 when the Virginia Historical Nurse Leadership Award was
Ashley G. Tamayao
University of Saint Louis
NURSE THEORIST
Virginia Avenel Henderson, FRCN (November 30, 1897-March 19, 1996) was a nurse, researcher, theorist and author.
BIOGRAPHY
She was born in Kansas City, Missouri on Nov. 30, 1897, the fifth of eight children of Daniel B. and Lucy Minor (Abbot) Henderson. Her father was an attorney for Native American Indians. Her mother came from the state of Virginia to which Miss Henderson returned for her early schooling. She was educated at the U.S. Army School of Nursing (1921) and Teachers College, Columbia University where she completed her B.S. (1932) and M.A. (1934), then taught from 1934 until 1948.
Virginia Avenel Henderson died on March 19, 1996 at the age of 98. Her ending had the warmth, style, and graciousness of her life. After partaking chocolate cake and ice cream and saying goodbyes to her family and friends, she passed from one dimension to another. Miss Henderson, and she always preferred Miss to Ms., left behind a quantity of work that is the soul of modern nursing: a definition of nursing with sufficient precision and poetry to become the internationally adopted statement; three of the Principles and Practice of Nursing that elaborated on the knowledge base necessary to act in terms of the definition; a survey and assessment of nursing research that shifted nursing research away from studying nurses to studying the differences that nurses can make in people 's lives; and the Nursing Studies Index that captured the intellectual history of the first six decades of the 20th century.
The honors bestowed on Henderson are numerous. Among them are as follows: * She held honorary degrees from thirteen universities * She was selected to American Nurses Association Hall of Fame and had the Sigma Theta Tau International Library named in her honor. * She was honored by the Virginia Nurses Association in 1988 when the Virginia Historical Nurse Leadership Award was
References: 1. Henderson v: The Nature of Nursing: A Definition and Its Implications, Practice, Research, and Education. Macmillan Company, New York, 1966. (Pages 16-17) 2 12. D’Antonio et al. (eds.). (2007). Nurse’s work: Issues across time and place. New York: Springer Publishing. 15. George, J.B (ed.) (1995). Nursing Theories: the base for professional nursing practice (4th ed).Northwalk CT Appleton & Lange 16