VIRGINIA HENDERSON: THE NEEDS THEORY

Introduction Healthcare theories form the core of nursing. The purpose of nursing is to provide wholesome care to the patients entrusted to a nursing practitioner so as to ensure a smooth and total recovery. Most of the nursing theories focus on the process involved in the treatment of a patient an...

Nursing Care Theory Comparison: Nursing Needs v. Skill Acquisition This paper makes a review on grand and middle-range theory. In the grand range theory, we look at the Need Theory by Virginia Henderson and in a high middle-range Theory to study Benner's Model of Skill Acquisition in Nursing. Hen...

Virginia Henderson’s Need Theory ◦ Virginia Henderson developed the Nursing Need Theory to define the unique focus of nursing practice. The theory focuses on the importance of increasing the patient’s independence to hasten their progress in the hospital. Henderson’s theory emphasizes the...

VIRGINIA HENDERSON : NURSING NEED THEORY

Knowing the Theorist · She was called the “First lady of Nursing” and the “First Truly International Nurse”. · Was born on November 30, 1897 · The fifth of eight children in their family. · Was a native of Kansas City, Missouri but spent her developmental years in Virginia because ...

Christianne Reimann Prize 2. Yale University, Catholic U. of America, Pace U., Emory U., Boston College, Rush U., Old Dominion U., U. Rochester, U. Western Ontario, Thomas Jefferson U., etc. 3. Royal College of Nursing 4. Sorbonne 5. Japanese Nursing Assoc. ▪ The first lady of nursing ▪ Po...

INTRODUCTION Virginia Avenel Henderson Well-known nurse, educator, a theorist and a prolific author. ● She co-wrote “Principles and Practices of Nursing,” with Harmer She is known as “First Lady of Nursing” ● “The Nightingale of Modern Nursing,” ● “Modern-Day Mother of Nu...

Virginia Henderson played multiple roles within the nursing sector during the 20th century and is remembered for both her work as a professional nurse, and other fields related to nursing. These fields included being an author, a theorist as well as a researcher in the field of nursing. The combinat...