Virginia Henderson

Question 1

Born on March 19, 1897 in Kansas City, Missouri

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Virginia Henderson

Question 2

Interest in nursing evolved during World War I from her desire to help the sick and wounded military personnel

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Virginia Henderson

Question 3

She enrolled in the Army School of Nursing in Washington D.C., and graduated in 1921

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Virginia Henderson

Question 4

she worked with a Canadian nurse named Bertha Harmer to revise a book entitled ______________, where she gave her first definition of nursing

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Virginia Henderson
Textbook of the Principles and Practice of Nursing

Question 5

Textbook of the Principles and Practice of Nursing ________, and it is in this book where Henderson’s ultimate definition of nursing was written

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Nature of Nursing

Question 6

Focus on individual care is evident when she stressed on the idea of assisting individuals with essential activities to maintain health, to recover, or to achieve peaceful death.

Answer 6

Virginia Henderson’s
Fourteen Fundamental Human Needs

Question 7

She proposed 14 components of basic nursing care to enhance her definition of nursing. The definition of nursing and the 14 components together outline the functions the nurse can initiate and control.

Answer 7

Virginia Henderson’s
Fourteen Fundamental Human Needs

Question 8

She also considered the biological, psychological, sociological, and spiritual components of the individual.

Answer 8

Virginia Henderson’s
Fourteen Fundamental Human Needs

Question 9

Fourteen fundamental human needs (physiological):
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)

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(1) Breathe normally
(2) Eat and drink adequately
(3) Eliminate Body Waste
(4) Move and maintain desirable posture
(5) Sleep and rest
(6) Select Suitable clothes
(7) Maintain normal body temperature
(8) Keep the body clean and well-groomed to protect the integument
(9) Avoid dangers in the environment and avoid injuring others.

Question 10

Fourteen fundamental human needs (psychological):
(10)
(14)

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(10) Communicate with others in expressing emotions, needs, fears, or opinions.
(14) Learn, discover, or satisfy the curiosity that leads to normal development and health and use the available health facilities.

Question 11

Fourteen fundamental human needs (spiritual and moral):
(11)

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(11) Worship according to one’s faith.

Question 12

Fourteen fundamental human needs (occupation and recreation):
(12)
(13)

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(12) Work in such a way that there is a sense of accomplishment
(13) Play and participate in various forms of recreation

Question 13

Biological knowledge is the basis to determine appropriate care needed to alleviate the illness or injury.

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Biophysiological Concept

Question 14

Learned from the family and other social groups.

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Concept of culture

Question 15

the ability to react and understand the patient’s thoughts, feelings, and responses.

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Interaction-communication

Question 16

Henderson referred to a person as a patient.

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Virginia Henderson
Person

Question 17

An individual who requires assistance to achieve health and independence or in some cases, a peaceful death.

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Virginia Henderson
Person

Question 18

To function to the utmost, he must be able to maintain physiological and emotional balance.

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Virginia Henderson
Person

Question 19

health as a quality of life and is very basic for a person to function fully. As a vital need, health requires independence and interdependence

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Virginia Henderson
Health

Question 20

The level of health is directly related to the patient’s ability to independently satisfy his or her basic needs

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Virginia Henderson
Health

Question 21

Since health is a multifactor phenomenon, it is influenced by both internal and external factors which play independent and interdependent roles in achieving health.

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Virginia Henderson
Health

Question 22

She also gave emphasis in prioritizing health promotion as more important than care of the sick.

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Virginia Henderson
Health

Question 23

All external conditions and influences that affect life and development.

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Virginia Henderson
Environment

Question 24

The environment is composed of the following components:
(1)
(2)
(3)

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Virginia Henderson Environment
(1) biological - all living things
(2) physical - sphere in which all living things operate (ex: sunlight, water, oxygen, nutrients)
(3) behavioral - social interactions, customs, economic, political, and religious systems

Question 25

Henderson asserted that nurses function independently from the physician but in coordination with the therapeutic plan developed by the health team.

Answer 25

Virginia Henderson
Nursing

Question 26

Another special role of the nurse is to help both sick and well individuals. Care must include people from all walks of life, from the well to the sick, and from the newborn to the dying. The care given by the nurse, as Henderson stressed, must empower the patient to gain independence as rapidly as possible.

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Virginia Henderson
Nursing

Question 27

Definition of nursing was considered as the “signature “ of the profession.

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Virginia Henderson
Nursing