 | N.M. King, L.R. Churchill, Alan W. Cross - 2007 - 258 pages
...for nature to work on him," was elaborated in Virginia Henderson's widely accepted 1966 re-statement: "The unique function of the nurse is to assist the...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.... | |
 | Peggy L. Chinn - 1991 - 374 pages
...dedicated to health. Defined by Virginia Henderson, nursing is the practice in which a nurse assists the individual, sick or well, in the performance of...health or its recovery (or to a peaceful death) that he [or she] would perform unaided if he [or she] had the necessary strength, will, or knowledge. And to... | |
 | Margretta M. Styles, Patricia Moccia - 1993 - 376 pages
...sciences. I believe it is the nurse's unique function to help the individual, sick or well, to carry out those activities contributing to health or its recovery,...perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will, or knowledge. I believe the nurse should fulfill this function in homes, hospitals, schools, industries,... | |
 | June F. Kikuchi, Helen Simmons - 1994 - 140 pages
...International Council of Nurses, thereby giving it positive, worldwide sanction. Her definition was as follows: The unique function of the nurse is to assist the...perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will, or knowledge. And to do this in such a way as to help him gain independence as rapidly as possible,... | |
 | Jacqueline Zalumas - 1995 - 260 pages
...self-concept of generations of nurses in the United States to the present. "Nursing is ... assisting the individual, sick or well, in the performance of...perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will, or knowledge. And to do this in such a way as to help him gain independence as rapidly as possible"... | |
 | Jacqueline Mok, Marie-Louise Newell - 1995 - 332 pages
...enabled to maintain control over their lives and are not forced to lose their independence. Terminal care The unique function of the nurse is to assist the...health or its recovery (or to a peaceful death) that he or she would perform unaided given the necessary strength, will and knowledge (Henderson, 1969). In... | |
 | Russell C. Swansburg - 1996 - 708 pages
...and self -care as defined by professional nurses. Virginia Henderson has defined nursing as follows: The unique function of the nurse is to assist the...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.... | |
 | John Frederic Kilner, Arlene B. Miller, Edmund D. Pellegrino - 1996 - 272 pages
...of nursing. This definition became the standard on which later formulations were based. She wrote: The unique function of the nurse is to assist the...performance of those activities contributing to health (what the patient lacks to make him complete, whole or independent) or its recovery (or to a peaceful... | |
 | Institute of Medicine, Committee on Care at the End of Life - 1997 - 457 pages
...for nature to act upon him" (Nightingale, 1859). Virginia Henderson defined the purpose of nursing as "to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance...perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will, or knowledge" (Henderson, 1961). In 1980, nursing was defined as "the diagnosis and treatment of human... | |
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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 a peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will, or... 
