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Virginia Avenel Henderson (November 30, 1897 – March 19, 1996) was an American nurse, researcher, theorist, and writer. [1]Henderson is famous for a definition of nursing: "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 peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the ...
It was discontinued by the Secretary of War on 12 August 1931 as an economy measure. A total of 937 young women completed the course in nursing and received the diploma of the school. Among the many notable graduates were Mary G. Phillips and Ruby F. Bryant, who later became Chiefs of the Army Nurse Corps, and Virginia Henderson. [1] [2]
Virginia A. Henderson (1897-1996) 1996: theorist and researcher—authored one of the most definitive descriptions of nursing [47] Katherine J. Hoffman (1910-1984) 1996: first nurse to earn a doctorate in the state of Washington [48] Anna Caroline Maxwell (1851-1929) 1996
Henderson is a consensus three-star and is ranked by Rivals.com as the No. 14 prospect in North Carolina's class of 2025. He stands 6-foot-3 and says he's put on significant weight to reach 226 ...
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He moved to Colchester, Virginia, in 1756. [1] Henderson served in the Virginia militia during the American Revolution. He represented Fairfax County in the Virginia House of Delegates 1783–1784 and Prince William County 1789–1790. [2] He was a Virginia delegate to the Mount Vernon Conference in 1785 which led to the Constitutional ...
Henderson was born in Virginia Colony, but his family moved to Granville County, North Carolina, when he was a child. There, he studied law and became a member of the bar. He married Elizabeth Keeling, an Englishwoman, in 1763 and had 6 children. Henderson was appointed judge in 1768, but retired in 1773 to pursue land deals.
Fort Myer is the previous name used for a U.S. Army post next to Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, and across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. Founded during the American Civil War as Fort Cass and Fort Whipple, the post merged in 2005 with the neighboring Marine Corps installation, Henderson Hall, and is today named Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall.