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Henderson’s work is considered a nursing theory because it contains a definition of nursing, a nurse’s role and function, and basic needs of nursing care. She focuses on patient care to help patients reach a level of independence and supports her definition with the 14 components of basic nursing care (George, 2002). Definition of nursing ...
Henderson’s Background and Theory Development. Virginia Henderson, born in 1897, was a world renowned Nurse educator, researcher and author of many nursing textbooks whose career spanned 60 years; considered by many as the modern day Florence Nightingale (Masters, 2015).
The first of the grand theorists for review is Virginia Henderson, a needs therapist and her theory of Activities of Living. Her theory identified 14 components that are needed in daily life to assure health and the possibility to regain health and/or independence (Nursing, 2019). She identified normal activities such as breathing, moving ...
Virginia Avernal Henderson was born in Kansas City Missouri on November 30, 1897. She was the fifth of eight children born to Daniel B and Lucy Minor Henderson (McBride, 1996). She was named after her mother’s home state of Virginia and was later educated there at a boys’ school run by her grandfather (Thomas).
Abdellah’s theory utilized Virginia Henderson’s 14 basic human needs to create her 21 nursing problems theory list (Alligood, 2014). Abdellah and her colleagues also composed a list of 10 steps of how to identify nursing problems and 11 nursing skills nursing needs to be able to identify those problems (Petiprin, 2016).
Henderson’s Self-Efficacy Theory showcases how individuals can behave. Henderson’s theory viewed the process that consists of assessment, nursing diagnosis, outcome, planning, implementation, and evaluation as the best approach to a patient’s problem. This paper will showcase the theories while showing just how much they made an impact.
Nursing theory is key in the practice of nurses and advanced practice nurses because it serves as a guide to assessment, intervention, and evaluation of care. Theory provides a measurable way to evaluate the quality of nursing care (Colley, 2003). According to Meleis, there are many beneficial uses of nursing theory.
The functions of nursing theory are to guide thinking, define the place of nursing in health and illness care, and to provide organization for the development of nursing education (Parker, 2006). Nursing theory provides a format for professional nursing to practice and make decisions. There are three major types of nursing theory: grand theory ...
A theory is a group of related concepts that propose action that guide practice. Theories are composed of concepts, definitions, models, propositions and are based on assumptions. Whereas models, are representations that allow the concepts in nursing theory to be successfully applied to nursing practice.
SCDNT “is the extension of [Virginia] Henderson’s concept of nursing and seems to incorporate a medical perspective” (Hanucharurnkul, 1989). Orem, like Henderson is considered a needs based theorist. The overall theory is derived from three integral concepts: theory of self-care, theory of self-care deficit, and theory of nursing systems.