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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 peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will or knowledge.

Virginia Henderson

The nurse is temporarily the consciousness of the unconscious, the love of life for the suicidal, the leg of the amputee, the eyes of the newly blind, a means of locomotion for the infant, the knowledge and confidence of the young mother, and a voice for those too weak to speak.

Virginia Henderson

Virginia Henderson

Virginia Henderson

Born: November 30, 1897

Died: March 19, 1996 (aged 98)

Bio: Virginia Avenel Henderson was an influential nurse, researcher, theorist and author.

Known for:

Basic Principles of Nursing Care (1960)
Yangon Echoes: Inside Heritage Homes
Principles and Practice of Nursing (1978)

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