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EPHRAIM BOOTA
FAYAZ AHMED
FARMANULLAH
(Post RN BScN 2nd semester Student)
2015-17
Faculty : RAMESH KUMAR
New life collage of nursing
05.05.2016
Virginia Henderson Background Information
Motivation for Theory Development
Virginia Henderson's Nursing Philosophy
Characteristics of Henderson's Theory
Henderson's 14 Basic Needs of the Patient
Understanding the Nursing Process
Maslow's Hierarchy and the Relationship to
Henderson's Theory
Relating Henderson's Theory to the Four
Global Concepts
Critique of Henderson
Henderson Practically Applied
Article on Virginia’s Henderson Need Theory
Conclusion
Case Study
References
• Born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1897
Diagnosis Identify individual’s ability to meet own needs with or without assistance, taking
into consideration strength, will, and knowledge
Plan Plan and document how the nurse can assist the individual, sick or well, back to
independence
Evaluation Successful outcomes of nursing care based on the speed with which or degree to
which the patient performs independently the activities of daily living
Maslow's Hierarchy
and the Relationship Virginia Henderson’s 14
to Henderson's Theory Basic Nursing Functions
George, J.B (ed.) (1995). Nursing Theories: the base for professional
nursing practice (4th ed). Northwalk CT Appleton & Lange