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How Do You Define Nursing? - Off the Charts
Virginia Henderson By Maureen Shawn Kennedy, AJN editor-in-chiefFifty years ago this month, in the August issue of AJN, Virginia A. Henderson, one of nursing’s giants, explained how she came to her definition of nursing: “The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual,
Amy M. Collins, managing editor