Virginia Henderson

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Specializes in Long Term Care, Pediatrics.

Can anyone direct me to biographic information on Virginia Henderson? Where she grew up, what made her go into nursing? What type of nursing she started out in? I have to do a presentation on her and her impact on nursing history. I love her ideas, but I want to be able to share a little about her personally too. Any ideas?

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Specializes in ICU.

I may get flamed for this, but...seriously? You obviously have access to the internet since you are posting this. Google is a wonderful thing.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

Far from being flamed, I will support PolandM.

This is the first of many entries that I found:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Henderson

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Specializes in Long Term Care, Pediatrics.

Wow, I wasn't expecting such rude responses.

First off, wikipedia is NOT a valid source for a nursing professional, or anyone for that matter. Plus, just because google points you someplace doesn't necessarily mean that site is valid. I pretty much only use research from .gov and .edu sites. I have used google and several other search engines, I have been to her library's website. I was hoping that someone would say, "Our college has a whole wing devoted to her" then I could e-mail that college, maybe get some more detailed info sent. All those places have given me a good overview, but I want details. Valid details, not details some hack dropped on Wikipedia.

I really hope you guys learn some manners, and I hope you don't try to futher your education using Wikipedia, then you would be rude and look stupid.

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Reel it in, sport! Get a grip, and stop stomping on people whom you asked for suggestions and who are trying to help.

Next: many instructors won't accept Wikipedia as a resource, but that doesn't mean you can't use it as a jumping off point to other sources of information. Lots of Wikipedia articles have links and attributions for other publications online and off. If you don't care for what some hack dropped there, ignore it, but mine it for everything you can get from it first.

But now I'm off to learn some manners, just not from you of course as you're looking considerably rude and stupid yourself just now. Maybe from somewhere .edu, or .gov... :yawn:

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

Wow. You ask for biographic info on an easily-researched subject and then **** on those who answer?

Good luck with your research. Further, good luck with your interpersonal relationships.

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Specializes in Long Term Care, Pediatrics.

You're right, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have gotten so mad; my feelings were hurt because I felt like they were condescending toward me when I was genuinely asking for help. My response was similar to killing a mosquito with a shot gun, does more damage than good.

Sorry guys, thank heavens the internet is anonymous.

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Specializes in Peds Homecare.

HMMMMMMM, let me get this straight, you ask us to do your homework, people give you suggestions, and you call them rude because they told you to look on your own? None of us owe you anything, anyone of us who have graduated from school have had to dig deep to find answers sometimes. When alot of us went to school there was no such thing as the internet, we just had to find things out on our own. Now, I suggest you do that too. This is not domyhomework.com. Me and Penny are off to find us some manners, you have fun. Oh and this little fella is for your listening pleasure.:vlin:

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Specializes in rehab.
Wow, I wasn't expecting such rude responses.

First off, wikipedia is NOT a valid source for a nursing professional, or anyone for that matter. Plus, just because google points you someplace doesn't necessarily mean that site is valid. I pretty much only use research from .gov and .edu sites. I have used google and several other search engines, I have been to her library's website. I was hoping that someone would say, "Our college has a whole wing devoted to her" then I could e-mail that college, maybe get some more detailed info sent. All those places have given me a good overview, but I want details. Valid details, not details some hack dropped on Wikipedia.

I really hope you guys learn some manners, and I hope you don't try to futher your education using Wikipedia, then you would be rude and look stupid.

Just get it done:smokin:

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