<P> Henderson's early education was at home in Virginia with her aunts and her uncle at his all - boys school . In 1921, Henderson graduated from the US Army School of Nursing in Washington, D.C. . She received a BS in 1931 or 1932 and a Master's degree in 1934 from Teachers College, Columbia University . </P> <P> Henderson's career in public health nursing began in 1921 at the Henry Street Settlement in Manhattan, New York . She worked for the Visiting Nurse Association of Washington, D.C. from 1921 to 1923 . She was the first full - time nursing instructor in Virginia where she worked at the Norfolk Presbyterian Hospital from 1924 to 1929 . Henderson taught at Teachers College, Columbia University from 1934 to 1948 . In 1953 she became a research associate at Yale School of Nursing transitioning to emeritus status in 1971 continuing to serve in that position until 1996 . She also traveled the world throughout her career to help and encourage not only nurses, but other healthcare workers . </P> <P> She was the author of the 1939 (4th ed .) revision of Bertha Harmer's Textbook of Principles and Practices of Nursing when the original author died . She was co-author of the fifth (1955) and sixth (1978) editions . Until 1975 the fifth edition was the most widely used nursing textbook in English and Spanish . She developed one of the major nursing theories . "Henderson's Model" has been used throughout the world for standardizing nursing practice . The Nursing Studies Index, a twelve - year project she directed, covered the first sixty years of nursing research . It was considered an essential reference for years . Another important publication was, Nursing Research: A Survey and Assessment written with Leo Simmons . Her work is credited with shifting the focus of nursing research "from studying nurses to studying the differences that nurses can make in people's lives ." She always told the patients of the nurse's obligations instead of the doctor's obligations, making nurses more beneficial to doctors . </P> <P> Henderson has received numerous honors . The International Council of Nurses presented her with the inaugural Christiane Reimann Prize in 1985 considered the most prestigious award in nursing . She was an honorary fellow of the United Kingdom's Royal College of Nursing (FRCN). She was selected to the American Nurses Association Hall of Fame and has received honorary degrees from thirteen universities . She received the Virginia Historical Nurse Leadership Award in 1985 . The Virginia Henderson Repository an online resource for nursing research that grew out of the Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library at Sigma Theta Tau is named in her honor . Henderson was recognized as one of fifty - one pioneer nurses in Virginia in 2000 . </P>

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