<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> 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>
what type of theory is virginia henderson 's
what type of theory is virginia henderson 's
one of the major nursing theories
one of the major nursing theories