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Preserving the essence of nursing in a technological age *
Author(s) -
Henderson Virginia A.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1980.tb03350.x
Subject(s) - nursing , nursing care , nursing research , nursing practice , medicine , psychology
The author examines what the essence of nursing is. Then she goes on to seek the kind of administrators that will help preserve this essence. And the kind of research that will facilitate it as well as the practice manifested by it. She concludes that the essence of nursing —‐basic nursing care is essential to human welfare.