title: Excellence in nursing. 1969.
abstract: We talk a great deal about excellence in nursing and commit ourselves to this quality in stated philosophies and goals. When it comes to defining or measuring excellence, however, a variety of views emerge. In this article, a nurse--one who is universally considered among the excellent because of her inspired teaching, her many-faceted contributions to nursing philosophy and literature, and her abiding concern for patient care--describes her personal concept of excellence.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Henderson
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D006676:History of Nursing; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States