The nurse is instructing a client on self-administration of insulin so that the client will not need a health care provider to do this activity. The nurse is implementing which of the following aspects of Virginia Henderson's theory of nursing?
1. A caring relationship
2. Helping the client achieve independence from the nurse's assistance as quickly as possible
3. Integration of objective and subjective data
4. Application of critical thinking
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Virginia Henderson's theory of nursing is to help people achieve health or a peaceful death so that they can be independent from the nurse's assistance as quickly as possible. A caring relationship, integration of objective and subjective data, and application of critical thinking are included in the American Nurses Association's essential features of professional nursing.
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