14 components of basic nursing care by Virginia Henderson?

Henderson also enumerated the 14 functions she believed to be part of basic nursing care. The nurse should help the patient to perform the following functions:

• eat and drink
• breathe
• move
• sleep
• dress
• work to gain a sense of accomplishment
• maintain normal body temperature
• eliminate wastes
• keep clean
• communicate
• participate in recreation
• worship
• avoid dangers or hurting others
• learn and discover