MJ Henderson
Nursing ’82
Mary Jane (MJ) Henderson has made nursing and the care of others her lifelong journey. In 1980 she left hospital nursing practice in Boston to become one of Ryerson’s first graduates of the baccalaureate nursing degree program. Ms. Henderson returned to the U.S. where she earned a Masters degree and focused on gerontological nurse practitioner care. Her love of clinical practice and teaching has taken her to the University of Hawaii and to San Jose State University where she taught in the Family Nurse Practitioner post-Masters degree program. Ms. Henderson is the recipient of Excellence in Teaching Award from the Alpha Gamma Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, and the Nancy Sharp Cutting Edge Award from the American College of Nurse Practitioners.
I learned resilience and a deep appreciation of my classmates and faculty who helped me through the program and encouraged me to go to graduate school and become a lifelong learner.
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