Rebecca Henderson RN
Rebecca Gagne Henderson has been a registered nurse since 1995. She graduated from the University of Southern California in 1994 with her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing, and is a candidate for the Master’s of Science in Nursing in the Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Azusa Pacific University.
She is married to Joseph B. Henderson, a healthcare attorney. They live in South Pasadena with their four children. Rebecca and her family attend St. Luke’s of the Mountains Anglican Church in La Cresenta, CA.
Rebecca has spent her nursing career caring for HIV/AIDS and hospice patients. She is a Certified Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse.
She is frequently called upon to share her knowledge and experience with doctors, nurses, professional organizations and the community. She has lectured at Fuller Theological Seminary, USC/Doheny Eye Institute, White Memorial Medical Center and for the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association. She has given grand rounds at Charles R. Drew University of Health Sciences and Family Physician residents of Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital.
Rebecca was the Administrator and Director of Patient Care Services for VNACare Hospice & Home Health. She is the founder of the non-profit educational and outreach organization, Directives Palliative & Hospice Consultative Services, Inc. She has taught Community Health Nursing, and Leadership in Nursing at Mt. St. Mary’s College in Los Angeles, and has just recently happily joined the faculty at Azusa Pacific University.
Along with her husband, Rebecca is a member of the volunteer health advisory board of World Impact and has been instrumental in the vision and development of Shalom Outreach, a holistic lay health education ministry based on the Community Health Evangelism model and a Faith Community Nursing Model. The program is provided through Jefferson Church and World Impact in Los Angeles.
She is currently employed as an Admissions Nurse with Companion Hospice Care. In this role Rebecca is blessed to help initiate difficult conversations between patients, families and their physicians during a most challenging -- yet transformational -- phase of life.