The first formal training for practical nurses focused on
a. care for victims of war injuries.
b. home care for children and people with chronic illness.
c. training visiting nurses and public health nurses.
d. creating nursing instructors for nursing programs.
ANS: B
The school at the Brooklyn YWCA placed the focus of training for practical nurses on home health care for patients with chronic illness, the aged, and children. The first program, created in 1892, was not affected by war. When visiting nurses and public health nurses went into the community, they were armed with their basic education, as described. Any trained nurse could teach in a practical nurse program at this point in time.
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