The emergence of modern nursing is usually attributed to the influence of
a. Florence Nightingale.
b. Clara Barton.
c. Lillian Wald.
d. Sairy Gamp.
Answer: a. Florence Nightingale.
Miss Nightingale's insistence that nurses be women of good character helped nursing emerge from its "Dark Ages" and elevated it to a respectable vocation. In addition, she established a school for nurse training and wrote several books on nursing. Although Barton and Wald are positive examples in nursing history, neither influenced nursing to the extent that Nightingale did. Sairy Gamp is a negative character associated with nursing history.
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