The impact of World War I on public health nursing included (select all that apply):
a. Many communicable diseases were eradicated.
b. The depletion of the ranks of public health nurses to the war.
c. The feeling that the greatest patriotic duty was to stay at home.
d. Expanding nursing services in the community was limited by lack of funding.
B, C, D
Both World Wars I and II depleted the public health nurse population as nurses went off to war. The feeling of patriotism extended to the idea that patriotic duty could also be served on the home front.
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