History has credited Florence Nightingale with being the originator of modern nursing. This distinction was made because of which of the following?
a. Many of her beliefs and concepts are still advocated in modern nursing schools.
b. She founded the first nursing school that included liberal arts education.
c. She was the first formally educated practicing nurse.
d. She was the first nurse to serve in a battle site hospital.
A
Among Nightingale's major contributions to nursing as it is practiced today are using a systematic method of client assessment, individualizing care on the basis of client needs and preferences, advocating confidentiality in client care, seeing nurses as client advocates, using a holistic framework for nursing and nursing education, identifying the necessity of a liberal education as the foundation of nursing practice, and pointing out the importance of the environment to the healing process. Many of her beliefs and concepts are still advocated in modern nursing schools.
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