Schools of nursing based on Florence Nightingale's model of classroom and clinical experience began to appear in the United States after the American Civil War. What influence did war have on nursing education?
1. no true influence
2. increased demand for trained nurses
3. increased paternalism
4. increased nursing shortages in the hospitals
ANS: 2
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