How did Nightingale demonstrate the effectiveness of providing nursing care to soldiers?
a. Persuading military officers that clean air was necessary for the ill soldiers
b. Using biostatistics to demonstrate decline in death rates
c. Improving the living quarters for the injured soldiers
d. Bringing ranked officers of the military to see the improvements
ANS: B
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