The nursing student is assigned a research project on the history of nursing. Which war would the nursing student want to include as a major influence on the professional of nursing?
1. Crimean
2. Vietnam
3. World War II
4. Korean
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Rationale 1: During the Crimean War in Great Britain, Florence Nightingale recruited nurses to provide care to the injured, and created the beginnings of modern nursing. Other wars contributed many nursing heroes, but the Crimean War and Nightingale were the major influence on the profession of nursing.
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A school nurse is treating a school-age client who has fallen down a flight of stairs. The client is breathing but unconsciousness
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