Many feel that public health departments exist in part because of the successes of public health nurses and sanitary reformers

Who were the primary recipients of care by the early public health nurses in America?

A. All those whose physicians ordered services
B. Anyone who could afford to pay for care
C. Indigent pregnant women and infants
D. Those who called and requested nursing services


ANS: C

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