The first person to analyze patient outcomes associated with nursing care delivery was:
a. Clara Barton.
b. Dorothea Dix.
c. Florence Nightingale.
d. Luther Christman.
C
Florence Nightingale was the first person to analyze patient outcomes associated with nursing care delivery. This occurred in the nineteenth century.
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