The first trained nurse in the United States graduated in 1873 and later became the supervisor of the Boston Training School. Who was this nurse?
a. Mary Ann Bickerdyke
b. Dorothea Dix
c. Linda Richards
d. Sallie Thompkins
ANS: C
A
Mary Ann Bickerdyke was an uneducated widow who organized the camp hospital in Cairo, Illinois, during the Civil War.
B
Dorothea Dix, a well-known advocate for the mentally ill, was instrumental in creating a month-long training program in two New York hospitals to train women wishing to serve in the Civil War.
C
In 1872 Linda Richards became the first student to enroll in the inaugural class of five students in the first American nurses' training school run by Dr. Susan Dimock. She graduated 1 year later.
D
Sallie Thompkins established a hospital in Richmond, Virginia, and was commissioned a "captain of Cavalry, unassigned" by Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
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