Which of the following nurses is the leader in nursing history who is credited with founding public health nursing?
1. Lavinia Dock
2. Margaret Sanger
3. Lillian Wald
4. Clara Barton
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Rationale 1: Lillian Wald founded public health nursing in the poor neighborhoods of New York City. Dock was instrumental in obtaining legislation for nurses to control their own profession instead of having physicians regulate nursing. Sanger is considered the founder of Planned Parenthood. Barton began the first American chapter of the Red Cross.
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