Which of the following nurses fought to have American nursing controlled by nurses rather than physicians?
a. Clara Barton
b. Florence Nightingale
c. Lavinia Dock
d. Lillian Wald
ANS: C
Lavinia Dock was a political activist who waged a campaign for legislation to allow nurses to control the nursing profession. Florence Nightingale was the first nurse to exert political pressure on a government. Clara Barton was responsible for organizing relief efforts during the U.S. Civil War. Lillian Wald was the driving force behind the federal government's development of the Children's Bureau in 1912.
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