Which of the following was considered to be the main driving force for the modernization of nursing?
a. Globalization
b. The Crimean War
c. Missionary nursing
d. The women's suffrage movement
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A The history of modern nursing, at its heart, is a story of globalization. Nurses often travelled across geographic and national boundaries to bring nursing service and training to communities in need.
B Although Florence Nightingale reduced morbidity and mortality rates by applying modern principles of cleanliness and comfort during the Crimean War, this war was not the main driving force for the modernization of nursing.
C Missionary nursing was the result of a series of sociopolitical factors converging at the same time but was not the main driving force for the modernization of nursing.
D The women's suffrage movement was not the main driving force for the modernization of nursing, although nursing did become an instrument of women's emancipation against middle-class female restrictions.
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