In addition to caring for the sick, what other skills would the first LPN students learn when attending the Ballard School in New York in 1893?
1.
Political advocacy
2.
Homemaking
3.
Communication
4.
Carpentry
ANS: 2
LPN students learned homemaking skills, because much of the patient care they provided was within the patient's home.
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