Which individuals made significant contributions to nursing? (Select all that apply.)
a. Lillian Wald
b. Linda Richards
c. Sairy Gamp
d. Betsy Prig
e. Mary Mahoney
ANS: A, B, E
Wald organized the first visiting nurse service for the poor. Linda Richards was America's first professionally trained nurse; she organized other training schools. Mary Mahoney was the first African-American graduate nurse. Gamp and Prigg were Dickens' characters who portrayed nurses as scoundrels and women of ill repute.
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