While giving report to a nursing assistant, a nurse realizes that one nursing pioneer made sure that nursing assistants remained within the realm of nursing and not under the control of physicians. The nurse who opposed physicians on this issue was
a. Clara Barton c. Annie Goodrich
b. Isabel Hampton Robb d. Jane Delano
D
In 1912 physicians wanted the Red Cross to put untrained nursing aides at their sides to assist with war casualties. Physicians, not nurses, would train the aides in caring for the sick. Delano was opposed to this aide education plan because it violated the educational standards already established by nursing.
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A) Anuria B) Oliguria C) Polyuria D) Proteinuria
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a. 5% dextrose in water b. 0.45% sodium chloride c. 5% dextrose in 0.9% sodium chloride d. Lactated Ringer's solution e. 0.9% sodium chloride