The document, Visiting Nurses in the United States, highlighted the fact that:
a. Nurses were trained by Boards of Education.
b. Trained nurses adequately covered less densely populated areas.
c. Visiting nurse services were concentrated in the northeastern United States.
d. Nurses were curing diseases such as tuberculosis and typhoid fever.
C
This report emphasized the fact that visiting nurse services were concentrated in the northeast, which underscored the need for rural health.
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