Despite the caring efforts of early public health nurses in the Henry Street Settlement, racial disparity left many people underserved
Which of the following African-American public health nurses was instrumental in providing excellent nursing care to underserved families despite these social challenges?
a.
Jessie Sleet Scales
b.
Margaret Sanger
c.
Lavinia Lloyd Dock
d.
Anita M. McGee
ANS: A
A
Jessie Sleet Scales established the Stillman House, a part of the Henry Street Settlement that provided care to African Americans.
B
Margaret Sanger worked to provide immigrant women on the Lower East Side of New York City with birth control information.
C
Lavinia Lloyd Dock founded the NLN.
D
Anita M. McGee was a physician appointed as head of the Hospital Corps, who recruited nurses for the Spanish-American War of 1898.
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