Who served as the first public health nurses, caring for the sick and the poor?
1.
The Presbyterian Church
2.
Salerno
3.
Jewish scholars
4.
Convent deaconesses
ANS: 4
Deaconesses from local convents acted as the first public health nurses, providing care for the sick and the poor based on the Christian belief in the importance of caring for one another.
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