Which nurse founded the Frontier Nursing Service and was a pioneer in nurse-midwifery?
1. Florence Nightingale
2. Jeanne Mance
3. Mary Breckinridge
4. Lydia Hall
Correct Answer: 3
The practice of nurse-midwifery in the United States was started in the 1920s by Mary Breckinridge and Hattie Hemschemeyer. Florence Nightingale was the founder of professional nursing. Lydia Hall is a nurse theorist who developed the "Core, Care, and Cure" theory. Jeanne Mance was the founder of the first hospital in North America, which was established in Montreal, Canada.
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