Which of the following was the first identified nurse in what would become the United States of America?
1. James Derham
2. Friar Juan de Mena
3. St. Camillus de Lellis
4. Calista Roy
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Rationale 1: Friar Juan de Mena was shipwrecked in Texas, and is the first known nurse in the U.S. James Derham was a black slave who practiced nursing in the Civil War. St. Camillus de Lellis was a nurse in Europe, and Calista Roy is best known for her work on the Roy adaptation model of nursing, which continues today.
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