A nurse was employed by the Frontier Nursing Service in the 1940s. What is significant about this agency? (Select all that apply.)
a. It paid nurses considerably more than persons in urban staff positions.
b. It had the first nurse–midwives and taught midwifery to others.
c. Its nurses improved sanitation efforts in rural communities.
d. Its nurses collected data to demonstrate nursing effectiveness.
e. It employed nurses who traveled by horseback through the mountains.
f. Its nurses continue to provide care even today.
ANS: D, E, F
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