Nurses that enlist their services to the military are able to do so thanks to the work of which organizer of health care?
A) Linda Richards
B) Florence Nightingale
C) Theodor Fliedner
D) Dorthea Dix
Ans: D
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Dorthea Dix, while not a nurse, established the Nurse Corps of the United States Army during the Civil War. Linda Richards was the first trained nurse to graduate from a nursing program. Theodor Fliedner opened the first hospital-based school of nursing, and Florence Nightingale was nursing's first professional leader.
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