A person involved with the development of midwifery in Kentucky was:
a. Loretta Ford c. Sister Mary Bernard
b. Mary Breckenridge d. Alice Magaw
B
Mary Breckenridge was a British midwife who worked with the Frontier Nursing Services in rural
Kentucky in the 1920s. Loretta Ford helped establish the role of the nurse practitioner in 1975 at the
University of Colorado, and Sister Mary Bernard was the first recorded nurse administering anesthesia
in 1877 . Alice Magaw is considered the "mother of anesthesia" for her contributions to the field, some
of which include publishing articles and researching the practice of anesthesia.
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