In 1893 Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster made significant contributions to the nursing profession through their work involving the:
1. Henry Street Settlement in New York
2. First training school in Toronto, Canada
3. Training school at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore
4. Development of the American Journal of Nursing
ANS: 1
In 1893 Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster opened the Henry Street Settlement, which was the first community health service for the poor.
The first nurses' training school in Canada was founded in St. Catherine's, Ontario, in 1874.
In 1894 Isabel Hampton Robb was the first superintendent of the Johns Hopkins Training School in Baltimore, Maryland.
Isabel Hampton Robb was one of the original founders of the American Journal of Nursing.
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