Which nurse died after deliberately acquiring two bites from yellow fever carrier mosquitoes to enable her to provide care to soldiers with yellow fever during the Spanish-American War?
a. Florence Nightingale
b. Margaret Hoolihan
c. Clara Maas
d. Sairy Gamp
ANS: C
Correct: Clara Maas is noted as the nurse who deliberately acquired two bites from yellow fever carrier mosquitoes to enable her to provide care to soldiers with yellow fever.
Incorrect:
a. Florence Nightingale is the founder of professional nursing.
b. Margaret Hoolihan is a character on a TV show, not an actual nurse.
d. Sairy Gamp is a character in a Charles Dickens novel.
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