Question

Was a strong advocate of university education for nurses? she also had an important role in developing the first programs of this type.

Answer 1

MARY ADELAIDE NUTTING was a strong advocate of university education for nurses. She also had an important role in developing the first programs of this type.

Mary Adelaide Nutting was not only an American nurse, she was also a known educator, historian, scholar, and a pioneer of in the hospital care field. She also contributed to the nursing education by writing nursing literature like A Sound Economic Basis for Nursing (co-authored with Lavinia Dock) and the first two volumes of History of Nursing, a four-volume series.