Which of the following nurses used political expertise to influence th

Which of the following nurses used political expertise to influence the federal government to develop a Children’s Bureau?

a. Clara Barton
b. Florence Nightingale
c. Lavinia Dock
d. Lillian Wald

ESSAYBID ANSWER

ANS: D
Lillian Wald recognized the connection between social conditions and health. She was a driving force behind the federal government’s development of the Children’s Bureau in 1912. Lavinia Dock was a political activist who waged a campaign for legislation to allow nurses to control the nursing profession. Florence Nightingale was the first nurse to exert political pressure on a government. Clara Barton was responsible for organizing relief efforts during the U.S. Civil War.