The American Red Cross is planning a celebration of its founding. Whic

QUESTION

The American Red Cross is planning a celebration of its founding. Which nurse should be included as an important figure?

1. Clara Barton
2. Luther Christman
3. Lucy Osborne
4. Cecilia Makiwane

ANSWER:

Correct Answer: 1

Following the Civil War, Clara Barton traveled to Europe where she learned about the International Red Cross. After returning to the United States, she was instrumental in founding the American Red Cross in 1882. Luther Christman was the founder of the American Assembly for Men in Nursing and the National Student Nurses’ Association. Lucy Osborne is credited with founding the Sydney training school, which was the first training school for nurses in Australia that followed the Nightingale model. Cecilia Makiwane became South Africa’s first Black African professional nurse.