Who established the Frontier Nursing Service?

a. M. Adelaide Nutting
b. Mary Mahoney
c. Mary Breckinridge
d. Dorothea Dix

Answer: C. In 1925, Mary Breckinridge, a nurse midwife, established the Frontier Nursing Service in Kentucky.

Source: Nursing History and Health Care. University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.

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