Nursing practices during the Civil War advanced the cause of professional nursing. The move toward formal education and training was supported by (Select all that apply.)
A) endorsement by the Catholic nursing orders (Sisters of Charity, Sisters of Mercy, and Sisters of the Holy Cross).
B) a proposal by Dr. Samuel Gross in 1869 that large hospitals develop training schools for nurses.
C) reports of inadequate conditions in hospitals reported by social reformers after the Civil War.
D) lobbying by the United States Sanitary Commission for the creation of nursing schools.
E) the appointment of Dorothea Dix as Superintendent of Women Nurses of the (Union) Army.

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The Answer of Nursing practices during the Civil War advanced the cause of professional nursing. The move toward formal education and training was supported by (Select all that apply.)
A) endorsement by the Catholic nursing orders (Sisters of Charity, Sisters of Mercy, and Sisters of the Holy Cross).
B) a proposal by Dr. Samuel Gross in 1869 that large hospitals develop training schools for nurses.
C) reports of inadequate conditions in hospitals reported by social reformers after the Civil War.
D) lobbying by the United States Sanitary Commission for the creation of nursing schools.
E) the appointment of Dorothea Dix as Superintendent of Women Nurses of the (Union) Army.

Nursing Practices During the Civil War Advanced the Cause of Professional