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The rise of the field of public health during the progressive era led to a campaign by a number of American nurse leaders to reform nursing education. This campaign included: the formation of several national professional organizations; gaining the support of prominent medical officials, including those close to the Rockefeller Foundation, an influential philanthropic organization; and successfully arguing against the sending of public health nurses overseas during World War I. Following the war, the involvement of numerous American-backed organizations, including the Rockefeller Foundation (RF), the League of Red Cross Societies (LRCS), and the American Red Cross (ARC), in the training of nurses in Europe highlighted the numerous and conflicting ideals of American nurses in regards to nursing education during this period. The eventual success of one set of these ideas depended on the alignment of congruent ideals in the training of health care professionals with influential individuals and organizations.
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Lapeyre, J. (2017). Public Health Nursing Education in the Interwar Period. In: Grant, S. (eds) Russian and Soviet Health Care from an International Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44171-9_10
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