What is the name of the frontier nursing organization established by Mary Breckenridge?

• A. Frontier Nursing Service
• B. Visiting Nurse Association
• C. American Nurses Association
• D. Red Cross

Answer: (A)

This question tests your knowledge of the early pioneering work Mary Breckenridge did to transform rural health care. She founded the Frontier Nursing Service in 1925, creating a mobile, community-based nursing program that emphasized nurse-midwifery and care for mothers and children in rural Appalachia. This organization became the hallmark of her efforts to bring professional nursing and midwifery to underserved areas and to model how nursing could lead innovations in rural health delivery. The other options refer to different organizations not established by Breckenridge: the Visiting Nurse Association is a general term for local community nursing groups, the American Nurses Association is a national professional organization not started by her, and the Red Cross is a separate humanitarian organization.