Mary Nutting is known for which achievement?

• A. Moving nursing education into universities
• B. Founding a nursing home
• C. Developing patient safety standards
• D. Creating community health centers

Answer: (A)

The main idea is nursing education becoming a university-level pursuit. Mary Nutting played a pivotal role in professionalizing nursing by pushing education for nurses into higher education settings, helping establish university-based nursing programs and curricula, and promoting higher credentialing and scholarship in the field. This shift from hospital-based, apprenticeship-style training to formal university programs raised standards and laid the groundwork for nursing as an academic discipline.

The other options don’t fit because they reflect different kinds of contributions—creating care facilities, focusing on safety standards, or building community health centers—areas not primarily associated with Nutting’s historic impact on nursing education.