Which nurse is credited with moving nursing education into universities?

• A. Mary Nutting
• B. Clara Barton
• C. Florence Nightingale
• D. Lillian Wald

Answer: (A)

Advancing nursing education into universities reflects the push to professionalize nursing by placing its preparation in higher education and establishing degree programs. Mary Nutting led this shift by advocating for college-level nursing education and helping establish the first university-based nursing program, which moved training from hospital diploma curricula into academic settings. This work laid the groundwork for bachelor’s and higher nursing degrees and for nursing to be seen as a scholarly, research-informed profession. The other figures contributed in important ways to nursing and healthcare, but not the university-based education shift Nutting championed.