The model for Associate Degree nursing programs was developed by whom?

• A. Lavinia Dock
• B. Mildred Montag
• C. Florence Nightingale
• D. Mary Adelaide Nutting

Answer: (B)

The key idea is who created the two-year, college-based path to becoming a registered nurse. Mildred Montag is the educator who piloted the first associate degree in nursing in the early 1950s at Vincennes University. Her program combined general education with nursing theory and clinical practice in a two-year curriculum, providing a faster, more affordable route to RN licensure and helping to expand the nursing workforce. The model she established became the prototype for ADN programs nationwide, later embraced by many community colleges and widely adopted as a standard path alongside diploma and BSN routes. While Florence Nightingale, Lavinia Dock, and Mary Adelaide Nutting were important figures in nursing education history, they did not develop the associate degree in nursing model.