Historical Nursing Trivia
1873 and New York City
What is the time and place that the first Nursing School was established in the U.S.?
This is the year that Baptist Hospital was established.
What is 1914?
This is the year that the first effort to establish a recognition day for nurses, as a request from Dorothy Parker to President Eisenhower.
What is 1953?
This could be argued as any nurses' favorite board game
What is Operation?
This is considered to be the symbol of nursing; Florence Nightingale was known for carrying it with her as she made her way between tents of wounded and ill soldiers during the Crimean War.
What is a lamp?
The day Banyan Medical Solutions, Tampa, Florida opened it's doors.
What is May 23rd, 2022.
In this year, A National Nurse week was first observed from October 11th-16th, in recognition of the 100th anniversary of Florence Nightingale's work during the Crimean War.
What is 1954?
This is what one would call a baby cat that works with a nurse.
What is a first aid KIT?
Founded in 1899, this is the current name of the International Nursing Organization
What is the International Council of Nurses?
What is our most recent Leapfrog score?
What is an "A"?
This was the year that the International Council of Nurses declared May 12th as International Nurses Day.
What is 1974?
This area in the US has the lowest cholesterol, if the name is any indication
What is Statin Island?
In 1879, she was the first African American nurse.
Who is Mary Eliza Mahoney?
How many CEO's did Baptist have prior to joining Prisma Health?
What is 3.
In this year, President Ronald Reagan signed an official proclamation declaring May 6th as National Nurses Day
What is 1982?
A popular reason for nurses to attend college at the North Pole
What is where the "Icy U" is?
She founded the American Red Cross and, subsequently, became it's first president.
Who is Clara Barton?
Total number of beds in the hospital
What is 489 beds?
This is the year the ANA extended "Nurses Week" to what we currently celebrate today (May 6th-12th).
What is 1994?
The reason one nurse doesn't find another nurses' jokes funny
What is having an "Iron-y" deficiciency?