Specialties
Day in the Life
2025 Nursing
Nursing Abbreviations
History of Nursing
100

How many nursing specialities are there? (Hint: there are less than 2150 but greater than 50)

What are about 100 nursing specialties?

100

What is the typical nursing uniform called?

What are scrubs?

100

What is the most significant isssue in nursing today?

What is retention

100

RN

What is a Registered Nurse?

100

True or False: Nursing is named the most trusted profession.

What is True?

200

What is a nurse defined as caring for patients with heart diseases or conditions, from coronary artery disease to heart failure and recovery from bypass surgery?

What is a Cardiac Care Nurse or Cardiac Nurse?

200

Commonly, (in a hospital setting) how many days and hours do nurses work in a week?

What are 3 days a week and 12-hour shifts?

200

What is the best-paying state for nursing?

What is California?


At a salary of $113,240 with an hourly wage of $54.44 (keep in mind the cost of living for California!!)

200

NP

What is a Nursing Practitioner?

200

What is recognized as the symbol of nursing?

What is a lamp?

300

What is a nurse defined as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse who is specialized in women’s reproductive health and childbirth?

What is a Certified Nurse Midwife?

300

On average, how many miles do nurses walk in a day?

What are 4 - 5 miles? 

300

What nursing school is rated #1 for 2025 in the state of Maryland?

What is John Hopkins University

300

CRNA

What is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist? 

300
In what country was the first nursing school established? (Hint: it is not the US)

What is India?

In 250 BCE and only male students were allowed!!

400

What is a nurse defined as working with patients who are victims of physical or emotional abuse?

What is a Domestic Violence Nurse?

400

In what month is National Nurses Week?

What is May?

400

How many nurses are currently working in the US?

What is 5,355,450 (includes various forms of nursing)

or 

What is 3.5 million

400

CNL

What is a Clinical Nurse Leader?

400

In what state was the first registered nurse elected to congress from?

What is Texas?


The first registered nurse elected to the U.S. Congress was Eddie Bernice Johnson, who won the seat for Texas’ 30th congressional district in 1992. Now in her 15th term, she’s still serving!

500

What is a nurse defined as caring for patients with psychiatric disorders such as mental illness, eating disorders, addiction, and substance abuse?

What is a Psychiatric or Behavioral Health Nurse?

500

Which is one of the only states to have laws on the nurse-to-patient ratio?

What is California?

California is the only state in the country to require by law a specific number of nurses to patients in every hospital unit.

500

DAILY DOUBLE

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, how much were nurses being paid a week to travel and work in New York hospitals?

What is $10,000 a week?

500

 ACRN

What is an HIV/AIDS Certified Registered Nurse?

500

Who was the first professionally trained and licensed African American nurse in the U.S?

Mary Eliza Mahoney

She went on to cofound the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN) :)

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