Famous Nurses of History
This activist who famously worked on the Underground Railroad was also a nurse for the Union Army.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Number of years of experience across our whole team.
What is 603?
Nickname given to Nightingale by the soldiers of the Crimean War.
What is The Lady with the Lamp?
Starting in February of 2019, the team could get callers scheduled for certain labs and possibly an antibiotic from pharmacy utilizing this.
What is UTI protocol?
This pioneering woman from central Pennsylvania founded Geisinger, famously stating, "Make my hospital right; make it the best."
Who is Abigail Geisinger?
This American poet also worked as a volunteer nurse in army hospitals during the mid 1800s.
Who is Walt Whitman?
Region where most of the nurses on our team are from. (East, Central, or West)
What is Central?
The Nightingale Training School for Nurses was opened in this British city in 1860.
What is London?
Last month marked the 5 year anniversary of the triage team providing coverage for this non-Geisinger entity.
What is Family Practice Centers?
Geisinger was founded in this year.
What is 1915?
This nurse who founded the American Red Cross in 1881 also earned the nickname "Angel of the Battlefield" during the American Civil War.
Who is Clara Barton?
Number of nurses on our team that have pediatric experience.
What is 9 nurses?
This Italian city was the birthplace of the founder of modern nursing.
What is Florence?
This is the month and year that the RN triage team was started.
What is March of 2018?
Geisinger has this many hospital campuses in its system.
What is 9?
This nurse was First Lady of the United States during the American Civil War.
Who is Mary Todd Lincoln?
Number of our nurses that were LPNs prior to becoming RNs.
What is 4?
Due to her research and ability to analyze data, Nightingale was known as an expert in this area of mathematics.
What is statistics?
This is the month and year that 24/7 coverage began.
What is May of 2019?
This is the year that Geisinger Health Plan was accepted as an HMO.
What is 1985?
Like Florence Nightingale, this nurse also worked on the battlefield of the Crimean War.
Who is Mary Seacole?
Number of nurses on our team that have ED experience.
What is 3?
After her successes treating soldiers during the Crimean War, Nightingale was regularly consulted on field hospitals during this war across the Atlantic.
What is the American Civil War?
What is Community Care?
This is the original name of Geisinger Medical Center.
What is the George F. Geisinger Memorial Hospital?