Statistics
The number of Registered Nurses in the United States
Over four million
During this year, Barak Obama passed the Affordable Care Act to help lower-income citizens access healthcare.
2010
Establishing one of the first training hospitals and releasing "Notes on Nursing: What it is and What it is not", this person is often looked at as the "face" of nursing and one of the earliest leaders in the nursing field.
Florence Nightingale
Taking place from 1853-56, this war over control of the Ottoman Empire was the same war that Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole both lended their aid in.
Crimean War
When referring to the "image" of nurses, this clothing item is typically depicted in media and costumes of nurses.
Nursing Cap
91% of nurses under what age are actually employed as nurses?
50 Years
This was the decade for the rise of HIV, which helped spark the change in universal precautions.
1980s
This Jamaican nurse, who was rejected by Florence Nightingale, was voted "Greatest Black Briton".
Mary Seacole
In 2001, this US tragedy helped in creating the goal of saving as many as possible during disasters.
World Trade Center Attack (9/11)
In the mid 1800's, women were not called upon for action or leadership due to the viewpoint that women were ____ to men.
Intellectually Inferior
The knowledge of nursing was doubling every 25 years after World War II. Currently, the knowledge doubles every . . .
13 months
This was the year congress passed a bill providing military rankings to nurses.
1920
Initiated by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression, this program was initiated in hopes to help many Americans facing financial crisis gain employment, including nurses.
Civil Works Administration
As America was battling the influenza virus, what war did the United States also enter at the same time?
World War I
This population of people typically pick nursing as a second career, rather than a first.
Men
This percentage covers the population of minorities working as nurses.
19%
During this time frame, 124,000 nurses volunteered, graduated, and were certified for military services in the Army and Navy Nurse Corps.
1943-48
In 2002, this group released the "Campaign for Nursing's Future" designed to enhance the image of nurses in the field and eliminate the social stigma of nursing.
Johnson & Johnson
It was during this war that catholic orders were to serve as nurses due to the lack of nurses available to heal the wounded.
Civil War
When discussing males in nursings, the general sterotype is that men supply ____ when required for patients.
strength or control
Only this percentage of nurses work in extended care facilities.
5.3%
This was the year where New York fully mandated licensure.
1947
With the mission to "increase public understanding of the central, front line role nurses play in modern health care", this nonprofit was founded in April of 2001 in hopes to shed light on nursing.
The Truth About Nursing
This major event in 2005 sparked the change in provision of care under horrendous conditions.
Hurricane Katrina
In 2014, Gallup determined that nurses ranked highest among other professions and occupations for these two qualities.
Honesty and Ethics