Nursing History
When was the 1st nursing school established?
Articles and historical evidence suggests that the first nursing school was established as far back at 250 BCE
Just one month after Roanoke hospital opened in 1900, trustees approved a series of rules and regulations for the governing of a nurse training school. By November 1900 how many students were enrolled?
Three
The first state to have a law for nursing licensure?
North Carolina in 1903
What nurse that shares a last name with a small passerine bird is perhaps one of the most famous nurses of all times? During the Crimean War she advocated hygiene.
Florence Nightingale
Where was the 1st nursing school established?
India
Prior to 1905, how long did it take to complete nursing school at Roanoke hospital?
The use of non-sterile clinical gloves in healthcare settings emerged in ____________ as a measure to protect healthcare workers from exposure to blood-borne viruses in blood and body fluids.
The mid-1980s
Which volunteer nurse for a Union Hospital during the Civil War was the wife of a United States President? She was born in Lexington, Kentucky but moved to Springfield, Illinois when she married.Her husband wore tall hats and gave a famous speech.
Mary Todd Lincoln
What was the name and location of the first nursing school opened in the US?
Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing in NYC
When did Roanoke hospital require that nurse applicants have completed four years of high school?
1927
How many RNs are practicing in the US today
3.1 million
Which one of America's most celebrated poets of all time was also a volunteer nurse in Washington, D. C. during the Civil War? This inspired a collection of poems, 'Drumtaps' being one of them and also 'Specimen Days and Collect' and 'O Captain! My Captain!'
Walt Whitman
Who was NASA's first nurse?
O'Hara was the official nurse to the Mercury Seven astronauts and their families, continuing to support the Gemini Program, Apollo astronauts and Skylab.
In December of 1947, a property adjoining the hospital on Belleview Avenue became available and the hospital purchased it and renovated it for student nurses - what was the name of this house?
Hill House
How many years in a row has nursing been rated the most honest and ethical profession?
18 years as of July 2020
Who was the first African-American registered nurse? She graduated from the New England Hospital for Women and Children Training School for Nurses in 1879, and went on to have a very illustrious and outstanding career as a nurse.
Mary Eliza Mahoney
What nurse corps formed in WW2?
Cadet Nurse Corps
In what year did the Community Hospital Board of Trustees agree to turn the school into a hospital-based college that could grant two-year degrees in nursing and allied health.
1981
Florence Nightingale believed that five points were essential in achieving a healthful house, what were these points?
Nightingale stated that nursing “ought to signify the proper use of fresh air, light, warmth, cleanliness, quiet, and the proper selection and administration of diet – all at the least expense of vital power to the patient.”
Which nurse is credited with the founding of the American Red Cross?
Clara Barton