American Red Cross
Founders of Nursing

Civil War Nursing
Barriers to Nursing
Lasting Legacy
100

The founder of the American Red Cross

Who is Clara Barton?

100

The original founder of the nursing profession also known as the founder of modern nursing

Who is Flo Rida?

JK… Florence Nightingale  

100

3 qualifications for a nurse during the civil war

What are be between 35-50 years old, be healthy and be plain looking?

100

LARGE barrier for safe and effective nursing

What is lack of training?

100

The organization that Clara Barton started… cmon guys you know it

What is the American Red Cross?


200

True or False: 

The original purpose of the American Red Cross was to provide disaster relief and war time services

What is true?

200

The first African American female nurse 

Who is Mary Eliza Mahoney?

200

The year that Flo helped establish soldiers hospitals (HINT during the civical war…:))

When is 1861?

200

Because of a lack of _______, patients and nurses were more susceptible to communicable diseases 

What is sanitation?

200

The person we can attribute sanitation policies to…(:

Who is Florence Nightingale 
300

The year the first aid kit became a thing thanks to Clara 

What is 1904?

300

The birthplace of Clara Barton (American Red Cross)

Where is England?

300

The superintendent of nursing for the Union Army 

Who is Dorothea Dix?

300

Name one disease that nurses often died of because they were taking care of sick patients 

What is smallpox, typhoid, pneumonia, or Hepatitis B?
300

One of the oldest nursing schools (founded in 1873)

What is Yale New Haven Hospital (was called the Connecticut Training School for Nurses)?

400

The establishment of the American Red Cross became official

When is 1881?

400

She established the first US training school for nurses in 1885

Who is Alice Fisher?

400

Alias name for Sarah Edmond disguised as a man during the war 

Who is Franklin Thompson?

400

The amount of beds that a single nurse were expected to prepare for the incoming wounded soldiers coming in 

What is 800?


400

The nurse who helped end segregation for nurses and healthcare in general 

Who is Mabel Staupers?

500

European country that inspired the American Red Cross 

What is Switzerland (Geneva specifically)?

500

This founder disguised herself as a man to serve as a nurse and a spy in the Civil War

Who is Sarah Edmonds?

500

The amount of field hospitals established by Mary Ann Bickerdyke (she was a hospital administrator during this time)

What is 300?

500

The theory that states patients need a clean bed and environment as well as social, spiritual and mental support

What is the Florence Nightingale environmental theory?

500

The nurse that founded the American Birth Control League (later became Planned Parenthood) and helped develop the first birth control pill

Who is Margaret Sanger?