Who is the first professional nurse in the United States?
100
Became known as this because of her extensive work with the wounded and sick in the Crimean war.
What is "Lady with the Lamp"?
100
An advocate for nurses' rights, a 3-year training program, working hours for nurses, and licensure to protect patients.
Who is Isabel Hampton Robb?
100
Originating in Europe, this church-affiliated organization gave women classes in cooking, domestic chores, simple home nursing skills, and child care instructions.
What is the YWCA, or the Young Women's Christian Association?
100
A Greek physician known as the "Father of Medicine".
Who is Hippocrates?
200
Mary Eliza Mahoney
Who is the first licensed African-American professional nurse in the United States?
200
America's first woman physician, she encouraged Nightingale to pursue her ambition to become a nurse.
Who is Dr Elizabeth Blackwell?
200
The first U.S. Army nurse who advocated for humane treatment of the mentally ill.
Who is Dorothea Lynde Dix?
200
This organization is known for accrediting nursing education institutions as well as publishing nursing graduate competencies.
What is the NLN or National League for Nursing?
200
This ancient civilization believed that illness was a punishment for displeasing the gods and that purification using herbs and chants was necessary.
What is Babylonia?
300
Lucinda Ballard founded this in 1897
What is the first practical nursing school in the United States?
300
Celebrated May 6th - 12th in memory of Nightingale and as a tribute to all Nurses
What is National Nurses Week?
300
Outspoken, controversial, and jailed in 1917, this nurse opened the first birth control clinic in the United States
Who is Margaret Sanger?
300
Membership is open to anyone who is interested, emphasizes continuing education for nurses, and also publishes the Online Journal of Practical Nursing.
What is the NAPNES, or National Association for Practical Nursing Education and Service?
300
This ancient civilization developed rules, or health laws after observations lead to concerns regarding general public areas used simultaneously for drinking, washing, and sanitation.
What is Egypt?
400
The New England Hospital for Women and Children in Boston sponsored this
What is the first professional nursing school in the United States?
400
Nightingale attended training at this institution to fulfill her desire to become a nurse.
What is the Kaiserwerth Deaconess Institution?
400
This nurse opened the Henry Street Settlement in New York City in 1893, founding public health nursing.
Who is Lillian Wald?
400
Allows membership to licensed or student practical nurses and (along with NAPNES) helps to protect the interests of, set standards for, and educate the public regarding practical nurses.
What is the NFLPN, or National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses?
400
This ancient civilization uses methods still observed today, such as acupuncture and medical diagnosing through complex pulse theory.
What is China?
500
The Kaiserwerth Deaconess Institution
What is the first real nursing school to train woman to be deasonesses?
500
The rate of these dropped from 420 / 1,000 when Nightingale first arrived in Crimea to 22 / 1,000 within 6 months of her beginning her work.
What are death rates?
500
This nurse is considered the "mother of psychiatric nursing" and well-known for her work in patient-nurse relationships.
Who is Hildegard Peplau?
500
The organization that develops the National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses (NCLEX-PN), the licensing examination taken by graduates and required to pass prior to being licensed as a nurse.
What is the NCSBN, or the National Council of State Boards of Nursing?
500
This important and highly regarded literature outlined many laws dealing with hygiene, diet, and health and provided an overview of health, healing, and caring for the sick and homeless.