Nursing Heroes
She has been called "The lady with the lamp", the "Queen of Nurses", and the "Soldiers Friend." We celebrate National Nurses day on her birthday each May 12th.
Who is Florence Nightingale
She opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, founded Planned Parenthood, and was instrumental in the development of the first birth control pill
Who is Margaret Sanger?
A nurse educator may spend hours preparing this, knowing students may finish it faster—or slower—than planned
What is a live review (workshop)?
She was an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War who did not attend nursing school for formal education but self-taught nursing care.
Who is Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" Barton?
First male President of the American Nurses Association who is internationally recognized as a burn care and fire safety expert.
Who is Dr. Ernest J. Grant?
Nurse educators spend more time on this than most learners realize—often after hours. We often tell our students, "If it wasn't ____, it wasn't done."
What is documentation?
Credited with introducing Nurse-Midwifery to America. She founded the Frontier Nursing Service in 1925 bringing general and maternal care to people living in the Appalachian mountains of eastern Kentucky
Who is Mary Breckinridge?
She was a Jamaican nurse and businesswoman. She was famous for her nursing work during the Crimean War and for publishing the first autobiography written by a woman of African descent in Britain.
Who is Mary Jane Seacole?
Despite exam snapshots, nurse educators can almost guarantee this question will still be asked.
What is “What is going to be on the exam?”
In the 1890's she founded the Visiting Nurse Service which became the Henry Street Settlement House. As a public health pioneer she was instrumental in getting nurses placed in American public schools and helped establish the National Organization of Public Health Nursing, the National Women's Trade Union League, and the Children's Bureau to help end child labor.
Who is Lillian Wald?
First African American to earn a professional nursing license in the United States, graduating from the New England Hospital for Women and Children in 1879. A pioneer in the field, she advocated for equality in nursing, co-founded the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, and was a champion for women's suffrage.
Who is Mary Eliza Mahoney?
Despite full schedules, nurse educators still make time for this essential part of supporting learners.
What is mentoring, coaching, answering follow-up questions?