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Women who played important roles in the early development of nursing in the 1800s as a career and health care practice include Florence Nightingale, Agnes Hunt, Agnes Elizabeth Jones, Clarissa Harlowe, and Saint Marianne Cope.
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Although Florence Nightingale is the most famous nurse in history, she served as a nurse for only three years. She spent more time establishing proper patient care and nurse training once she became focused on nursing and after the Crimean War was over.
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The first nurse in the New World was Juan de Mena, a shipwreck survivor from the 1600s.
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The first person to earn a nursing diploma in the United States was Linda Richards, in 1873. The proof of Linda's graduation is located in Washington's Smithsonian Institution.
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The first school nurse in the United States was Lina Rogers Struthers, in 1902.
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The main health concerns reported among nurses are contracting a deadly disease and back injury.
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Mary Todd Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's wife, was a volunteer nurse and worked during the Civil War in the Union hospitals.
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Walt Whitman was a volunteer nurse in Fredericksburg, Virginia during the Civil War. He wrote a poem titled "The Wound Dresser" from the experiences he encountered on the battlefield.
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May 8th is National Student Nurses Day.
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National Nursing Home Week is the second week in May each year.
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National Hospital Week is the first week in May each year. It is also Health Care Administrators' Week.
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Approximately 60% of the registered nurses in the United States work in hospitals.
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Despite the disproportionately high number of female nurses to male nurses in the general population, in the different United States Military service branches, roughly 33% of the nurses are male.
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Male nurses tend to receive higher pay than female nurses, despite the larger numbers of females in the profession itself.
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Nurses provide a variety of services for patients including daily living assistance, medication administration, and patient education.
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Nursing specialties include community/public nursing, adult/gerontology nursing, pediatric nursing, neonatal nursing, women's health nursing, cardiac nursing, orthopaedic nursing, palliative care nursing, perioperative nursing, obstetrical nursing, oncology nursing, and mental health nursing.
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Nurses can work in a variety of settings including private homes, schools, occupational health settings, physician's practices, nursing clinics, camps, cruise ships, long-term care facilities, nursing homes, clinics, and hospitals.
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Nurses can have different levels of education and therefore different designations depending on the country that they live and work in. Education can range from diplomas, associate degrees, to bachelors in nursing and graduate level masters degrees.
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