Well-Being
Favorite famous nurses: Who did you vote for in our poll?
Nurses, you shared your favorite famous nurses with us in our fact-based survey for National Nurses Week 2020. Here’s the way you voted!
Our founding nurses
Number 1 in your list of favorite famous nurses was the girl who began all of it, the founding father of nursing and the Lady with the Lamp… Florence Nightingale! May 12, 2020 was the two hundredth anniversary of Nightingale’s birth. Number 2 in your list of favorite famous nurses is one of the honored women in American history, the founding father of the American Red Cross – Clara Barton!
Fictional nurses who impressed real ones
Number 3 in your list is a fictional nurse who worked at Mobile Army Surgical Hospital on M*A*S*H – Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan! Number 4 in your list is one other TV nurse from the favored series “ER” – Carol Hathaway! In fourth place in your list of favorite famous nurses is one other fictional nurse, this time from the TV series Scrubs – Carla Espinosa!
Nurses who made history and advocated for patients
Number 6 in your list of favorite famous nurses was a tie in between Mary Breckinridgewho helped create medical care systems for newborns and youngsters within the U.S. and Dorothea Dixwhich is best known for its efforts on behalf of mentally ailing people across the country. Number 7 in your list of favorite famous nurses was a tie Mary Eliza Mahoneyfirst African-American licensed nurse and Mary Jane Seacolebest known for founding the “British Hotel”, which cared for wounded soldiers throughout the Crimean War. These nurses, each real and fictional, influenced the nurses in our survey.
Now discover which medical programs you voted for in our program National Nurses Week Digital Edition!
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