Check out these five interesting tidbits about nursing:
- On average, nurses walk between 4 and 5 miles per 12-hour shift. (concorde.edu)
The first nursing school in the world was established in India in 250 BC and only men were allowed to attend. (everynurse.org) - Poet Walt Whitman worked as a volunteer nurse during the Civil War. His experience inspired some of his works including “The Wound Dresser” and “Memoranda During the War.” (everynurse.org)
- The first nursing school in the United States was established in 1862 at the New England Hospital for Women and Children. (nhcps.com)
- Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing opened in NYC in 1873 and was the first nursing school in the country to be organized according to Florence Nightingale’s nursing principles. (prnfunding.com)