Nurses' Week 2024

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Across
  1. 5. What the nurse's cap was modeled after
  2. 6. What country has the highest ration of nurses per capita
  3. 8. She worked to convince the US Senate to ratify the Geneva Convention which, among other things, provided protection and "neutrality" to nurses and medical staff in war zones
  4. 10. The first President of the ANA
  5. 12. The symbol for nursing
  6. 13. The first African American president nurse of the ANA
  7. 20. The first male to be named dean of a nursing school in the US
  8. 21. What cowboy/sharpshooter also served as a nurse
  9. 23. This person introduced public healthcare service to rural communities by establishing nursing on horseback to families out of reach of regular healthcare
  10. 24. The first hospital training school for nurses began in this country in 1846
Down
  1. 1. What First Lady was also a volunteer nurse
  2. 2. The first recorded nursing school was in 250 BC in what country
  3. 3. What country does not require nursing license renewal for life
  4. 4. First nurse to be promoted to rank of Brigadier General
  5. 7. National Nurses Week was first observed during this month
  6. 9. Male nurses served on the front line as orderlies in this war
  7. 11. This airline originally hired nurses as their flight attendants to ease the public's fear of flying and in case of emergencies
  8. 14. City where the first nursing program for African Americans was established
  9. 15. The oldest British hospital that is still in use since 1123
  10. 16. Who was the founder of the Native American Nurses Association
  11. 17. What American poet also worked as a nurse during the Civil War
  12. 18. Who was the first male nurse
  13. 19. National Nurses' Week was formally designated in 1974 by this President
  14. 22. What war was Florence Nightingale instrumental in improving the health and illness of the fighting soldiers