Nurses Week

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Across
  1. 3. One of the countries with highest ratios of nurses per capita.
  2. 5. Mr. Whitman's famous poem "The __ Dresser" about his experience in Civil War.
  3. 6. ___12th is Florence's birthday.
  4. 7. Nursing is the nation's ___ healthcare profession.
  5. 9. Comes from Latin "nutrire" and French "nourrice".
  6. 11. By 20th century,nursing became profession based on __ experience.
  7. 12. Florence ___ is considered a pioneer in nursing.
  8. 13. Celebrated poet Walt Whitman was a __ nurse.
  9. 14. Nursing is among the __ growing professions in America.
  10. 17. Number of male nurses entering profession has __ since 1970.
Down
  1. 1. Greater than 3.1 __ nurses in the US.
  2. 2. Linda Richards is first American nurse to earn a ___ in 1873.
  3. 4. Linda Richards' achievement hangs in the __.
  4. 8. Nursing has been described in writing from __ day.
  5. 10. In the Middle Ages __ practitioners embraced nursing.
  6. 15. Forty-seven is the __ age of a US nurse.
  7. 16. GA __ twenty-seven nurses.