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Nurses Week

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Florence Nightingale, the most famous nurse in modern history, was a nurse for:

a)

Three years of her life

b)

twenty years of her life

c)

forty years of her life

d)

fifty years of her life

2.

What percent of registered nurses in the U.S. have their BSN?

a)

92%

b)

77%

c)

52%

d)

31%

3.

The demand for licensed practical nurses is expected to rise ____ percent through the first decade of the 21st Century.

a)

5-10

b)

10-20

c)

20-30

d)

30-40

4.

4. In a survey done by the ANA/NursingWorld.com, 70.5% of nurses selected what as their top occupational health concern?

a)

acute effects of stress

b)

chronic effects of stress

c)

overwork

d)

all of the above

5.

The United States has a ratio of 972.0 nurses per 100,000 people, or about the same as Germany and Uzbekistan

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Mary Seacole, a self-taught nurse was famous for:

a)

becoming the first African-American nurse in 1879.

b)

establishing a hotel for invalids close to the front during the Crimean War.

c)

designed the red cross on a white background symbol.

d)

developed the first ambulance.

7.

Nurses spend about what percentage of their time in direct patient care?

a)

95%

b)

80%

c)

60%

d)

45%

8.

In the various U.S. Military branches, approximately one-third of all nurses are male.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What day is National Student Nurses' Day?

a)

July 15

b)

September 8

c)

March 22

d)

May 8

10.

What type of wounds account for around 11 million visits to the emergency room each year?

a)

surgical

b)

traumatic

c)

chronic

11.

Mary Todd Lincoln, the wife of Abraham Lincoln, was a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

"When a man is ill his very goodness is sickly." Whose words are these?

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Thoreau

d)

Nietzsche

13.

A 1996 survey done by the Department of Health and Human Services found that ___% of all working nurses are female.

a)

95%

b)

90%

c)

85%

d)

75%

14.

There are more nurses than any other workers in the health profession.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Why did the nurse keep the bedpan in the refrigerator?

a)

Because she wanted it to be cold.

b)

Because when she kept it in the freezer it took too much skin off.

16.

Who founded the American Red Cross in 1881?

a)

Lina Rogers Struthers

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Anne L. Austin

d)

Lucretia Lester

17.

17. How many children visit emergency rooms in the U.S. each year due to injuries?

a)

one million

b)

three million

c)

six million

d)

nine million

18.

In what country was the first hospital training school for nurses established in?

a)

The U.S.

b)

Germany

c)

England

d)

Switzerland

19.

Nursing is one of the fastest growing occupations in the U.S.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The largest demand for licensed practical nurses through 2110 will be in:

a)

nursing homes.

b)

hospitals.

c)

clinics.

d)

schools.