By 91. In a 2001 survey done by the ANA/NursingWorld.com, nurses said they spent 62% of their time in direct patient care.
92. Anne L. Austin was a famous historian of nursing (b. 1891 d. 1986).
93. Florence Nightingale, the most famous nurse in modern history, was only a nurse for three years of her life (b. 1820 d. 1910).
94. Saint Camillus de Lellis established a Catholic order called the Fathers of a Good Death in 1584 to tend to the terminally ill, and is also reputed to have designed the red cross on a white background symbol and to have developed the first ambulance (b. 1550 d. 1614).
95. The average annual earnings for licensed practical nurses was $29,440 in 2000.
96. Mary Eliza Mahoney became the first African American nurse in 1879 (b. 1845 d. 1926).
97. There were 695 existing baccalaureate of nursing programs in the U.S. in 2002, comprising 31% of all registered nurses.
98. You know you are a nurse when you find yourself complimenting a complete stranger on his veins.
99. The demand for licensed practical nurses is expected to rise 10 to 20 percent through the first decade of the 21st century.
100. In a 2001 survey done by the ANA/NursingWorld.com, 71% of nurses selected ‘acute/chronic effects of stress and overwork’ as one of their top three occupational health concerns.
101. You know you are in trouble when it’s your first night shift in three years and there’s a full moon.
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