Tuesday, March 19, 2013

FAMOUS NURSES

JOYCE SLINSKY (retired RN, New Jersey) - A registered nurse for 45 years, with 39 of those years in the ER (emergency room) of John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Edison, was presented with an official proclamation from the state Senate and Assembly in reverence to her career. On January 20, 2007 she was honored as a retiree and highly valued member in her community of Brick, New Jersey.

MARY TODD LINCOLN - Better known as Abraham Lincoln's wife, Mary Todd Lincoln proved her critics wrong (as a Southerner, her loyalty to the Unionist cause was suspected) by putting in almost impossible hours frequenting hospitals, cleaning wounds and consoling and feeding those soldiers suffering unbearable pain.

QUIZ:  Who was the founder of the American Red Cross?

ANSWER: CLARA BARTON

Source: www.nursing-school.org

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