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Interesting Nurse Facts In The USA

Here are some interesting facts that are not only for traveling nurses but facts covering all nursing jobs. When I gathered this information, I thought that you may find it interesting as well.

• Nursing is the biggest healthcare profession in USA.
• 25% of nurses work part time jobs as a registered nurse.
• A nursing degree was first awarded in the USA in 1873.
• Some registered nurses make an average of more then $28.00 per hour in the USA.
• There are over 2 million registered nurses in the USA, but still more are needed.
• 92% of all registered nurses are women.
• There are approximately 7570 hospitals in the USA.
• In the country of Germany, the first train school hospital was established in the year 1846.
• There are approximately 600,000 licensed vocational or practical nurses in the USA.
• It is estimated that there will be over 3 million registered nurses by the end of 2012 in the USA.
• May 6 - May 12 is celebrated annually as a week for National Nurses. Florence Nightingale was born in 1820 on May 12 which coincides with the celebration of National Nurses.
• Dorothy Sutherland first came up with the idea of a nurses holiday in 1953 while she was working for the US Department of Health , Education and Welfare.
• President Nixon declared a week for National Nurses in 1974.

I hope that you have enjoyed reading these interesting facts for nurses. Please keep check with us as we continue to gather information for traveling nurses and the locations worldwide that they are needed in.