Favorite famous nurses: Who did you vote for in our survey?

Nurses, you shared with us your Favorite Famous Nurses in our 2020 National Nurses Week content survey. Here’s how you voted!

No. 1 on your list of favorite famous nurses was the woman who started it all, the founder of nursing and Lady with the Lamp — Florence Nightingale! May 12, 2020 marked Nightingale’s 200th birthday.

No. 2 on your list of favorite famous nurses is one of the most honored women in American history, the founder of the American Red Cross — Clara Barton!

National Nurses Week - favorite famous nurses

No. 3 on your list is a fictional nurse who worked in Mobile Army Surgical Hospital on the show M*A*S*H — Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan!

National Nurses Week - favorite famous nurses

No. 4 on your list is another TV nurse on the popular series E.R. — Carol Hathaway!

No. 4 on your list of favorite famous nurses list was a another fictional nurse, this time from the show Scrubs — Carla Espinosa!

National Nurses Week - favorite famous nurses

No. 6 on your list of favorite famous nurses list was a tie between Mary Breckinridge, who helped establish neonatal and childhood medical care systems in the U.S. and Dorothea Dix, who is best known for her efforts on behalf of the mentally ill across the country.

National Nurses Week - favorite famous nurses

No. 7 on your list of favorite famous nurses was a tie between Mary Eliza Mahoney, the first African-American licensed nurse, and Mary Jane Seacole, who is best known for setting up the “British Hotel” to care for wounded soldiers during the Crimean War.

National Nurses Week - favorite famous nurses

These nurses, both real and fictional, made an impact on nurses respondents to our survey.

Now, find out how which medical TV shows you voted for in our National Nurses Week Digital edition!

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