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- Florence Nightingale, the most famous nurse in modern history, was only a nurse for three years of her life
- James Derham in 1783 was a black slave who worked as a nurse, which eventually paid for his freedom. He then moved to Philadelphia and became a doctor
- In poor countries, there is 1 psychiatric nurse to every 1,000,000 psychiatric patients
- Nepal has the lowest ratio of nurses per capita in the world. The highest is in Finland
- The first nursing school dates back to 250 B.C, and was founded in India
- In olden times, male nurses were only found in organizations such as The Teutonic Knights, the Knights of Lazarus and the Knights Hospitalers (founded in 1119)
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