| A | B |
| Client/patient | Person who receives healthcare |
| caduceus | modern symbol of medicine |
| Greeks | established centers halled hostels or hospitals for care of sick |
| Hippocrates | born in 460 BC. proposed physical assessment and medical ethics |
| holistic health care | caring for the whole person |
| Phoebe | Roman matron known as the first deaconess and visiting nurse |
| Fabiola | First free hospital |
| Saint Marcella | taught nursing skills in her home |
| Saint Paula | established inns and hospitals to care for sick |
| Saint Helena | first gerontology facility |
| Knights Hospitaliers | males who conducted nursing care during the Crusades |
| Maltese Cross | symbol of the Nightengale School |
| dark ages of nurses | 1500-1800 nursing care carried on by prisoners and prostitutes |
| Fliedner | esablished Kaiserwerth School of Nursing in Germany |
| Florence Nightengale | provided nurisng care during the Crimean War |
| Nightengale's Definition of Nursing | puts the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him |
| Pittsburg Infirmary | first real school of nurisng in the US |
| Dorothea Lynde Dix | Supertindent of Female Nurses in the Civil War |
| Clara Barton | Founded the American Red Cross |
| Melinda Ann Richards | first trained nurse in the US |
| Lillian Wald | founder of public health in the US |
| Mary Mahoney | first African American graduate nurse |
| Ballard School | first Practical Nursing school |
| National Association of Practical Nurse Education and Service | group dedicated to improvement of practical/vocational education |
| Mississippi | first state to license practical nurses |
| World War II | men actively recruited to nursing in the US |
| insignia | distinguishing badge of authority or honor |
| trends in nursing | higher acuity, autonomy, lifestyle factors and greater life expectency |
| Nightingale principle | the nurse should be healthy in mind and body |
| mythical Greek god of healing | Aesculaplus |