List of nurses

List of prominent nurses

A-D

• Saint Alda (died c. 1309), Italian Catholic saint
• Moyra Allen, helped develop the McGill Model of Nursing
• Sir Jonathan Asbridge was the first president of the UK's Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Charles Atangana (1880–1943), paramount chief of the Ewondo and Bane in Cameroon
• Anne Baker, British author
• Ann A. Bernatitus, one of the Angels of Bataan — USN nurses in the Philippines in WW2
• Clara Barton (1821–1912), organized the American Red Cross
• Christine Beasley CBE (born 1944), Chiefing Nursing Officer for England
• Claire Bertschinger Swiss-British nurse who inspired the Band Aid charity movement
• Mary Ann Bickerdyke (1817–1901), nurse during the American Civil War known as "Mother Bickerdyke"
• Jo Brand (born 1957), British comedian
• Elsa Brändström (1888–1948), Swedish World War I Red Cross nurse in Siberia
• Vivian Bullwinkel who survived the Banka Island massacre and celebrated by the Australian Service Nurses Memorial
• Vice Admiral Richard Carmona (born 1949), Surgeon General of the United States
• Dr Peter Carter OBE, British nurse and general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing
• Anne Casey, New Zealand-born British nurse who developed Casey's model of nursing
• Edith Cavell (1865–1915), heroine of World War I
• Dame June Clark, Professor at University of Swansea
• Cubah Cornwallis (d. 1848), Jamaican nurse and "doctoress" who treated Nelson and William IV when they were stationed in the West Indies.
• Marion Dewar (born 1928), was mayor of Ottawa and a member of the Parliament
• Sister Dora (1832–1878), British 19th century nurse
• Ellen Dougherty (1844–1919), the first Registered Nurse
• Diane Duane (born 1952) American science fiction and fantasy author

E-L

• Sarah Emma Edmundson (1841–1898), Canadian-American author who served with the Union Army in the American Civil War
• Queen Fabiola of Belgium (born 1928)
• Florence Farmborough (1887–1978), British nurse who kep diaries of her service during World War I as a Red Cross nurse with the Imperial Russian army
• Ethel Gordon Fenwick (1856–1947), British nurse who campaigned for a law limiting nursing to "registered" nurses only
• Erna Flegel (born 1903), Adolf Hitler's nurse
• Genevieve de Galard, French nurse during the French war in Indochina
• Abigail Hopper Gibbons (1801–1893), Abolitionist activist during the American Civil War
• Cornelia Hancock (1839–1926), American Civil War nurse
• Virginia Henderson (1897–1996), American nurse theorist
• Lucille Hegamin (1894–1970), blues recording artist
• Lenah Higbee (1874–1941), pioneering U.S. Navy nurse during World War I
• Dame Agnes Hunt (1867–1948), British Orthopaedic Nursing pioneer
• Alberta Hunter (1895–1984), jazz singer
• Dame Betty Kershaw, Professor at Sheffield
• Lanike, Alexander the Great's nurse
• Daurene Lewis, Canadian. First black woman mayor in North America
• Mary Todd Lincoln (1818–1882), volunteer nurse during the American Civil War
• Kate Lorig, Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine
• Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson, Revolutionary War Nurse. Mother of Andrew Jackson, 7th U.S. President.

M-R

• Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897–1965)
• Mary Eliza Mahoney (1845–1946), first professionally trained African-American nurse
• Sophie Mannerheim (1863–1928), pioneer of modern nursing in Finland
• Anna Maxwell (1851–1929), U.S. Army nurse whose activities were crucial to the growth of professional nursing in America
• Jean McFarlane, Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff
• Louisa McLaughlin (1836–1921), one of the first British Red Cross nurses, served in two wars
• Anne Milton (born 1955), British Member of Parliament
• Naomi Mitchison (1897–1999), British novelist and poet
• Jeannine Moquin-Perry, Canadian religious and political activist
• Sarah Mullally (born 1962) British Chief Nursing Officer and priest
• Florence Nightingale (1820–1910), pioneer of modern nursing
• Emma Maria Pearson (1828–93), writer and one of the first British Red Cross nurses, served in two wars
• Jill Pettis, New Zealand Member of Parliament
• Lynne Pillay, New Zealand Member of Parliament
• Kerry Prendergast, Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand
• Tom Quinn, influential UK Professor of Cardiac nursing
• Claire Rayner (born 1931), British journalist, agony aunt and activist
• Linda Richards (1841–1930), America's first professionally trained nurse
• Isabel Hampton Robb, helped develop early programs of nursing education
• Elaine Roe, U.S. Army nurse, one of the first four women to be awarded the Silver Star

S-Z

• Margaret Sanger (1879–1966), founder of the "birth control movement" in America
• Dame Cicely Saunders, British hospice pioneer
• Lynda Scott, New Zealand Member of Parliament
• Mary Seacole (1805–1881), Jamaican British nurse in the Crimean War known as "the black Florence Nightingale"
• Nigar Shikhlinskaya (1871–1931), first Azerbaijani nurse
• Mabel Keaton Staupers (1890–1989), Advocate for racial equality in the nursing profession during era of American segregation.
• Margaretta Styles (1930–2005), American advocate for standardization of nursing credentials, University of California, San Francisco Nursing School dean, past president of the American Nurses Association and International Council of Nurses
• Adah Belle Samuels Thoms (1870–1943), pioneering African American rights activist, who fought for African American nurses to be permitted to serve in the US armed forces
• Sally Louisa Tompkins (1833–1916) humanitarian and philanthropist during the American Civil War
• Harriet Tubman (1820–1913), African American freedom fighter and Abolitionist activist
• Lillian Wald (1867–1940), regarded as the "founder of visiting nursing in America"
• Walt Whitman (1819–1892), American poet, American Civil War nurse

  NursingNCLEXNursing schoolDiploma in NursingAssociate of Science in NursingBachelor of Science in NursingMaster of Science in NursingDoctor of Nursing PracticeNurse Licensure CompactNursing credentials and certificationsAmbulatory careCardiacCritical careEmergencyFaith communityFlightGeriatricsHolistic nursingHome healthHyperbaricLegal nurse consultantMaternal-childMedical-surgicalMidwiferyMilitary practiceNeonatalNurse educatorNursing managementObstetricsOccupational healthOncologyOrthopedicsPalliative care PediatricsPerianesthesiaPerioperativePsychiatry and mental healthPrivate duty nursingPublic health School nursingSpace nursingWOCNNursing processNursing assessmentNursing diagnosisNursing care planNursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS)NANDANursing Outcomes ClassificationNursing Interventions ClassificationUnlicensed assistive personnelBullying in nursingNursing theoryTimeline of nursing historyNurse-led clinicMen in nursingNurse stereotypesList of nursing organizationsNursing journalsList of nursesNurse-client relationshipNursing credentials and certificationsEvidence-based nursingNursing research Levels of Practice Clinical nurse specialistNurse midwifeNurse practitionerNurse anesthetist Generalists Licensed practical nurse Registered nurse Clinical nurse leader Advanced Practice Nurse education and licensure Specialties and areas of practice Nursing process Nursing classification systems Miscellaneous