Whose life hasn't been touched by the highly skilled and compassionate care of a nurse? Some say it's more than a profession: it's a calling. This cache is in honor of all the nurses who have touched our lives and saved our lives. As you do the research to complete the puzzle, enjoy learning about the lives and accomplishments of these nurses from history.
For this puzzle, first fill in the blank on the right with the name that fits the description on the left. Choose from the following names: Florence Nightingale, Clara Barton, Dorothea Dix, Mary Breckinridge, Margaret Hoolihan, Mary Eliza Mahoney, Calamity Jane, Margaret Sanger, Linda Richards, Anna Maxwell, Sharon Ann Lane, Hazel Johnson-Brown, Claire Bertschinger, Camillus de Lellis.
Nursed miners with small pox 1.__________________________________________________
Birth control activist 2..__________________________________________________
"The Lady with the Lamp" 3.__________________________________________________
Her work inspired the concert "Live Aid" 4._________________________________________________
A nurse, and patron saint of nurses 5.__________________________________________________
1st professionally-trained African American nurse 6. _________________________________________________
Founded the Frontier Nursing Service in KY 7. __________________________________________________
Only nurse killed by direct enemy fire in VietNam 8._________________________________________________
Advocate for the indigent mentally ill 9. __________________________________________________
"The American Florence Nightingale" 10.___________________________________________________
First professionally-trained American nurse 11.___________________________________________________
Founded the American Red Cross 12. ____________________________________________________
First black chief of the US Army Nursing Corps 13. ____________________________________________________
Now, once you have filled in the blanks above, use the information you gathered to discover the actual physical coordinates for this cache:
N 42 0A.0BC W 71 1D.00E
A = number of letters in last name of nurse 11.
B = number of letters in first name of nurse 7.
C= number of letters in middle name of nurse 8.
D= Number of letters in first name of nurse 12.
E = number of letters in first name of nurse 9.
Congratulations! Have fun finding the cache. There is a small token for the FTF, and quite a bit of themed swag.