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TITANIC Honors All Nurses
- Start:
- May 1, 2022 @ 12:00 am
- End:
- May 31, 2022 @ 12:00 am
TITANIC Museum Attraction honors all nurses during the month of May. All nurses receive complimentary admission to the TITANIC Museum throughout the month. Reservations are required and a valid Nurse ID or badge must be presented for admission.
Did You Know?
In honor of all nurses, here’s a little Titanic trivia for everyone…
How many nurses were on board the Titanic?
There were 7 confirmed Nurses & Future Nurses on Titanic:
- Violet Jessop: Served as a nurse on the hospital ship Britannic during WWI
- Caroline Endres: Trained nurse who served as the nursemaid of Madeleine Astor
- Susan Ryerson: Later trained and served as a bacteriologist during WWI
- Evelyn Marsden: Trained nurse who boarded Titanic as a Stewardess
- Elizbeth Burns: Trained nurse who served as the nursemaid of Robert Spedden
- Edith Pears: Served as a nurse and drove an ambulance for the British Red Cross during WWI
- Lucy Ridsdale: Trained nurse who had worked in a nursing home
How many of the nurses survived?
All 7 of the Nurses listed above survived.
Where was a hospital room on Titanic?
There was one main hospital for passengers in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Class, located near the middle of the starboard side of D Deck. It included an infectious hospital that had a separate ventilation system for quarantine needs. The crew had its own hospital on C Deck.
There were no actual surgeries performed on the ship.
- Start:
- May 1, 2022 @ 12:00 am
- End:
- May 31, 2022 @ 12:00 am
Event Details
- Start:
- May 1, 2022 @ 12:00 am
- End:
- May 31, 2022 @ 12:00 am
Location:
- TITANIC Museum Attraction
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2134 Parkway
Pigeon Forge, TN 37863 + Google Map