Generation Talk
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Mayo History
100

Another term for the Gen Y generation.

What are Millennials?

100

This type of diuretic can be given both PO and IV. 

Furosemide

100

This catastrophic event changed airport security forever. 

What is 9/11?

100

The first mass vaccination of children occured in 1954 against this disease, in 1994 it was officially eradicated in the US. 

What is polio?

100

This decade brought 12-hour shifts to Intensive Care Nurses at Rochester's Methodist Hospital. 

What is 1980? - 1982

200

This generation started when WW2 ended. 

What is Baby Boomer?

200

This sedation medication approved for use in 1977 can sometimes turn urine green. 

What is propofol?
200
This famous doll had its debut in 1959. 
What is Barbie?
200

This type of device was introduced by Cardiologists in 1962, it is helpful in increasing myocardial perfusion and reducing afterload. 

What is an Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump?

200

In 2003, Mayo Clinic began using this new type of medical record. 

What is electronic medical record? 

300

This generation is the first generation that didn't have to endure dial-up internet. 

What is Generation Z? 

300

This broad-spectrum antibiotic has been around since 1955!

Vancomycin

300
The Baby Boomer generation had an official increase to this type of wage- from 40 cents to 75 cents. 

What is minimum wage?

300
In 1999, this state was the first to mandate nurse to patient ratios. 

What is California?

300

Before Mayo Clinic Health System-Mankato, this hospital used to be called this. 

What is Immanuel-St.Joseph Hospital?

400

This generation holds the largest number of people in the workforce.

What is Millenials?
400

This class of medication combats cholesterol and were approved for use in 1987

What are statins?

400

In 1963, MLK Jr. delivered his famous "I Have A Dream" speech on the steps of this famous landmark in Washington D.C. 

What is the Lincoln Memorial?

400
In 1963, this association, still around today, was the first to campaign against cigarettes. 

What is the American Heart Association?

400

In 2024, MCHS-Mankato completed the construction of the bed tower adding this many beds. 

What are 121 beds.

500

This generation was the first generation to grow up with MTV. 

What is Generation X?
500
1962 brought us this medication that is used for both sedation and analgesia. 

Ketamine

500

These types of programs were enacted in 1965, providing healthcare access to the poor and elderly. 

What are Medicaid and Medicare?

500

This type of blood test measures a protein that was discovered to be a predictor of someone's chance of heart disease. 

What is CRP?

500

The decade in which Mayo Clinic nurses were allowed to wear scrubs.

What is the 1990s? -1996

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