Fundamentals
Body temperature is 36.5-37.2 degrees Celsius.
What is normal body temperature?
This nurse became known as “ The Lady with the Lamp” during the Crimean War.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
This respiratory assessment technique involves listening to lung sounds with a stethoscope.
What is auscultation?
This identification method requires using patient name and date of birth (DOB).
What are two patient identifiers?
This vital sign is measured in breaths per minute and normally ranges 12-20 in adults.
What is respiratory rate?
This war helped shape modern nursing practices and hospital sanitation.
What is the Crimean War? Mortality rated dropped dramatically after sanitation improvements.
This oxygen measurement is commonly checked using a finger probe.
What is oxygen saturation (SpO2)?
This safety action helps prevent falls when assisting a weak patient to walk.
What is a gait belt and or walker?
This is the most effective way to prevent the spread of infection.
What is hand hygiene?
The first formal nursing school opened in 1860, in this city.
What is London? It was established by FLorence Nightingale at St. Thomas’ Hospital.
This pulse is commonly palpated on the thumb side of the wrist.
What is radial pulse?
A patient with oxygen saturation of 88% may be experiencing this condition.
What is hypoxemia?
This type of communication involves paraphrasing what the patient says to show understanding.
What is active listening?
This Canadian nurse became famous during WW2 for battlefield bravery.
Who is Edith Cavell? She helped ALlied soldiers escape during the war.
The normal adult resting heart rate is between this range of beats per minute.
What is 60-100 beats per min?
This breath sound often heard in pneumonia, sounds like popping or crackling.
What are crackles?
This position places the patient sitting upright at a 90 degree angle and helps with breathing.
What is high Fowler’s position?
Before modern thermometers, nursessometimes assessed fever by placing this on the patient’s forehead.
What is the back of the hand?
This term describes a heart rate less than 60 beats per minute.
What is bradycardia?
A patient with swelling in the ankles that leaves an indentation when pressed has this condition.
What is pitting edema?