Nurse Life
Keeps many nurses functioning during long shifts
coffee/caffiene
Beeps when a patient needs assistance
call light
"BP"
blood pressure
badge
checks blood pressure automatically
vital machine
"PRN"
as needed
nurses workload counts these (in addition to hours)
patients
alarm that goes off at the worst times
IV pump
"NPO"
nothing by mouth
name of the report given during shift change
handoff
impossible to find during busy shift
working pen
"STAT"
immediately
something nurses rarely get enough of during a shift
break
area nurses hope stays quiet all night
Emergency Dept
"RN"
registered nurse