Fundamentals
Basic unit of life and the building block of tissues and organs.
What is a cell?
What is the term used to describe bleeding (mostly internal) from a ruptured blood vessel?
What is a hemorrhage?
hepat/o
What is liver?
What are the 2 specialties nurses work in abbreviated NICU?
What is Neuro Intensive Care Unit and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit?
About how many inches does your hair grow each year?
What is 6 inches?
Typically the influenza vaccine is administered via what route?
- Intramuscularly (in the muscle)
- Subcutaneously (in the fat)
- Intravenously (in the vein)
What is intramuscularly?
A woman's body normally ovulates around what day in a normal 30-day cycle?
What is Day 14
-itis
What is inflammation?
Term for a nurse who specializes in caring for patients with cancer?
What is oncology/ oncology nurse?
What is the term code Brown commonly used for?
What is when a patient has recently passed a large load of bowel movement
A heart rate between 60 to 100 beats per minute is considered ..
What is normal? / WNL
The pectoralis major muscle is located in which general area of the body?
What is the chest?
Term for running of the nose or runny nose.
What is rhinorrhea?
Primary duty of a nurse midwife?
What is assisting in childbirth and providing prenatal and postpartum care?
At what age do babies normally begin to shed tears?
What is one month?
When helping move a patient from bed to chair, this is the part of the body best to use to prevent back injury.
What are the legs/ leg muscles?
In what type of operation, performed over 500,000 times a year in the US, is the vasa deferentia either cut and tied, or sealed?
What is a vasectomy?
Fill in the blank. Surgical removal of the tonsils. Tonsill__
What is -ectomy? (Tonsillectomy)
What is the term for the medical specialty that deals with the care of the elderly?
At how many weeks in the womb does a fetus begin to grow fingernails?
What is 12 weeks?
A patient is receiving medication through their IV. Moments later, they start to break out in hives. What is happening?
What is an allergic reaction?/ What is a drug allergy?
What structure is responsible for making enzymes that detoxify substances we ingest?
What is the liver?
Condition of a slow heart
What is bradycardia?
What does the acronym LVN stand for?
Licensed Vocational Nurse
- LVNs receive training in basic nursing skills, such as taking vital signs, administering medications, and assisting with basic patient care.
-hint: our last speaker mentioned this ;)
What is a B-52 ?