She is considered the first philosopher of nursing. Wrote the first books on Modern nursing and is known as "the Lady with the Lamp" because of her efforts during the Crimean war.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
100
Used for listening to heart, bowel, and lung sounds. And by the way it's not used just by a doctor!!
What is a stethoscope?
100
Do your fingers hurt? They should they have these in them.
What are nails?
100
Composed of red and white cells not to mention some iron and oxygen and a few other vital components.
What is the blood?
200
General education classes plus anatomy, physiology, microbiology, psychology, and sociology.
What is classes students need to take to get into nursing school.
200
Volunteer nurse during the Civil War. Best know as the wife of the 16th president.
Who is Mary Todd Lincoln?
200
Oh so comfy! But really they are not pajamas. Just really loose and comfortable pants and tops.
What are scrubs?
200
These three bones sound like something you would find in the garage not in the ear. They are the smallest bones in the body.
Bonus point if you can name the technical name.
What are the hammer, anvil and stirrup? or
Malleus, Incus and stapes
200
Some wear it on lanyards others clip it on scrub shirts. It not only identifies who I am but allows me entrance into restricted areas like the operating room, the emergency department and the nursery where the newborn babies are cared for.
What is a name badge?
300
Presently there are 104 of them in nursing.
What is the number of specialties in nursing?
300
By the 1980's nurses had stopped wearing this. Originally it was used to demonstrate modesty. Later it was used to keep the hair up and off the face. Lastly it is used to differentiate the nurses school.
Mine is white with red and black trim.
Oh, men did not wear this.
What is nursing cap?
300
This has been replaced by the computer and tablet as the preferred method to "chart" and "document" what the patient did, how they are doing and how they feel. It was first patented in 1888.
What is the ball-point pen.
300
Do you hear drumming in your ears? You should you have these in them.
What is ear drum?
300
Made from calcined gypsum first found in Paris. It is also known as plaster of Paris. It is still used for splints but not so much for casts.
What is plaster?
400
This nurse puts people to sleep when they are having surgery.
What is nurse anesthetist?
400
The world's first school of nursing founded in India apx. 250 bc. It only accepted these students because they were the only ones considered "pure" enough to become nurses.
What are men?
400
As a flight nurse I use a device no other nurse does. It takes me and my critically ill patient from one place to the next and is set up like a (very) small intensive care unit! Usually there isn't even a doctor on board! It's a great job but if you don't like to fly...it may not be for you.
What is an air plane?
400
It's the strongest bone in the body.
What is femur?
400
Made of 95% water and 5% dissolved or suspended solids such as urea, calcium, sodium, and potassium. The kidneys filter the blood of its' waste products producing this.
What is a urine?
500
This nurse may not see patients but is considered the most knowledgeable about caring for patients.
What is doctorate of nursing practice?
500
Phoebie is considered the first known nurse. She is first mentioned in this book, Romans 16:1.
What is the Bible?
500
The technique of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation began in 1740. 1903 was the first reported success of chest compression's. In 1966 the two practices were brought together and refined as what we know as this.
What is CPR?
500
The nervous system is comprised of two parts the central- the brain and the spinal cord and the peripheral consisting of these "parts".
What is the autonomic and somatic?
Bonus if you can tell me the two parts of the autonomic
500
I use this before and after I see every patient. Before and after meals, before and after I use the bathroom, before and after assisting with surgeries. On some occasions I can use hand sanitizes instead of this basic molecule.