Famous Nurses
The Crimean War nurse that brought about changes to prevent further infection in the soldiers hospitalized.
Who is Florence Nightengale?
This is a tool useful at home and in the hospital to measure a body temperature.
What is a thermometer?
When you sprain your ankle or wrist, the item you are most likely to use on it first.
What is an ice pack?
Always carry this is your pockets.
What are pens and a sharpie?
Something you might where on your head in the operating room or on a bad hair day.
What is a surgical cap?
In 1862 this little known nurse traveled Beaufort, South Carolina to be a nurse and a teacher.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This is given high, hot and a hell of a lot.
What is a soap suds enema?
I have a fever or a headache, but I am pregnant, what would you recommend after the first 12 weeks?
What is Acetaminophen?
I saw a doctor berating a nurse in front of a pt. and I know that is wrong.
What is treat others how you want to be treated?
I wear it under my scrubs to absorb sweat and keep warm on cool days.
What is an undershirt or tee?
This famous poet served as a volunteer nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War.
Who is Walt Whitman?
I am found in the pocket of almost every trauma nurse.
What is trauma shears?
My face droops on one side, my speech is slurred and I am weak. What am I to do?
What is call 911 for a possible stroke?
Document, document, document!
What is the best way to make sure it is accurate and timely and tells the story?
These make my legs less swollen at the end of the day.
What are compression socks?
The first licensed African American nurse as well as one of the first African American women registered to vote.
Who is Mary Eliza Mahoney?
You can never find one when you need it or the doctor has walked off with it!
What is a pen/sharpie?
I am nauseated and have had a stomach bug, what should I eat?
What is a BRATT diet?
I use this to keep me organized and know what I am doing with each of my patients throughout the day.
What is a report sheet?
I am the color royal blue and have a logo on the shirt, what am I?
What are the HCA nursing scrubs?
Name the nurse that urged Tarek El Moussa of Flip or Flop to get checked for Thyroid cancer.
Who is Ryan Read?
I hang around your neck and in today's nursing does not get near as much use.
What is a stethoscope?
I have a rash and it itches, what can I do?
What is cool compress, don't scratch, Benadryl cream or pills? Any of the things to help will count.
I don't know how to do something and I need to learn it. I need to make sure I understand it and jot it down to refer back to.
What is ask questions, there are none that are stupid and reminds me the next time I go to do it.
I am freezing and want to stay warm.
What is a jacket that is approved for nursing with the appropriate logo?