Abbreviations
As Needed
PRN
This PPE item is removed first.
Gloves
Fastest route of medication absorption
IV
Founded the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
Four times a day
QID
N95 respirator
Medication utilized for pain and fever
Tylenol
This war is often credited with increasing the recognition of nursing as a profession
Civil War
Drip
Gtt
This DME item provides support and reduces the risk of falls in weak or elderly patients.
Gait belt
Beta blockers should be held when the pulse is below how many beats per minute.
60bpm
The name for a nurse who specializes in working with the elderly
Gerontological Nurse
Triiodothyronine
T3
This DME device supports proper foot positioning and reduces plantar flexion contractures.
Ankle-foot orthosis (AFO)
This lab value must be checked regularly in patients taking warfarin to ensure therapeutic anticoagulation.
INR
This country was the first to recognize nurses as a profession
France
Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
NSTEMI
DME used postoperative to passively move a joint through a controlled range of motion without patient effort.
Continuous Passive Motion (CPM) Device
This electrolyte must be monitored closely in patients taking loop diuretics such as furosemide.
Potassium
This nation has the largest nursing workforce globally
United States