Nursing Terminology
What is a normal temperature called?
What is afebrile?
Biggest side effect of opioid pain medication use that the patient does not become tolerant to.
What is constipation?
To prevent heat loss newborns need to wear?
What is a cap?
What is used to inspect lice in a patient's hair?
What is gloves and comb?
The founder of modern nursing?
Florence Nightingale
Short periods when breathing has ceased
What is Apnoea?
The first thing the nurse watches for in a patient on opioids?
What is sedation?
What is MET call criteria for blood pressure?
Systolic blood pressure <90
Patient's who are immobile are at risk for?
What is impaired skin integrity?
What is pressure areas?
How many Olympic rings are there?
5
Heart rate lower than 60
What is bradycardia?
The assessment tool used to show a visual of pain level
What is Wong- Baker Faces pain scale?
What is FLACC pain scale?
(FLACC - The acronym FLACC stands for Face,Legs, Activity, Cry and Consolability) USED FOR PAEDS
To determine central blood circulation and circulation of blood to the brain the nurse would check which pulse?
What is the carotid pulse?
Patients with diabetes have frequent foot ulcers which are a precursor to what?
What is amputation?
Who is Tom Hanks friend in the movie Castaway?
Wilson
Blood in the urine
What is Haematuria?
Patients a risk of adverse affects of opioid medications
What is anyone with breathing/ lung problems?
In what patients would you use oxygen cautiously in?
What is COPD patients?
What is CO2 retainers?
Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy can lead to what types of problems in cancer patients?
What is oral problems?
mouth ulcers/ dry mouths
Which direction does water flow down drains in the Northern hemisphere?
What is Anti-clockwise?
Inability to breath or difficulty breathing whilst laying down
What is orthopnea?
Implementing interventions based on scientific rationale is known as?
What is evidenced based practice?
Where would you quickly measure a patient's oxygen saturation who has peripheral vascular disease?
What is the ear lobe?
The term for extremely bad breath is known as what?
What is halitosis?
How many dimples on a golf ball?
336