Fundamentals
This stands for CPR
What is cardiopulmonary resuscitation?
This is the largest organ of the human body
What is the skin?
The basic unit of all life forms
What is a cell?
Fats, lipids, and proteins
What are macronutrients?
The specialty that has to do with the heart
What is Cardiology?
This term refers to the act of bathing a patient in bed.
What is a bed bath?
This long bone in the upper arm connects the shoulder to the elbow.
What is the humerus?
The primary gas that is inhaled, and is transported by the blood
What is oxygen?
The building blocks of proteins
What are amino acids?
The specialty that has to do with the lungs.
When is Pulmonology?
The best way to prevent the spread of infection
What is hand hygiene?
The name of the female reproductive organ where a fetus grows and develops.
This involuntary muscle found in the heart is responsible for pumping blood throughout the body.
What is cardiac muscle?
Female adolescents are prone to this deficiency
What is iron deficiency?
What might a Labor and delivery (L&D) nurse recognize as a sign of false labor?
Correct answer(s) / any 1 of the bellow is accepted:
▪ False labor does not produce dilation, effacement, or descent.
▪ Contractions are irregular, without progression.
▪ Activity, such as walking, often relieves false labor.
This drains and collects urine from the bladder
What is a catheter?
This organ stores bile produced by the liver and releases it to aid in digestion.
What is the gallbladder?
The process by which a cell divides into two identical daughter cells
What is mitosis?
A vitamin that is synthesized by UV exposure
What is vitamin D?
Imaging that can be performed by the nurse to view the amount of urine present in the bladder?
What is a Bladder Scan?
This acronym is used to remember the steps to take in the event of a fire: R.A.C.E.
What is Rescue, Alarm, Contain, Extinguish?
This outermost layer of the skin is composed of dead cells filled with keratin.
What is the epidermis?
Discovered by Alexander Fleming, this antibiotic is derived from a type of mold
A vitamin that supports immune function, collagen synthesis, and promotes wound healing
Name the four valves of the heart
What is tricuspid valve, the bicuspid (mitral) valve, the pulmonic and the aortic valve?