Significant Figures
This nurse founded the American Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton?
This is the number of nurses that served in World War II.
What is 78,000?
On average, the nurse walks how many miles in a 12 hour shift?
This is a normal heart rate.
ADL
What is activities of daily living?
This nurse shaped the industry in the Crimean War. She started handwashing, fresh air, and cleaning tools between uses.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
Bellevue City hospital was established in 1873. What purpose did it serve?
What is the first nursing school established?
This is the most commonly reported work-related injury by nurses.
What is back pain?
What is ice?
NPO
What is nothing by mouth?
This American poet and essayist was a volunteer nurse during the civil war.
Who is Walt Whitman?
This was the year the first national nurses week was recognized
What is 1954?
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this is the median pay for a nurse.
What is $35.24?
This is an average core body temperature.
What is 98.6?
WNL
Within normal limits
This person was the first African American nurse.
Who is Mary Eliza Mahoney?
This was the year the American Nurse Association was established
What is 1911?
This percent of nurses work in the inpatient setting
What is 60%?
Hives are evidence of this
What is an allergic reaction?
AC
Before meals
This nurse created the "From Novice to expert" nursing theory.
Who is Patricia Benner?
This man established an early course for nursing students in 1798.
Who is Valentine Seaman?
There are ___x more nurses in the workforce than there are physicians
What is 4x?
This nerve is compressed when a patient has carpal tunnel syndrome
DNR
Do not resuscitate