Random Nursing Trivia
On average, how many steps does a nurse take in a single shift?
17,000-23,000!
The liquid portion of blood is called
Plasma
What are three ways to stop the spread of COVID-19?
1. Wash your hands!
2. Social Distance!
3. Mask up!
These nurses work with neonates and children up to adolescence. Typically in an in-patient hospital or day-clinic.
Pediatric nurse
When did the earliest references to nursing throughout history start?
1. 250 BC
2. 50 AD
3. 1096 AD
4. 1532 AD
250 BC
India, the ruler Ashoka, built a series of pillars with decrees inscribed in them. One of the decrees stated that hospitals should be built alongside traveling routes. It stated these hospitals should be "well provided with instruments and medicine" by skillful physicians and nurses. This is one of the first recorded references to nursing as a profession.
What percent of professional nurses are male?
10%
What covers your body surfaces, lines body cavities and makes up most gland tissue?
Epithelial cells
What are two campus resources you can use if you need help with school?
1. Library
2. Academic Success Center
These are nurses who work in a specialty area concerned with the care of adult patients in a broad range of settings.
MedSurg Nurse
Which famous American writer volunteered as a nurse in the Civil War?
1. Emily Dickenson
2. Walt Whitman
3. Mark Twain
4. Ernest Hemingway
Walt Whitman
Nursing is consistently named the most _ profession
Trusted
What is the voltage measured across the muscle cell? Include number and unit!
-90mV
How many squirrels are on Brockport's campus?
WAY TOO MANY
These nurses are specialized in care of the cancer patient.
Oncology Nurse
Which of these renowned American women disguised themselves as a man to be a nurse for smallpox patients?
1. Martha "Calamity Jane" Jane Cannary
2. Susan B. Anthony
3. Jane Addams
4. Annie Oakley
Martha "Calamity Jane" Jane Cannary
What percentage of nurses work in hospitals?
60%
What are the alternating light and dark bands exhibited by skeletal muscle known as?
Striation
Name two ways you can be proactive when you are struggling with school??
These are advanced practice nurses who administer anesthesia for surgeries or other medical procedures.
CRNA
Florence Nightingale made her name working as a nurse during which war?
1. Bhutan War
2. Madhist War
3. Crimean War
4. Anglo-Persian War
Crimean War
How many nurses are estimated to be needed by 2025?
700,000 more, or 3.5 million total!
What are the two major divisions of the cardiovascular system?
Pulmonary circuit and systemic circuit
What are two buildings located near the library?
Allen, Tuttle, Liberal Arts Building
These are advanced practice nurses who are skilled in delivering babies and caring for new mothers.
Nurse midwife
When was the first American nursing school founded?
1. 1816
2. 1833
3. 1859
4. 1873
1873
The school was Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing, founded in 1873 based on Florence Nightingale's principles.