Pharmacology
This route of medication administration bypasses the GI tract and includes IV, IM, and subcutaneous injections.
What is Parenteral?
This position is recommended to prevent aspiration in a patient receiving tube feedings.
What is Fowler's or Semi Fowler's?
This electrolyte imbalance is most likely in a patient with renal failure.
This defense mechanism involves returning to an earlier stage of development when faced with stress.
What is Regression?
This holiday plant is often hung in doorways, and tradition says you should kiss underneath it.
What is Mistletoe?
This class of drugs lowers blood pressure by blocking beta receptors in the heart.
What are Beta Blockers?
This is the first action a nurse should take when discovering a patient without a pulse.
What is Initiate CPR?
This condition is characterized by chest pain relieved by rest or nitroglycerin.
What is Angina Pectoris?
This is a therapeutic response when a patient says, “I feel hopeless and don’t want to go on.”
What is “Tell me more about how you’re feeling” (open-ended, empathetic communication)?
This holiday decoration originated in Germany, where people would place fruit, nuts, and candles on evergreen branches before it evolved into what we know today.
What is the Christmas Tree?
These two types of medication administration are the slowest acting.
What is Topical and Oral?
This type of precaution is required for a patient with tuberculosis.
What are Airborne Precautions?
This lab value must be monitored closely in a patient receiving heparin therapy.
What is aPTT?
PTT=Heparin
INR=Coumadin/Warfarin
This disorder is characterized by hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech, and impaired reality testing.
What is Schizophrenia?
In this animated holiday film, a train takes children to the North Pole on Christmas Eve.
What is The Polar Express
This anticoagulant requires monitoring of INR levels and has vitamin K as its antidote.
What is Coumadin/Warfarin?
This principle ensures patient information is kept private and secure.
This type of ulcer is caused by prolonged pressure on the skin.
What is a Pressure Ulcer?
This is the nurse’s priority action when a patient is pacing, shouting, and appears increasingly agitated.
What is Ensure Safety by reducing stimuli and using de-escalation techniques?
This holiday song was originally written for Thanksgiving, not Christmas, and was first published in 1857.
What is Jingle Bells?
This common pain reliever is also an antipyretic and is safe for most patients, but can cause liver toxicity if taken in high doses.
What is Tylenol?
This pulse site is checked before administering digoxin.
What is Apical Pulse
This is the priority nursing intervention for a patient experiencing hypoglycemia.
What is Administer Fat Acting Carbohydrate (juice, glucose)
This medication class is commonly prescribed for depression and includes fluoxetine and sertraline
What are SSRIs? (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors)
This holiday drink, often made with milk, cream, sugar, and eggs, is sometimes served with rum or brandy.
What is eggnog?