The A and the P
Largest organ of the human body
Skin
Prefix "brady-" combined with "-cardia" indicates this clinical finding in a patient’s heart rate.
Slow heart rate (less than 60 bpm)
This practice, pioneered by Ignaz Semmelweis and championed by Florence Nightingale, remains the single most effective way to prevent the spread of infection.
Hand Hygiene
If a prescription orders 1 gram of a medication, it is equivalent to this many milligrams.
1,000 mg
This type of medication is completely ineffective against viral infections like influenza or the common cold.
Antibiotics
Longest and strongest bone of the human body
Meaning of NPO
"Nothing by Mouth"
In patient prioritization, this three-letter acronym tells a nurse to check a patient's...
ABCs (Airway, Breathing, Circulation)
If a liquid medication is concentrated at 250 mg per 5 mL, this is the volume required to administer a 500 mg dose.
10 mL
This term refers to an infection that a patient acquires while receiving treatment in a healthcare facility.
Nosocomial infection (or healthcare-associated infection/HAI)
Largest single muscle of the human body
Gluteus maximus
Meaning of prefix "dys-"
Painful, difficult, or abnormal
Basic physical assessment technique involves listening to the internal sounds of the body, usually using a stethoscope.
Auscultation
A standard tablespoon holds this many milliliters of liquid.
15 mL
Alexander Fleming famously discovered Penicillin in 1928 after returning finding _____ growing over his staph cultures.
Mold (Penicillium fungus)
Amount of bones found in the skeleton of a healthy adult human
206
Suffix that specifically denotes the surgical creation of an artificial opening.
"-ostomy"
According to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, these vital requirements—such as oxygen, water, and food—must be met before all others.
Physiological Needs
This metric unit of volume is exactly equal to one cubic centimeter (cc), commonly used in measuring fluid outputs or injections.
Milliliter (mL)
Bacterium responsible for the Black Death pandemic of the 14th century.
Yersinia pestis
Hormone, released by the posterior pituitary, stimulates uterine contractions during labor and promotes milk ejection.
Oxytocin
Medical abbreviation stands for the phrase used to describe a sudden, temporary loss of consciousness, commonly known as fainting.
Acronymized as "ADPIE," these five distinct steps represent the fundamental framework of clinical decision-making.
Nursing Process
To convert a patient's weight from kilograms to pounds, you must multiply the kilograms by this number.
2.2
Mary Mallon, a notorious 20th-century healthy carrier, was forcefully quarantined after spreading this bacterial disease to dozens of families through her cooking.
Typhoid