Fun Facts
She is known as the founder of modern nursing.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
IV
What is Intravenous?
Nurses walk about this many miles during a 12-hour shift.
What is 4–5 miles?
This specialty involves treating children from infancy through adolescence, including preventive care, chronic conditions, and acute illness.
What is pediatric nursing?
Making sure call light is on and in reach, bed in lowest position, etc.
What are safety checks/precautions?
Nurses make up this approximate percentage of the global healthcare workforce.
What is 50%?
SBAR
What is Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation?
During a 12-hour shift, the average nurse washes their hands this many times.
What is 60 times?
This nursing specialty focuses on the care of premature or critically ill newborns.
What is neonatal intensive care (NICU) nursing?
In order, how do you doff PPE for airborne precautions?
What is gloves--> gown--> goggles/eyewear--> mask?
This U.S. organization formally established “Nurses Week."
What is the American Nurses Association (ANA)?
ABG
What is Arterial Blood Gas?
The “holy trinity” most nurses never get enough of during a shift.
What are food, water, and bathroom breaks?
These nurses care for patients with cancer, administering chemotherapy and monitoring side effects.
What is oncology nursing?
These five measurements include temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation.
What are vital signs?
This is the percentage of nurses who are male.
what is 12.6%
PRN
What is pro re nata (as needed)?
This percentage of nurses report drinking coffee to get through their shifts.
What is about 80–85%?
These nurses care for older adults, addressing complex medical, functional, and social needs.
What is geriatric nursing?
One word, usually used in a question, that you are never supposed to ask a patient.
What is why?
This percentage of nurses do not work in hospitals.
What is 40%?
N-CLEX
What is National Council Licensure Examination?
This is the most common reason nurses end up working beyond their scheduled shift.
What is charting/documentation?
Nurses in this specialty manage pain and provide care for patients with chronic or terminal illnesses, often in hospice settings.
What is palliative nursing?
A nurse checks a patient’s “Braden score” to assess their risk for this condition.
What are pressure ulcers?