💉 Nursing Fundamentals
This is always the first step of the nursing process.
What is Assessment?
This organ is primarily affected when a patient develops hepatitis.
What is the liver?
The drink most nursing students depend on to survive clinicals.
What is coffee (or caffeine)?
The BSNA stands for this.
What is the Black Student Nurses Association?
This instrument is considered an essential tool for every nursing student.
What is a stethoscope?
This vital sign measures the force of blood against the artery walls.
What is blood pressure?
This condition results when excess fluid accumulates in the lungs.
What is pulmonary edema?
This phrase is commonly said right before an exam when panic sets in.
What is “I’m going to fail”?
This quality makes a great leader in nursing — and in BSNA.
What is communication (or empathy)?
Deep breathing and mindfulness are strategies used to manage this common pre-exam feeling.
What is test anxiety?
These five steps form the foundation of the nursing process.
What are assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation?
A diabetic patient with a blood glucose of 45 mg/dL (70-99 mg/dL) is experiencing this condition.
What is hypoglycemia?
This skill most students master before IV insertion — not crying in front of instructors.
What is emotional regulation?
One benefit of joining a student nursing organization is this.
What is networking and professional growth?
Nursing students who form these groups often improve comprehension through collaboration.
What are study groups?
Nurses perform this action to prevent infection and stop the spread of disease.
What is hand hygiene?
This electrolyte imbalance, often caused by kidney failure, can lead to cardiac arrhythmias.
What is hyperkalemia?
The type of “charting” students do most often at 2 AM.
What is charting their own mental breakdown?
This phrase describes the kind of leadership that focuses on inspiring others through example.
What is transformational leadership?
Taking breaks, resting, and seeking support are forms of this healthy habit for stressed nursing students.
What is self-care?
This national organization sets the standards for safe nursing practice in the United States.
What is the American Nurses Association?
In heart failure, this cardiac measure decreases because the heart can’t pump blood effectively.
What is cardiac output?
The one universal sign of a nursing student in public.
What is wearing scrubs everywhere?
This is the president’s role in ensuring events like Game Night succeed.
What is leading by organizing, motivating, and delegating effectively?
Students who learn best through color-coding and diagrams have this type of learning style.
What is a visual learning style?