Nurses on the Screen
Silly Medical Acronyms
Nurse Trivia
Name that Condition
100

Louise Fletcher Portrays this Head Administrative Nurse in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."

Nurse Ratched

100

LOLINAD

Little Old Lady in No Apparent Distress

100

This woman, nicknamed "The Lady with the Lamp," is known as the founder of modern Nursing.

Florence Nightingale

100

Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, Respiratory Rate, and Body Temperature are known as the four primary... 

Vital Signs

200

Jada Pinkett Smith portrays a Chief Nursing Officer at Richmond Trinity Hospital on this show.

Hawthorne

200

FABIANS

Felt Awful But I'm Alright Now Syndrome

200

This is the most common medical device used by a nurse.

Stethoscope

200

This term refers to the six fundamental positions of gaze that the eyes can achieve in various directions.

Cardinal Eye Movements

300

Edie Falco portrays this drug-addicted ER Nurse at the fictional All Saint's Hospital.

Nurse Jackie

300

DFO

Done Fell Out

300

Except this year, Nursing has been considered Gallup poll's most trusted profession since 1999.

2001

300

The entire surface of this organ is replaced every month.

The skin

400

This show was known for featuring a hospital without Nurses.

House, MD

400

WCTM

Will Continue to Motitor

400

This gambler and fighter turned priest is the Patron Saint of Nursing.

Saint Camillus de Lellis

400

These three bones are the body's smallest and can be found in the middle ear.

malleus, incus, and stapes

500

This TV show was adapted from the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth and is set in 1950s East End London.

Call the Midwife

500

SPUD

Sepsis, Pneumonia, UTI, Dehydration

500

One study based out of the UK found that nurses walk an average of this many steps per week.

59,657 steps per week, which translates to about 26.25 miles!

500

This body part is home to nearly 2,400 different germs.

The belly button