Medical Terminology
What is "nil per os" meaning nothing by mouth?
This TikTok sensation is known for his humorous and educational videos that provide insights into the life of a nurse. He was recently on tour and stopped in Regina.
Who is Nurse Blake?
This pea-sized gland in the brain is often referred to as the "master gland" because it regulates many other endocrine glands in the body.
What is the pituitary gland?
The Registered Psychiatric Nurses Act of Saskatchewan was published in this year.
What is 1993?
What is the name of the scale commonly used to assess a patient's level of consciousness and neurological function?
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale?
The _______________ is the medical term for the 14 bones that make up the toes.
What is the phalanges?
This popular 2000s sitcom featured a character named Carla Espinosa, who worked as a nurse in the Sacred Heart Hospital.
What is "Scrubs"?
This part of the brain is responsible for coordinating voluntary muscle movements and maintaining balance.
What is the cerebellum?
Hildegard Peplau, an influential nursing theorist is known for her groundbreaking work in psychiatric nursing, particularly for developing the ________________________, which emphasized the therapeutic relationship between nurses and patients.
What is the Theory of Interpersonal Relations?
This tool is used to measure blood pressure in millimeters of mercury (mmHg).
What is a sphygmomanometer?
The medical term of the abnormal presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity leading to a collapsed lung.
What is a pneumothorax?
This person is a professional scrub nurse come actress, who is best known for appearing in every single season of Grey's Anatomy as an actual scrub nurse.
Who is Bokhee An?
This tube connects the kidney to the bladder.
What is the ureter?
May 12 is International Nurses Day. May 12 is also the birthday of this pioneering and influential nurse.
Who is "Florence Nightingale"?
This phenomenon, often experienced after limb amputation, involves feeling pain or sensations in a limb that is no longer there.
What is "Phantom Limb Pain"?
The suffix "-penia" in medical terminology has this meaning.
What is deficiency or lack?
In the movie "Meet the Parents," this character, played by Ben Stiller, plays the role of a nurse.
Who is Greg Focker?
The name of the condition characterized by sudden, temporary loss of consciousness, often due to insufficient blood flow to the brain and low BP.
What is syncope?
In 1913, this Canadian province became the first to license nurses in 1913.
What is Manitoba?
This hormone, synthesized and released by the pineal gland, regulates the sleep-wake cycle and circadian rhythms.
What is melatonin?
Give the term for the abdormal enlargement of the spleen.
What is a splenomegaly?
In a Season 4 episode of Seinfeld, Kramer accidentally drops this brown-and-white candy into a patient during a surgery.
What is Junior Mints?
The name of the enzyme produced by the stomach that aids in the digestion of proteins.
What is pepsin?
This pioneering nurse and social reformer played a crucial role in advocating for the reformation of mental health care institutions and improved care for individuals with mental illness in the United States during the 19th century.
Who is Dorthea Dix?
A Complete Blood Count (CBC) measures the following (name at least 4).
What is Red blood cells, White blood cells, Hemoglobin, Hematocrit & Platelets?