Famous Nurses
Known as the Founder of Modern Nursing and was also called "The Lady with the Lamp"
Who is Florence Nightengale?
This type of injection is administered at a 90-degree angle into the muscle tissue.
What is an intramuscular (IM) injection?
This policy describes the protocol for administering and documenting patient medication, including the "five rights" of medication administration.
What is the medication administration policy?
This vital sign is measured using a sphygmomanometer and stethoscope
What is blood pressure?
This is the largest organ in the human body.
What is the skin?
She founded the American Red Cross in 1881
Who is Clara Barton?
This skill involves measuring the oxygen saturation level in a patient’s blood using a small device clipped to the finger.
What is pulse oximetry?
This policy mandates the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) when caring for patients with infectious diseases.
What is the infection control policy?
This scale is commonly used to assess a patient's level of consciousness.
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale?
This part of the brain is responsible for coordinating voluntary movements and balance.
What is the cerebellum?
This nurse served as an important figure during the American Civil War and later became the Superintendent of Army Nurses
Who is Dorothea Dix?
This is the term for the technique of listening to the internal sounds of a patient's body, typically using a stethoscope.
What is auscultation?
This policy details the steps to be taken when a healthcare worker is exposed to bloodborne pathogens.
What is the exposure control plan?
This imaging modality is the gold standard for diagnosing acute ischemic stroke.
What is a non-contrast CT scan of the head?
These cells are responsible for carrying oxygen throughout the body.
What are red blood cells (erythrocytes)?
She instrumental in founding the Frontier Nursing Service in Kentucky, bringing healthcare to rural and underserved areas
Who is Mary Breckinridge?
This is the procedure for inserting a tube into a patient's trachea to maintain an open airway, often performed in emergency situations.
What is endotracheal intubation?
This policy ensures that patient information is kept confidential and secure, in compliance with federal regulations.
What is the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) policy?
The scale used to assess and document the level of sedation or agitation in critically ill patients.
What is the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS)?
This bundle of axons connects the two hemispheres of the brain, allowing communication between them.
What is the corpus callosum?
She was first African American registered nurse in the United States
Who is Mary Eliza Mahoney?
This term describes the practice of rotating patients in the ICU to optimize lung function.
What is prone positioning?
This policy outlines the procedure for obtaining informed consent from patients before undergoing a surgical procedure.
What is the informed consent policy?
This ICP waveform pattern may indicate poor compliance and impending herniation.
What is an A wave (plateau wave)?
This is the name of the process by which cells divide to produce two identical daughter cells.
What is mitosis?