Nursing Jeopardy

Anatomy

100

The largest organ in the body

The Skin 

200

The bone in the body used for CPR 

Xiphoid Process 

300

The major muscles of the abdomen (3)

Rectus abdominis 

External Oblique 

Transverse abdominis 

Internal Oblique 

400

The patient has an ostomy bag. The bag drains consistently loose watery stool. The stoma is created by which part of the digestive tract

Ileum (ileostomy)

Medical Jargon

100

Abnormally fast breathing 

Tachypnea 

200

Loss of ability to swallow

Aphagia 

300

An uncoordinated quivering of the heart muscle resulting in a completely irregular pulse

Fibrillation 

400

Blood and air in the pleura 

Hemopneumonthorax 

Skills and Interventions

100

Your patient just had a hip replacement and has failed to void three times. Upon using the bladder scanner there is 624ml of urine in the bladder. What intervention do you suspect will be ordered?

Catherization 

200

A patient has come into the ER from being lost in the woods for days. He is very dehydrated. What intervention will be initiated? 

IV access obtained with IV fluid 

300

The final step in medication administration 

Documentation 

400

Your patient has come in with severe hyperkalemia. What do you suspect will be ordered for that patient? 

Insulin 

Medical Conditions

100

Insulin resistance 

Diabetes Mellitus 

200

Sustained elevation of systemic arterial blood pressure 

Hypertension 

300

A progressive disease involving damage to the sheaths of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord

Multiple Sclerosis 

400

A disease caused by germs that are spread from person to person through the air. It usually affected the lungs but can sometimes affect other parts of the body. Such as the brain, kidneys, or spine. They can die if not treated. 

Tuberculosis