Scope of Practice
This skill, that involves tissue below the dermis, is essential to provide medication and fluids to clients
What is IV Insertion
What are the most common symptom presentations for Measles
1. Fever ≥38.3°C
2. Cough, Coryza (runny nose/cold like symptoms), or Conjunctivitis.
3. Generalized maculopapular rash
This nurse is knows as the founder of modern nursing.
Who is Florence Nightingale
This commonly used pain medication is derived from the seeds of the poppy.
What is Morphine
Things you might find in your scrubs: This item you would use to disinfect for example skin or a port prior to administering a medication
What are alcohol swabs
The rockstar LPN's in our clinic have which specialty?
What is Ortho Tech
Name one lab value that may indicate a urinary tract infection when elevated
What are Nitrites/Leukocytes
NurseCon, a nursing conference on the sea organized by this nurse influencer
Who is Nurse Blake
Discovered in 1828, this groundbreaking substance revolutionized medicine by combatting bacterial infections.
What is Penicillin
For the boys: What percent of nurses working in Canada are male?
9%
What is the current process for primary care nurses when patients present with chest pain
Call 9-1-1 and provide basic life support
Name 2 items required for correct specimen labelling
Name, DOB, PHN, date/time of collection, mnemonic
Known for her role in the "Underground Railroad", this abolitionist also worked as a nurse in the American Civil War.
Who is Harriet Tubman
These types of medications block receptors
What are Antagonists
Pop Culture: This show that ran from 2009 to 2015 follows a brilliant but flawed nurse struggling with substance use disorder
Nurse Jackie
Who provides provincial and national leadership in public health through surveillance, detection, treatment, prevention and consultation services?
The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC)
This oxygen delivery device is most appropriate for a client with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
What is the Nasal Cannula
You can see this Canadian nurse comedian at their "Short Staffed Tour".
Who is Nurse John
This high alert medication was discovered in 1921 by Fredrick Banting and Charles Best
What is Insulin
History: This pain medication which was marketed as non-addictive, started the opioid crisis in the mid-1990s.
What is OxyContin
We can flush ears without an NP or GP order
False
While choosing a cuff to take a blood pressure, the cuff should encircle at least ___% of the circumference of the upper arm.
What is 80%
This nurse was the first Indigenous registered nurse in Canada.
Who is Charlotte Edith Anderson Monture
Medications ending with the suffix "azole" commonly belong to this class of medications.
This unwritten rule states: thievery of this particular office supply will not be tolerated by your fellow nurses
What is a pen