Nursing Facts
Medical Abbreviations
History of Nursing
Ontario Shores
100

The colloquial name for a male nurse...

What is 'Murse'

100

When a medication is ordered to be given before bed...

What is "HS"

100

Who is considered the founder of modern nursing?

Who is "Florence Nightingale."

100
What was the original name of the hospital that is now currently called Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences?

What is "Whitby Hospital"

200

On which annual event is nursing week associated..

What is "Florence Nightingale's birthday"

200

This is a medical or nursing order that indicates that an action can be repeated as needed...

What is "PRN"

200

This uniform item was originally worn by Flo Nightingale in the early 1800's and has become a symbol of nursing...

What is the 'nursing cap'

200

In what year was Ontario Shores originally founded..

What is '1919'

300

Which organization sets the standards for nursing education in Ontario....

What is "CNO"
300

This term refers to the informal information exchange among nurses during shift changes...

What is "TOA"

300

Canada's first training school for nurses opened in 1874 in which province?

What is "Ontario".

300

Roughly how many nurses are employed at Ontario Shores.. (rounding to the nearest hundred)

What is '800'

400

In what year did the NCLEX arrive in Canada?

What is '2015'

400

When a patient leaves a hospital setting prior to being cleared for discharge by a physician...

What is "AMA"

400

Florence Nightingale was known as the "Lady with the _____."?

What is 'Lamp'

400

In what year was the first graduating class from The School of Nursing at the original hospital...

What is '1921'

500

Dr. Jean Watson is famous for pioneering this philosophical approach/theory to nursing care

What is 'Nursing/Caring theory'

500

The Ontario law that regulates the timing of treatment of a person in a psychiatric facility...

What is "MHA"

500

The first documented nursing school in history dates back to 250 B.C. In what country was it founded?

What is India

500

What was the name of the former patient care unit in building 7, level 2.. across from FTU?

What is.. "TDU - Transitional Discharge Unit"