Rho Psi History
Healthcare Careers
Women and Medicine
Pop Culture
Medical Facts
100

Rho Psi Eta was founded at this California university.

UCSB

100

These professionals make up the largest single component of hospital staff and provide most direct patient care.

nurses!

100

This anesthesiologist developed the Apgar Score System for newborns.

Virginia Apgar

100

In early seasons, Meredith Grey works at this hospital

Seattle Grace Hospital

100

This bone is often cited as the bone broken most often in the human body.

clavicle (or collarbone)

200

These are the three founding pillars of Rho Psi Eta.

academic integrity, community service, and sisterhood

200

This healthcare professional helps families understand inherited conditions and genetic testing results.

genetic counselor

200

This screening test is commonly used to check for breast cancer.

mammogram

200

This song by the Bee Gees is often used to help remember the right beat for CPR compressions.

Stayin’ Alive

200

This test records the heart’s electrical activity.

an electrocardiogram

300

Rho Psi Eta colors.

white, navy, and silver


300

This specialist runs the heart-lung machine during open-heart surgery.

perfusionist

300

This condition, caused by weakened bones, is especially common in older women

What is osteoporosis

300

This Netflix show features a girl with telekinetic powers from experiments.

Stranger Things

300

This term means “inflammation of the skin.”

dermatitis

400

Santa Clara’s Rho Psi Eta chapter was established in this year.

2007

400

This professional designs and fits artificial limbs and supportive braces.

prosthetist/orthotist

400

Known as the founder of modern nursing.

Florence Nightingale

400

Bronny James suffered this condition in 2023, bringing attention to heart screening in young athletes.

cardiac arrest

400

This organ is famous for being able to regenerate itself

liver

500

How many women are the founders of Rho Psi Eta? Name one of them.

6

500

This specialist assesses and treats speech, language, voice, and even swallowing disorders.

a speech-language pathologist

500

She became the first woman to graduate from medical school in the United States in 1849.

Elizabeth Blackwell

500

This singer has been open about having lupus.

Selena Gomez

500

This type of shock occurs when the body has a severe allergic reaction, leading to airway constriction and low blood pressure.

anaphylactic shock