Reading
To read like a textbook (from title to literature cited)
What is "the worst approach to reading a journal article"?
The name given to taking notes, highlighting key words and marking the text.
What is "annotation"?
What “B&B” means on a medical chart.
What is "Bowel and bladder training"?
The longest word in English? (that means lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silica particles, specifically from a volcano; medically, it is the same as "silicosis")?
What is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?
The famous nurse who greatly affected 19th- and 20th-century policies around proper care. She was also known as the 'Lady with the Lamp'.
Who is "Florence Nightingale"?
Where you will find the author’s research question or hypothesis
What is "the last paragraph of the introduction"?
These techniques:
2 column
mind mapping
outlining
What is "a few major ways to take notes"?
When a doctor writes “ac" as part of instructions for the nurse it means this.
What is "before meals"?
operate on
attend to
care for
keep an eye on
What are "phrasal verbs"?
The amount of kilometers a nurse walks for every 12-hour shift they work
What is "5"?
Summarizes the key findings
What is "the discussion"?
Introduction and Discussion
What are "the sections that usually have the most important information"?
You hear this when you need to act immediately.
What is "Stat!"?
Nouns (zelfstandige naamwoorden)
Adjectives (bijvoeglijke naamwoorden)
Verbs (werkwoorden)
Adverbs (bijwoorden)
What are "content words"?
The first nursing school was established in this country in 250 BC.
What is "India"?
The most challenging section to read (therefore you should only skim this and focus on key words)
What are "the results"?
Only important terms
What is "what you should highlight"?
****DOUBLE JEOPARDY ****
If a nurse says a medication is emetogenic it means this.
What is "causes vomiting"?
mental state
heart rate
informed consent
blood type
coping mechanism
What are "compound words"?
In this country the exam for foreign nurses is so difficult that, according to the latest report, it has been passed only by 96 out of 741 test takers in the past five years.
What is "Japan"?
Introduction, Discussion, Methods and then Results
What is "the correct order of what you should read a journal article"?
Survey
Question
Read
Recite
Recall
What is "the SQ3R method"?
You read on a patient's chart the letters PRN, which stands for “pro re nata" in this situation.
What is "when necessary"?
tele
bene
mal
dia
epi
What are "prefixes"?
May 12
What is "International Nurses Day"?
(and the birthdate of Florence Nightingale)