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Nursing Vocabulary & Terminology – Essential Definitions for Exams, Clinicals & NCLEX|Rationales Graded A+ Latest Updated 2026 Blood pressure measures the amount of force placed on a patient's artery walls with each heartbeat. Charge nurse oversees other nurses in a particular hospital department. Chart medical documentation that follows a patient throughout a healthcare facility. Charting process of adding to a patient's chart to keep it up to date and accurate. Clinicals nursing education where student nurses work with patients in a healthcare setting, under supervision from nurses and physicians, to practice their technical skills and gain experiences Code blue medical emergency, often cardiac arrest, that requires immediate attention from a team of healthcare providers. Heart rate number of heartbeats a patient has per minute. NCLEX nursing exam one must pass to become either a licensed practical nurse (LPN) or a registered nurse (RN). Pain scale numeric scale from one to ten that patients use to rate their level of pain. Some healthcare facilities use visual cues like faces to help patients rate their pain levels. Respiratory rate

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Nursing Vocabulary & Terminology – Essential
Definitions for Exams, Clinicals & NCLEX|Rationales
Graded A+ Latest Updated 2026
Blood pressure

measures the amount of force placed on a patient's artery walls with each heartbeat.

Charge nurse

oversees other nurses in a particular hospital department.

Chart

medical documentation that follows a patient throughout a healthcare facility.

Charting

process of adding to a patient's chart to keep it up to date and accurate.

Clinicals

nursing education where student nurses work with patients in a healthcare setting, under
supervision from nurses and physicians, to practice their technical skills and gain experiences

Code blue

medical emergency, often cardiac arrest, that requires immediate attention from a team of
healthcare providers.

Heart rate

number of heartbeats a patient has per minute.

NCLEX

nursing exam one must pass to become either a licensed practical nurse (LPN) or a registered
nurse (RN).

Pain scale

numeric scale from one to ten that patients use to rate their level of pain. Some healthcare
facilities use visual cues like faces to help patients rate their pain levels.

Respiratory rate

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