Paxton Patterson: Nursing
Nurses who work with children and infants are called: - ANS Pediatric nurses
As part of their educational program, nursing students must take classes in and gain a thorough
understanding of the following areas, except: - ANS Renaissance literature
In a nurses educational and training program, they are required to experience many different settings.
This is important because: - ANS It helps them to decide the area on which to focus for specialized
training
______ ________is any disorder that affects the heart's ability to function normally. - ANS Heart disease
What does it mean to be highly ethical? - ANS To be trustworthy, honest, and always strive to do the
right thing
A ______ _______ is a nurse with a graduate degree in advanced practice nursing. - ANS Nurse
Practitioner
Which of the following statements about a Nursing career is not true? - ANS There are many types of
nursing careers, and they each have very different basic educational programs.
_________ _____ _________ varies by person, age, activity, and time of day. - ANS Normal body
temperature
___________ refers to a group of bleeding disorders in which it takes a long time for the blood to clot. -
ANS Hemophilia
, _____ _____ is help given to a sick or injured person until full medical treatment is available. - ANS First
aid
School nurses must wear scrubs to work each day, just as they would do at a hospital or clinic. - ANS
FALSE
__________ ______is measured as the number of breaths taken every minute. - ANS Breathing rate
______ ________ is the pressure of the blood within the arteries. - ANS Blood pressure
A ______ _________ ________ is a serious problem that occurs after a patient receives a transfusion of
blood. The red blood cells that were given to the patient are destroyed by the patient's immune system.
- ANS Hemolytic transfusion reaction
Florence Nightingale: - ANS Used math to determine what treatments worked best
At a hospital, 45 people were admitted with a serious strain of flu. The complication rate was 33%.
About how many patients developed complications? - ANS 15
In the previous example, 50 patients had surgery. Eight patients developed pneumonia. What is the
percentage of patients who developed pneumonia with the new protocol? - ANS 16%
Originally, 10 out of 40 patients developed pneumonia. With the new protocol, 8 out of 50 developed
pneumonia. What is the percentage of improvement for the new protocol? - ANS 9%
Noninvasive - ANS Diseases that usually do not spread to or damage other organs and tissues.
Arrhythmia - ANS A condition in which the heart beats with an irregular or abnormal rhythm.
Nurses who work with children and infants are called: - ANS Pediatric nurses
As part of their educational program, nursing students must take classes in and gain a thorough
understanding of the following areas, except: - ANS Renaissance literature
In a nurses educational and training program, they are required to experience many different settings.
This is important because: - ANS It helps them to decide the area on which to focus for specialized
training
______ ________is any disorder that affects the heart's ability to function normally. - ANS Heart disease
What does it mean to be highly ethical? - ANS To be trustworthy, honest, and always strive to do the
right thing
A ______ _______ is a nurse with a graduate degree in advanced practice nursing. - ANS Nurse
Practitioner
Which of the following statements about a Nursing career is not true? - ANS There are many types of
nursing careers, and they each have very different basic educational programs.
_________ _____ _________ varies by person, age, activity, and time of day. - ANS Normal body
temperature
___________ refers to a group of bleeding disorders in which it takes a long time for the blood to clot. -
ANS Hemophilia
, _____ _____ is help given to a sick or injured person until full medical treatment is available. - ANS First
aid
School nurses must wear scrubs to work each day, just as they would do at a hospital or clinic. - ANS
FALSE
__________ ______is measured as the number of breaths taken every minute. - ANS Breathing rate
______ ________ is the pressure of the blood within the arteries. - ANS Blood pressure
A ______ _________ ________ is a serious problem that occurs after a patient receives a transfusion of
blood. The red blood cells that were given to the patient are destroyed by the patient's immune system.
- ANS Hemolytic transfusion reaction
Florence Nightingale: - ANS Used math to determine what treatments worked best
At a hospital, 45 people were admitted with a serious strain of flu. The complication rate was 33%.
About how many patients developed complications? - ANS 15
In the previous example, 50 patients had surgery. Eight patients developed pneumonia. What is the
percentage of patients who developed pneumonia with the new protocol? - ANS 16%
Originally, 10 out of 40 patients developed pneumonia. With the new protocol, 8 out of 50 developed
pneumonia. What is the percentage of improvement for the new protocol? - ANS 9%
Noninvasive - ANS Diseases that usually do not spread to or damage other organs and tissues.
Arrhythmia - ANS A condition in which the heart beats with an irregular or abnormal rhythm.
