Happy Nurses Week

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Across
  1. 1. This is pajamas or professional medical attire? You decide.
  2. 6. This is a profession known as “guardians of every breath”
  3. 8. This oxygen delivery method is frequently removed by patients
  4. 9. This is the object you hand patients - even when it’s in their reach
  5. 11. This is what we never seem to have enough of
  6. 14. This is the category of meds patients are often requesting
  7. 17. This is where you get all the details
  8. 19. This ends… eventually… probably
  9. 20. This patient position is never as easy to achieve as expected
  10. 22. This keeps things clean—and very strongly scented
  11. 23. This interval is Latin derived from “pro re nata”
  12. 26. This is what you do when you scan, scan again, and still double-check the med
  13. 29. This two-letter medication route is your best friend and worst enemy
  14. 30. This head-to-toe activity turns nurses into detectives
  15. 33. This two-letter reading might earn a call to the provider at 0230
ICU This unit is not for the faint of heart—or weak Folgers coffee
PATIENT A person receiving medical treatment 
MAR This is where you find what to give, when to give it
  16. 34. This squiggly-lined test looks at the electrical signals of the heart
Down
  1. 2. This substance could probably be charted as a continuous infusion for staff
  2. 3. This professional can chart, medicate, comfort, and snack—all at once
  3. 4. This unit tradition features amazing food you barely have time to eat
  4. 5. This color code turns walking into running
  5. 7. This is our first line presser
  6. 10. This blue banana device is a fan favorite for avoiding the alternative
  7. 12. This is the captain of our ICU Ship
  8. 13. This tube. “Is it still needed?”
  9. 15. This digital system is where your time disappears
  10. 16. This is what we always seem to be out of in the fridge
  11. 18. This coworker deserves endless gratitude
  12. 19. This tool hangs around your neck like a badge of honor
  13. 21. This airway procedure quickly escalates a room into controlled chaos
  14. 24. This describes a princess shift in time
  15. 25. This number can skyrocket after climbing stairs with supplies
  16. 27. This is the number you never, ever want to guess
  17. 28. This device delivers meds and should not house air
  18. 31. This number is a good indicator of organ perfusion
  19. 32. This tube could be a Dobblehoffer