Nurses Week Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 8. The founder of modern nursing(2wds)
- 11. The body's extreme response to an infection
- 13. Sudden HA/ difficulty speaking/ balance or vision problems/ and numbness on 1 side of the body
- 14. There are ______ schedules of controlled substances
- 16. Highest credential for nursing facilities (to identify nursing excellence)
- 17. Patient clinical deterioration(2wds)
- 18. Yellowing of the skin or whites of eyes
- 19. Law that protects sensitive pt health information from being disclosed(abbreviation)
Down
- 1. Provides total pt care assessing pt's condition/administering meds/other tx's(2wds)
- 2. Difficulty swallowing or inability to swallow
- 3. Medical instrument used in listening to sounds produced within the body
- 4. Amount of day's pt can legally be baker acted
- 5. Evaluates & accredits health care organizations(abbreviation)
- 6. Standardized test to become a licensed nurse
- 7. Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation, Thank You(abbreviation)
- 9. Criteria for changes in a person's health status(abbreviation)
- 10. Unexpected cardiac arrest requiring resuscitation(2wds)
- 12. Difficult or labored breathing
- 15. IM
- 20. Also called a heart rate/beat