Happy Nurses Week

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