Nurses Week Crossword Puzzle

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