Nursing

3. A severe and potentially life-threatening allergic reaction that needs immediate treatment
6. What should be done before walking into a patient room
8. Swelling caused by fluid trapped in your body's tissues
11. This type of medication is used to fight an infection caused by bacteria
12. A medical technique that administers fluids, medications and nutrients directly into a person's vein
15. A device that gives a high energy electric shock to the heart of someone who is in cardiac arrest
17. The taking of a small sample of tissue for examination
18. What the outgoing nurses provides the oncoming nurses with which includes a summary of their patients' conditions, care plans, and any recent changes or concerns

1. Basic indicators of a patient's health that typically includes heart rate, respiratory rate, body temperature, pain level and blood pressure
2. A drug delivery device used to administer medication in the form of a mist inhaled into the lungs
4. The act of observing a patient's condition and documenting the findings
5. A complex biological response to tissue injury or infection, characterized by redness, swelling, pain, heat, and loss of function
6. What does HTN mean?
7. The fifth vital sign?
8. An anesthetic injection into the space around the nerves in your back to numb the lower body
9. This type of pain is comes on sudden and is severe
10. A condition characterized by an abnormally fast heart rate, typically exceeding 100 beats per minute at rest
13. A condition where the heart beats abnormally slow, with a resting heart rate of less than 60 beats per minute
14. A device used to determine the concentration of glucose in the blood, typically used by diabetic patients
16. This color of code signals a life-threatening medical emergency, most commonly a cardiac or respiratory arrest, requiring immediate medical intervention