Across
- 3. Nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale served as a nurse during this war
- 4. National Nurses Week is held during this month
- 6. These are checked and recorded every 2-4 hours
- 7. Most patients get hooked up to one of these
- 9. This type of nurse cares for heart patients
- 12. How to keep germs at bay
- 14. The most common type of nursing professional (2 words)
- 16. These are usually 12 hours long for nursing professionals
- 18. Patient attire
- 20. Shorthand for prescription medications
- 22. This type of nurse cares for patients with kidney-related issues
- 23. Nurses with a master's degree or higher are known as ___ practice registered nurses
Down
- 1. Nurse ____ can prescribe medications
- 2. This type of nurse works in an intensive care unit (2 words)
- 5. For respiratory nurses, it's a matter of life and _____
- 8. A contrast dye used in CT scans
- 10. Continuing education helps nurses keep up with the latest healthcare practices and scientific _____
- 11. Some heroes wear capes, most nursing heroes wear these
- 13. Famed American nurse Clara
- 15. The top number in a blood pressure reading
- 17. In 1873 the first "Nightingale Schools' opened in New York, New Haven, and this Massachusetts city
- 19. The class of drugs that painkillers fall under
- 21. A bone in the lower leg