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posted 05.06.08

Test your nursing history knowledge during Nurses Week! Florence Nightingale was a mystic, visionary, and healer and is considered the founder of modern secular nursing. Her nursing leadership during the Crimean War saved thousands of soldiers in the field from death from filth, exposure, and disease. Do you know when the Crimean War took place?

1778-1782

1853-1856

1898-1903

1912-1917

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last updated 05.06.08

Happy Nurses Week!

National Nurses Week begins May 6 and concludes on May 12 with the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the visionary founder of modern nursing. On this day, at noon local time, every nurse worldwide is invited to pause, take a moment of silence in celebration and dedication of the heart and spirit of nursing. To learn more about the Nightingale Declaration, Nightingale Moment and ways to participate, visit www.nightingaledeclaration.net and www.ahna.org.

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 for the week of 05.05.08

Atropine is used for the treatment of symptomatic bradycardia. A nurse should know that atropine is contraindicated for a client with which condition?

1. urinary incontinence
2. glaucoma
3. increased intracranial pressure
4. right sided heart failure
 
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