A cute way to remember some lab values.

[HyperRNRachel]

K+ 3.5 â€" 5

Ca+ 4.5.- 5

Mg 1.5-2.5

Phos 1.8-2.6

Na+ 135-145

Cl 95-105

Crt .5-1.2

BUN 10-20

PTT 60-70 or 1 ½ times higher if on Heparin

PT 11.0 - 12.5 or 2.o -3.5 times higher if on coumadin

INR 2.0-3.5 for coumadin

WBC 5-10

RBC 5

HCT 40

Hgb 15

pH 7.35-7.45 (40)

co2 35-35

On vacation I -

Ate 4 bananas with 5 glasses of milk, read 2 magazines about 2 fossils.

Spent $140 on Napkins and a $100 on Clear heals.

Did 15 BUN exercises and drank 1 Creatine shake .

Met, 3 Idiots , 11 Pets and 65 Hunks.

Ate 4 bananas (K+ found in bananas) with 5 glasses of milk (ca+ found in milk), read 2 magazines (magnesium) about 2 fossils (phosphorus).

Spent $140 on Napkins (Na+)and a $100 on Clear heals. (Cl)

Did 15 BUN exercises and drank 1 Creatine shake (Creatinine) .

Met, 3 Idiots (I for INR),

11 Pets ( P is for PT) and 65 Hunks. (H is for heparin's PTT

[MEDA RN]

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: Rather just memorize the lab values !!!!!!

[rosstat2]

that's cute. I'm a second semester student nurse and this will help me with lab values. thanks

[botch92]

thats cute ---:chuckle lol----

[nurzkit]

nice one.. :)

for those who didn't understand some parts like how banana is connected with potassium... well it's because BANANA is rich in POTASSIUM... so is MILK with CALCIUM.. that's why...

it's kinda incomplete though because it has no unit.... like mg/dL...

keep postin more! :balloons:

[wonderbee, BSN, RN]

I get most of it but get lost at the INR. Actually, if I can remember this, it will be helpful for my NCLEX sitting next month. I do want to point out though that serum calcium is generally around 8.5-10.5 conventional units which would make way too many glasses of milk.

Thanks. Got anything for therapeutic drug values?

[MMARN, BSN, RN]

I get most of it but get lost at the INR. Actually, if I can remember this, it will be helpful for my NCLEX sitting next month. I do want to point out though that serum calcium is generally around 8.5-10.5 conventional units which would make way too many glasses of milk.

Thanks. Got anything for therapeutic drug values?

That's a very good question. I would be interested to know if you do have something for therapeutic drug values.

[crb613, BSN, RN]

Cute!

When I first started nursing school, I had trouble remembering whether the PT was to check heparin or coumadin. The way I finally got it straight was:

The PT (abbreviation for Patient) can administer her own Coumadin. (Back in those days, there wasn't patient-administered heparin.) As long as I could remember that, process of elimination told me that the PTT was for heparin levels.

Another one to help remember which heart valve was where is that You always Try (tricuspid) before you Buy (Bicuspid/mitral).

Seems like there were other nmemonics (?spelling?) to help us remember other important items. Do you remember one for the cranial nerves?

Here is another version for PT & PTT.......PTT connect the T's looks like a H=Heparin so, the PT has to be coumadin!

I remember the heart stuff as on the right side I am trying (Tricuspid)to bring blood to my heart...On the left side I get 02, which is buying (Bicuspid) me time!

Here is some odd ball stuff that has helped me so I will pass it on...

Chronotropic (any med that increases heart rate) Inotropic (any med that increases the force of contraction)

Parasympathetic (cholinergic, antiadenergic)

feed/breed

actelycholine

increases GI,GU,decreases BP, heart rate, resp,const. pupils

Sympathetic (adenergic, anticholinergic)

fight/flight

epi, norepi, dopamine

increases BP, heart rate, resp., decreases GU, GI, dilate pupils

[HappyJaxRN]

K+ 3.5 â€" 5

Ca+ 4.5.- 5

Mg 1.5-2.5

Phos 1.8-2.6

Na+ 135-145

Cl 95-105

Crt .5-1.2

BUN 10-20

PTT 60-70 or 1 ½ times higher if on Heparin

PT 11.0 - 12.5 or 2.o -3.5 times higher if on coumadin

INR 2.0-3.5 for coumadin

WBC 5-10

RBC 5

HCT 40

Hgb 15

pH 7.35-7.45 (40)

co2 35-35

On vacation I -

Ate 4 bananas with 5 glasses of milk, read 2 magazines about 2 fossils.

Spent $140 on Napkins and a $100 on Clear heals.

Did 15 BUN exercises and drank 1 Creatine shake .

Met, 3 Idiots , 11 Pets and 65 Hunks.

Ate 4 bananas (K+ found in bananas) with 5 glasses of milk (ca+ found in milk), read 2 magazines (magnesium) about 2 fossils (phosphorus).

Spent $140 on Napkins (Na+)and a $100 on Clear heals. (Cl)

Did 15 BUN exercises and drank 1 Creatine shake (Creatinine) .

Met, 3 Idiots (I for INR),

11 Pets ( P is for PT) and 65 Hunks. (H is for heparin's PTT

That's so cool! Thanks! I'll be using this one! :)

[bellsmit]

Omg that is amazing I am last year RPN and anything that makes things easier for me to remember is awesome i totally get it, I am one of those word association people so i am printing it and laminating. Thank you for sharing anything else you care to share?LOL:)

[johneugenio]

wow!! it makes me easy to remember those lab values now...=)

[huneni05]

Hi,

I am really trying hard to learn this.Thanks for thinking about it.

:balloons:

[barossixx]

labs were always hard for me but I think I can remember this. Thanks!