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No. 80
Old Mar 22, 2009, 01:08 AM

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Nursing Care of Clients with Altered Fluid, Electrolyte, or Acid-Base Balance

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No. 81
Old Mar 22, 2009, 01:21 AM

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Dressing a person with an affected side of the body:

Take from the strong, give to the weak.
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No. 82
Old Mar 22, 2009, 01:53 PM

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Blood:

Normal (Neutrophils)
Monkeys (Monocytes)
Like to (Lymphocytes)
Eat (Eosinophils)
Bananas (Basophils)

Agranulocytes: Monkeys Eat Bananas
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No. 83
Old Mar 23, 2009, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Gabrielle54 View Post
Blood:

Normal (Neutrophils)
Monkeys (Monocytes)
Like to (Lymphocytes)
Eat (Eosinophils)
Bananas (Basophils)

Agranulocytes: Monkeys Eat Bananas

I made a mistake on this post...

Normal (Neutrophils)
Monkeys (Monocytes)
Like to (Lymphocytes)
Eat (Eosinophils)
Bananas (Basophils)


***GRANULOCYTES are Never Eat Bananas.
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No. 84
from tghnurse
Old Aug 12, 2009, 01:06 PM

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Felty’s Syndrome medical mnemonic for USMLE.
Felty’s syndrome is the arthritis in which the spleen can be felt-y on palpation (enlarged spleen = splenomegaly) + neutropenia (low WBCs count).


more mnemonics at http://mnemocine.net
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No. 85
from ldyjstce
Old Nov 01, 2009, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Waitsbn View Post
One for where to put the leads for tele

white on the right- snow over grass,
fire over smoke, and
chocolate over the heart

If anyone that is a student has trouble remembering water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamins one mnemomic is
Take your birth control with water--- Vitamins B & C are water-soluble the rest are fat-soluble

Hope it helps if I can think of any more, I'll post them
Another good one is this:
fat solubles (ADEK) = All Dogs Eat Kibbles
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No. 86
from beth66335
Old Nov 02, 2009, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by ldyjstce View Post
Another good one is this:
fat solubles (ADEK) = All Dogs Eat Kibbles
I like the birth control one! My A&P teacher taught us fat soluble with " A fat DEK of cards"

For the leads we learned clouds over grass, but the chocolate over the heart is one I've never heard before, it fits well...especially with the lady nurses, lol!
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No. 87
from Belinda028
Old Nov 08, 2009, 11:05 AM

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Parkinson's Medications: "Ali Loves Boxing Matches"

A-Amantadine
L- Levodopa
B- Bromocriptine
M-MAO inhibitors
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