OK I know this sounds stupid but I have a friend that gets really freaked out before big tests like finals, HESI, NCLEX, and usually we get together and a few days before I start throwing out random facts at her. On 2 different tests she said the only way she got several questions was from the random facts that I threw at her that she never would have thought of!
SOOOOO..... I thought that if yall wanted to do this we could get a thread going and try to throw out 5 random facts or "things to remember". NCLEX is coming and the more I try to review content the more I realize that I have forgotten so......here are my 5 random facts for ya:
OH and BTW these came from rationales in Kaplan or Saunders no made up stuff:
1️⃣ A kid with Hepatitis A can return to school 1 week within the onset of jaundice.
2️⃣ After a patient has dialysis they may have a slight fever...this is normal due to the fact that the dialysis solution is warmed by the machine.
3️⃣ Hyperkalemia presents on an EKG as tall peaked T-waves
4️⃣ The antidote for Mag Sulfate toxicity is ---Calcium Gluconate
5️⃣ Impetigo is a CONTAGEOUS skin disorder and the person needs to wash ALL linens and dishes seperate from the family. They also need to wash their hands frequently and avoid contact.
Oh, ohh, one more...
? Vasopressin is also known as antidiuretic hormone
from 24-34 weeks gestation, fundal height correlates with # of weeks of gestation. example: at 26 weeks gestation, fundal height measures approximately 26 cm.
i hate to say this, but in working on suzanne's tip #1, i saved lab values until close to the end, as i did not do well the first time i took the practice test. in fact, i had to take it five times before i was finally able to pass the chapter test! here are some things that helped me remember some lab values:
bun: normal 8-25 i pictured 8 buns on one cookie sheet. for the upper limit of 25, i picture three times that many on three pans and an extra bun squeezed on the third pan, making a total of 25 buns.
calcium: normal 8.6 - 10. i picture 8-10 cups of milk to provide calcium instead of drinking 8-10 cups of water. (we do need our water!)
chloride: normal 98-107 meq/l: i picture 10 rows of 10 bottles of bleach, or chlorox, making a total of 100 gallon jugs, making a total of 100, which is about the norm for chloride.
digoxin: normal 0.5 - 2 ng/l: i picture half of a pair of oxen up to one pair of oxen pulling a cart (the ox is from the "ox" in digoxin).
iron ranges from 50 to 175 in males & females, so i picture an athlete pumping from 50 pounds to 175 pounds of iron weights
i haven't thought of a good way to remember lithium, but the low range is the same as for digoxin.
magnesium: 1.6 to 2.6 mg/dl (think magnesium1.6 - 2.6 - "si" in magnesium stands for "six")
phosphorus: normal value: 2.7 to 4.5 mg/dl (little higher than magnesium)
serum amylase: normal = 25 - 151 units/l (remember 25-150 yards of amber lace)
serum creatinine: 0.6 - 1.3 mg/dl (a specific indicator of renal function). (think creatinine1.6, higher level about double the lower normal level)
serum lipase: 10 -140 units/l (lipase lies all over the place - from 10 to 140)
üplacing an eye patch over one eye in the client with diplopia removes the second image and restores more normal vision. the patch is alternated each day to maintain the strength of the extraocular muscles of the eyes.
ü the important facts about myasthenia gravis is tensilion, myasthenia crisis, cholinergic crisis, and the drug neostigmine
ü digoxin treatment borders are 60 and 90 teach client to call provider if goes beyond
ü in negative tensilon test.edrophonium injection makes the client in cholinergic crisis temporarily worse.
ü the normal direct bilirubin level is 0 to 0.3 mg/dl.
:heartbeat 
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from 24-34 weeks gestation, fundal height correlates with # of weeks of gestation. example: at 26 weeks gestation, fundal height measures approximately 26 cm.