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
1. Acetaminophen, phenytoin, chloramphenicol, and theophylline have a normal blood range of 10-20mcg/ml
2. The treatment for intractable pain is a nerve block
3. Drainage from a chest tube shouldn't exceed more then 200ml/hr
4. To prevent altering the electrolyte balance, a pregnant client should take sodium bicarb for heart burn
5. When blood is drawn in an infant who is having phototherapy, the light is shut off during the blood draw to prevent destruction of bilirubin.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, ignore the comment about pregnant client's taking sodium bicarbonate for heart burn. THEY SHOULD NOT under any circumstances used sodium bicarb, but should use calcium bicarbonate (TUMs or Rolaids).
The best way I tend to remember things is by mneumonics like:
EleVate Veins; dAngle Arteries for better perfusion
Peds - kids are 1/2 their adult height by age 5!
Post-partum - cabbage leaves help with discomfort of engorged breasts -- they don't know why.
Respiratory: pink puffers - emphysema
blue bloaters - bronchitis
Anyone have a better mneumonic than On Old Olympus for the cranial nerves? I can't seem to remember them by that one... also, what about the Some Say Money Makes Sense... or whatever to indicate which CN is sensory and which are motor (and which are both)?
congrats to everyone who has passed the nclex. just took mine last feb 16 but unfortunately, i didn't make it...
here are my five random facts:
1. vitamin d deficiency is a common cause of rickets and osteomalacia
2. koplik spots are tiny grayish-white spots that look like grains of sands with a reddish ring around them. they often appear in the mouth of children infected with measles.
3. flashing lights and floaters may be the initial symptoms of a retinal detachment
4. trigeminal neuralgia (tn), tic douloureuxis a neuropathic disorder of one or both of the trigeminal nerves. it causes episodes of intense pain in any or all of the following: the ear, eye, lips, nose, scalp, forehead, teeth or jaw on one side and alongside of the face.
5. cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for developing bladder cancer.
To differentiate between Chronic Bronchitis and Chronic Emphysema, think "Blue Bloaters" and "Pink Puffers". Chronic Bronchitis patients will be bloated and cyanotic because of o2 deprivation and Chronic Emphysema patients will struggle to breathe but be pink because they're not cyanotic.
And as my nursing instructor told us, never use those terms in front of patients because yes they are derogatory but they help me remember.
Anyone knows of any questions about Cyanotic and Acyanotic congenital disease. Just wondering, never seen a question in any of the threads, I dont think I really need to waist time on that.
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I know it has been awhile since the original post but the first link is no longer working, the second link was a great quick fast fact!