Lab mnemonics

[LPN_2005/RN_10]

After trying to remember Rob's lab mnemonics, I've found that it was more helpful to come up with my own. The IV push mnemonic was the only one I had trouble with, but I've found on this website, someone have used SCIGSARS, and that seem easier to remember. Well I wanted to find out if my mnemonics have all of the important steps and if I'm leaving anything out? :tku:

LAB SIMULATIONS MNEMONICS

WOUND CARE:

T ape 4 strips w/ 1 labeled

O pen all packages

P our saline

C lean gloves

R emove dressing

S terile gloves

P ack wound

IVPB

M ar check

C alculate gtt

I D patient

G loves

I nspect IV site

R emove gloves

B ubbles?

L ower primary bag

O pen clamp on secondary line

P rimary clamp to count

S ign Mar

IV Push

S elect med

C alculate

I D patient

G loves

S ite check

A spirate

R eceptacle/ sharps

S ign Mar

IM/SQ

M ar check

C alculate dosage

D raw med

R ecap

I D patient

G loves

A spirate for IM

S harps container

S ign Mar

[kochertr]

I'm going to print those out, and hopefully when I get to the CPNE they will come in handy!! Thanks!!

[LEN-RN]

One common failure is not washing hands. Even though its not required in the lab, it might be a good idea to throw it in. If you have these skills assigned during a PCS, and you go by these, you may forgot. Just my opinion:)

[AFQN]

I've been viewing a lot of posts of people's experiences with the CPNE...the do's & don'ts if you will. One question I need to ask...before performing any critical element, is one supposed to say aloud what he/she is going to do? Another thing...what is one to carry into the pt's room? A stethoscope? A penlight? Pens? Papers? Carpenito?

[AFQN]

Thank you, LPN 2005. This is very helpful. I'm an EC applicant and right now, they are awaiting my enrollment application. I decided to wait until July 1st because of a good enrollment pkg I read about here on allnurses.com.

[caliotter3]

I've been viewing a lot of posts of people's experiences with the CPNE...the do's & don'ts if you will. One question I need to ask...before performing any critical element, is one supposed to say aloud what he/she is going to do? Another thing...what is one to carry into the pt's room? A stethoscope? A penlight? Pens? Papers? Carpenito?

I have read at least one account that a person verbalized their actions and they felt that by doing this it went a long way to helping them pass. Examiner seemed impressed. I think it is a good idea because I have also read, as an example, that someone did a step but failed because the examiner was not "aware" of it, e.g. they bent down and checked the ID band. Had they verbalized checking the ID band, the examiner would not have missed it. Makes sense to me.

[Lunah, MSN, RN]

I verbalized everything (within reason, of course ... nothing like, "Wow, these 90-year-old lungs sure aren't moving much air."). I warned the patients that I was going to talk through the steps of the assessment and management so that my "clinical instructor" would know that I knew what I was doing, and that these were the same assessments/management performed silently by the patient's primary nurse. One of my PCS patients actually remarked that it was interesting for him to know what I was checking during the peripheral vascular assessment. :)

I also verbalized everything in the labs. This is just something I learned to do during testing in paramedic school; you know the saying, "If you didn't document it, you didn't do it"? We had something similar in paramedic school, pertaining to testing: "If you didn't say it, you didn't do it." Verbalizing kept me in my comfort zone during my CPNE.

[NC Girl BSN]

Ditto to what Carliotter 3 and Lisa said, I told the patients I would be checking my list and telling what I would be doing as I did it. And I talked aloud each step in the labs. No one gave me any bad looks and I passed that sucker!

[NC Girl BSN]

LPN 2005 all your steps look good. I can remember at my CPNE not taking my gloves off for the IVPBack and I didn't get dinged. But I guess its good to take them off after verification.