Hi everyone!For one of my clinicals we have to come up with fun interesting ways to remember and teach a certain lab value and I was assigned hgb and hct. I am having trouble thinking of "creative" ways to remember and teach the values (we have to do them for both female and male).PLEASE HELP!Thanks
VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN 105 Articles; 5,349 Posts Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds. Has 16 years experience. Jan 27, 2012 Moderator's friendly reminder: This is the Nursing Student Assistance Forum. This is a safe place for nursing students to come to ask for help. Any unhelpful or off topic remarks are discouraged in this forum and will be removed.
VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN 105 Articles; 5,349 Posts Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds. Has 16 years experience. Jan 27, 2012 To the OP - one simple way to remember the normal hgb and hct values for females and males is just remember the numbers 12 and 15. 12 = hemoglobin value for females15 = hemoglobin value for malesIn terms of hematocrit, all you need to do is multiply each value by 3 (12/36 = hgb/hct for female; 15/45 = hgb/hct for male).Hope this helps!By the way, :welcome: !
Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN 4 Articles; 20,908 Posts Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma. Has 43 years experience. Jan 28, 2012 I am not very creative but maybe this will helpLab Test Interpretation
