Mnemonics and Memory Aids

[VickyRN]

The HYPERKALEMIA "Machine" - Causes of Increased Serum K+

 M  Medications - ACE inhibitors, NSAIDS

 A  Acidosis - Metabolic and respiratory

 C  Cellular destruction - Burns, traumatic injury

 H  Hypoaldosteronism, hemolysis

 I  Intake - Excessive

 N  Nephrons, renal failure

 E  Excretion - Impaired

[OURN83]

OURN83 said:

APE TO MAN

Atrial, Pulmonic, Erb's point, Tricuspid, Matrial

I'm a first semester nursing student.. Just learned that last week for listening to heart sounds.

OR

ALL People Enjoy Time Magazine

[RNladybug26]

Side effects of steroids. The 5 S's.

Sick- easier to get sick

Sad-causes depression

Sex-increases libido

Salt-retains more and causes weight gain

Sugar-raises blood sugar

[sharann, BSN, RN]

PERRLA

Pupils Equally Round and Reactive to Light and Accomodation

[nicolel1182]

whats the fat female over fourty for??

[RNin2007]

4 F's...

Cholecystectomy

female

fair

fat

forty

~J

[pugmum]

RNin2007 said:

4 F's...

Cholecystectomy

female

fair

fat

forty

~J

I was taught 5 Fs....with fertile added to the other 4!

[moonshadeau, ADN, BSN, MSN, RN, APN, NP, CNS]

jgwe4e said:

Re ekg lead placement:

White on the right, smoke (black) over fire (red)

I always had a hard time with this one, so I came up with my own related to experience.

First there is snow(white), then mud season (brown), and the grass comes out (green obviously).

As for the left side, I try to remember that financially that it is always better to be in the black, than in the red (financially).

That is how I remember it anway.

[Kristi Lee]

I used this one to remember for Respiratory and metabolic acid/alk labs

ROME RO-respiratory opposite ME metabolic equal

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

You always have the option of making up your own as you are more likely to remember your own. And, you can make your own as nonsensical or nasty as you like and no one else has to know! Medical students are notorious for coming up with some pretty skanky stuff.

[lady_unleashed]

12 Cranial Nerve

On old olympus's treeless top a Finn and a German viewed a hop

olfactory

optic

oculomotor

trochlear

trigeminal opthalmic branch, maxillary, mandibular branch

abducens

facial

auditory

glossopharyngeal

vagus

accessory

hypoglossal

hope it can help!

[mopnglo42]

When trying to figure out a nursing diagnosis, remember "A Nice Delicious PIE"

A - Assessment

ND - Nursing diagnosis

P - Plan

I - Interventions

E - Evaluation

[mopnglo42]

Learning the Systems of the Body?

MR DICE RUNS

M - Muscle

R - Respiratory

D - Digestive

I - Integumentary

C - Circulatory

E - Endocrine

R - Reproductive

U - Urinary

N - Nervous

S - Skeletal