Mnemonics Question

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I just started the vocational nursing program this past week & I have a question about mnemonics. Has anyone heard of SMART? If so, please let me know what it stands for. TIA.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

Welcome to Allnurses.

I've heard of it but can't think right now. Hopefully someone will come along who knows. Good luck in school.

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I just started the vocational nursing program this past week & I have a question about mnemonics. Has anyone heard of SMART? If so, please let me know what it stands for. TIA.

I started a mneumonics thread on the student board last summer; this was on it! It's for Parkinson's symptoms:

SMART:

Shuffling gait

Mask-like face

Akinesia

Rigidity

Tremor

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There are many different variations so the correct answer must correlate with the context of your class. However, one possibility is when writing nursing care plans; the outcomes must always be SMART:

S Specific

M Measurable

A Attainable

R Relevant

T Time-bound

For example, instead of writing “the patient will have little or no pain” as an outcome, it is SMART to phrase it like this: “The patient will report pain at 3 or less on a 0-10 scale within 1 hour after analgesic medication has been administered."

T.

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Specializes in i pull sheaths :).

Yeah...its for nursing care plans.

S- specific

M- measurable

A- achievable

R- realistic

T- time

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