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

[daisydiva10]

do you know of one for the head-to-toe assessement thats starts off like Nine Rowdy Cowboys.... Just wondering!

[Waitsbn]

One for where to put the leads for tele

white on the right- snow over grass,

fire over smoke, and

chocolate over the heart

If anyone that is a student has trouble remembering water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamins one mnemomic is

Take your birth control with water--- Vitamins B & C are water-soluble the rest are fat-soluble

Hope it helps if I can think of any more, I'll post them

[RN2BE1210]

Waitsbn said:

One for where to put the leads for tele

white on the right- snow over grass,

fire over smoke, and

chocolate over the heart

If anyone that is a student has trouble remembering water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamins one mnemomic is

Take your birth control with water--- Vitamins B & C are water-soluble the rest are fat-soluble

Hope it helps if I can think of any more, I'll post them

This may be a stupid question to some but as I kept seeing this mnemonic I kept wondering, is that our right or the pts right? Thanks!

[Old and New]

Blood:

Normal (Neutrophils)

Monkeys (Monocytes)

Like to (Lymphocytes)

Eat (Eosinophils)

Bananas (Basophils)

Agranulocytes: Monkeys Eat Bananas

[Old and New]

Gabrielle54 said:

Blood:

Normal (Neutrophils)

Monkeys (Monocytes)

Like to (Lymphocytes)

Eat (Eosinophils)

Bananas (Basophils)

Agranulocytes: Monkeys Eat Bananas

I made a mistake on this post...

Normal (Neutrophils)

Monkeys (Monocytes)

Like to (Lymphocytes)

Eat (Eosinophils)

Bananas (Basophils)

***GRANULOCYTES are Never Eat Bananas.

:zzzzz

[tghnurse]

felty’s syndrome medical mnemonic for usmle.

felty’s syndrome is the arthritis in which the spleen can be felt-y on palpation (enlarged spleen = splenomegaly) + neutropenia (low wbcs count).

[ldyjstce]

waitsbn said:

one for where to put the leads for tele

white on the right- snow over grass,

fire over smoke, and

chocolate over the heart

if anyone that is a student has trouble remembering water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamins one mnemomic is

take your birth control with water--- vitamins b & c are water-soluble the rest are fat-soluble

hope it helps if I can think of any more, I'll post them

another good one is this:

fat solubles (adek) = all dogs eat kibbles

[beth66335, BSN, RN]

ldyjstce said:

another good one is this:

fat solubles (adek) = all dogs eat kibbles

I like the birth control one! my A&P teacher taught us fat soluble with " a fat dek of cards"

for the leads we learned clouds over grass, but the chocolate over the heart is one I've never heard before, it fits well...especially with the lady nurses, LOL!

[Nurse028]

Parkinson's Medications: "Ali Loves Boxing Matches"

A-Amantadine

L- Levodopa

B- Bromocriptine

M-MAO inhibitors

[Scinomenm]

least satured to most saturated plant oils; try:

capitan safflower cooked soup of olives & peanuts w/ his palms full of chocolaten coconut oil.

for most poly unsaturated to least; try:

safflower soup is cooked w/ peanuts à la capitan

======sat% +mono% + poly% = 100%

canola oil ------06+ 62 + 32

safflower """"""""""08+ 13 +78

corn " ---------14+ 28 +58

soy bean " """"""""15+ 23 + 61

olive " ---------16+ 72 +11

peanut"""""""""""""17+ 49 +34

palm " ---------51+ 39 +09 high sat/ low unsat ratio

cocoa bttr.-----60+ 35 +03high sat/ low unsat ratio

coconut oil ----91+ 06 +02 high sat/low unsat ratio

[mae1015]

Cranial Nerve song~ super helpful

[steelersGIRL43]

lead placements///

Blue skies over green grass

black smoke over red fire

and brown chocolate close to the heart