hi,everyone here's some study tips to remember! example to remember antianxieties meds,think of smelling leaves not roses, normally we think smelling the roses as a way to relax. In thinking of anti anxities, Think of smelling the leaves as the way to relax...:smilecoffeecup:
L- librium
E- equanil
A-ativan
V-valium
E- equanil
S-serax
To remember how blood flows from the heart! think....
Arteries- Away ,arteries carries oxygenated blood away from the heart to the tissue.
veto-viens, carry blood to the heart.
S/S OF MI(myocardial infarction)- think of DANCE PAD....:Melody: :roll
D-dyspnea
A- anxiety
N-nausea/vomiting
C-crushing substernal chestpain
E-elevated temp.
P-pallor
A-arrythmias
D-diaporesis
FIRE SAFETY! PRC & RACE
P-protect pt.from injury
R-report the fire
C-contain the fire
R-rescue or remove the pt.
A-activate the fire alarm!
C-contain fire by dosing windows & doors
E- extinguisher flames
that's all folks for now! hope it helps!!! goodluck! to all nclex takers like me:D :chuckle
does anyone have an short cuts in prioriting which pt to see first? like air way breathing circulation? i get so mixed up on who to see first? i get mixed up easliy and then freeze. any suggestions?
for remembering laboratory needed for heparin and coumadin
he PAR in = PAR-tial tissue thromboplastin = aPTT
so coumadin will be PT.
before, i always interchange these lab values, so i devised a way to remember it. On my luck these helps me, on my examination day my first question is.
A patient with DVT and is on Heparin therapy, asking for plan of care. One of the choices stated "To monitor for the prothrombin time" i already eliminated it as one of my answer choice using my devised technique. :)
other choices , "To ambulate the patient" the other one " To assess for ecchymosis" the last one i forgot but it is implementation answer. Using the Assessment versus Implementation Strategy of Kaplan. I choose the answer assess for Ecchymosis
first thing when you encounter prioritization think first the
A= irway
B= reathing
C= irculation
if there are no problems with ABC, then use the MASLOW.
always eliminate pain, in NCLEX pain is just a psychosocial needs, and if you are choosing betweem psychosocial needs and physiological on answer choices, using the maslow, physiological needs first.
thank you so much for the tip on prioritization.. that helps and i love your tip on heparin .. i noticed the key word in your question was plan of care and not test .. i can see where ecchymosis is the correct answer... you are all so smart and i love all the tips .. keep them coming.. i love them all
goodluck! to all nclex takers like me:D :chuckle
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Acute Pancreastitis causes:idea: "GET SMASHED
G=gallstone
E=ethanol
T=trauma
S=steroid
M=mumps
A=autoimmune
S=scorpion sting
H=hyperlipidemia/hypercalcemia
E=ercp
D=drugs (azathioprine,diuretics)
note:"GET SMASHED" is slang in some countries for drinking and ethanol is an important pancreatic.
"Bilirubin " common causes for increase level:idea: "HOT LIVER"
H=hemolysis
O= obstruction
T=tumor
L=liver dse.
"Pylori treatment regimen:idea: TOMB!
T=tetracycline
O=omeprazole
M=metronidazole
B=bismuth
"symptoms of Hyperthyroidism":idea: STING!
S=sweating
T= tremors/tachycardia
I=intolerance to heat
N=nervousness
G=goiter and gastrointestinal ( loose stool /diarrhea)
5 T's of early Cyanosis:idea:
T= tetralogy,transposition,truncus,total anomalous,triscuspid atresia.