What are those little lab diagrams called?

[Lurksalot, BSN, RN]

Anyone know the name of the diagrams that lab values are put on? They come in different shapes, one is a "H" shape, one is ">-

I am having a brain fart and can't seem to think of what they are all called. I am looking for a website that has them all on it so I can print it out for reference.

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

Ooh darn it - I know what you are talking about but I didn't know they had a name. Will be interested in what others have to say.

[Roy Fokker, BSN, RN]

I didn't think they had a name!

[tianaman]

I'm totally clueless about this one

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

Better yet . . how do you use them?

steph

[P_RN, ADN, RN]

I always called it a lab arrow or thingy or doo hicky

Na | Cl | BUN

____________________________ / glucose

K | CO2 |Cr \

http://www.icufaqs.org/Labs.doc

by our own Mark Hammerschmidt.

Right – this is the little electrolyte drawing gatsy, which makes it easy to remember the values that you want to write down someplace quickly, like on your scrub pants. This is one of those doctor-ish things that nurses hate, but actually (like lots of other things) it isn't hard to learn at all – seven items? And you use them all the time anyhow, or most of them anyway – and it makes things easy to write down.

[SharonH, RN]

It's called a lattice format.

[Lurksalot, BSN, RN]

Thank you guys so much for the info, I could not find that via Google for the life of me!

And ya'all didn't make me feel goofy for asking, btw. TY.

[EricJRN, MSN, RN]

It's called a lattice format.

I thought lattice formats applied to computer programming.

[Roy Fokker, BSN, RN]

I thought they applied to crystal structure

[rn/writer, RN]

I thought they applied to pie crusts.

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

I thought they applied to pie crusts.

Me too!

steph