Nursing Mnemonics Tsek 45134o

Nursing Mnemonics: Everything Made EASY Part 1

B: Bleeding gums HYPONATREMIA

E: Ecchymoses (bruises)

To the four causes of cell

"You Are Fried"

E: Epistaxis (nosebleed)

injury, think of how the injury tipped

Mnemonic device, is any learning

F - Fever (low grade), flushed skin

P: Petechiae (tiny purplish spots)

(or TIPD) the scale of homeostasis:

technique that aids memory. To

R - Restless (irritable)

improve long term memory, mnemonic

I - Increased fluid retention and

Hypo/Hyperplasia

substance

systems are used to make

increased BP

Having difficulty distinguishing

I: Infection

memorization easier. They do so by

E - Edema (peripheral and pitting)

hypoplasia from hyperplasia? When

P: Physical insult or injury

increasing the efficiency of the process

D - Decreased urinary output, dry

you see plasia in any word, think of

D: Deficit, or lack of water, oxygen, or

of consolidation.

mouth

"plastic." Plastic, in turn, means

nutrients.

T: Toxin or other lethal (cytotoxic)

forming or developing. As for hypo The HYPERKALEMIA "Machine" -

Can also use this one:

and hyper, that’s the easy part. Hypo

When asking assessment questions,

Causes of Increased Serum K+

SALT

means under, or below normal. Hyper

the American Cancer

M - Medications - ACE inhibitors,

S = Skin flushed

means excessive, or above normal.

Society’s mnemonic device CAUTION:

NSAIDS

A = Agitation

Thus, hypoplasia means

C: Change in bowel or bladder habits

A - Acidosis - Metabolic and

L = Low-grade fever

underdevelopment, and hyperplasia

A: A sore that doesn’t heal

respiratory

T = Thirst

means overdevelopment.

U: Unusual bleeding or discharge

traumatic injury

"CATS" of "HYPOCALCEMIA"

A stand-up comedian who gets no

I: Indigestion or difficulty swallowing

H - Hypoaldosteronism, hemolysis

C - Convulsions

laughs might say his audience has

O: Obvious changes in a wart or mole

I - Intake - Excesssive

A- Arrhythmias

humoral immunity. But humor is the

N: Nagging cough or hoarseness.

N - Nephrons, renal failure

T - Tetany

Latin word for ―liquid,‖ and humoral

E - Excretion – Impaired

S - Spasms and stridor

immunity comes from elements in the

Use the ABCD rule to assess a mole’s

blood — specifically, antibodies.

malignant potential:

C - Cellular destruction - Burns,

T: Thickening or lump

MURDER

To which blood types are

Contrast this with cellular immunity,

A: Asymmetry--Is the mole irregular in

Signs and Symptoms of Increased

compatible, visualize the letter ―O‖ as

which comes about through the

shape?

Serum K+

an orb representing the universe,

actions of T cells.

B: Border--Is the border irregular,

M - Muscle weakness

because type O blood is the universal

"FARM" for serum sickness: each

notched, or poorly defined?

U - Urine, oliguria, anuria

donor blood. Patients with any blood

letter stands for a key sign or

C: Color--Does the color vary (for

R- Respiratory distress

type can receive it. But O also means

symptom of serum sickness.

example, between shades of brown,

D - Decreased cardiac contractility

―odd man out‖: Patients with type O

F: Fever

red, white, blue, or black)?

E - ECG changes

blood can receive only type O blood.

A: Arthralgias

D: Diameter--Is the diameter more

R - Reflexes, hyperreflexia, or areflexia

Think BEEP to the signs of

R: Rash

than 6 mm?

(flaccid)

minor bleeding:

M: Malaise

Listening Heart Sound

A ASA

APE TO MAN

B2 Blocks the lungs (you have two lungs)

Atrial, Pulmonic, Erb's point, Tricuspid,

Treatment of CHF, think UNLOAD

Mitral

FAST:

CRAINIAL NERVES. im pretty sure

U sit Upright

most of you heard of these.

Side effects of steroids. The 5 S's.

N Nitro

Nerves Functions

Sick- easier to get sick

L Lasix

Sad-causes depression

O Oxygen

I Olfactory -Oh -Sensory -Some

Sex-increases libido

A Aminophylline

II Optic- Oh -Sensory -Say

Salt-retains more and causes weight

D Digoxin

III Occulomotor -Oh -Motor -Mary

gain Sugar-raises blood sugar

IV Trochlear -To -Motor -Money F Fluids- decrease

V Trigeminal -Touch -Both -But

A Afterload - decrease

VI Abducens -And -Motor -My

5F's... Cholecystectomy

S Sodium - decrease

VII Facial -Feel -Both -Brother

female

T Tests: dig level, ABG, K+

VIII Acoustic (vestoblochlear) -A -

fair

Sensory -Says

fat

Assistive devices -- Canes:

IX Glosopharyngeal -Green -Both -Bad

forty

C Cane

X Vagus -Veggie -Both -Business

fertile

O Opposite

XI Spinal Accessory- Soon At -Motor -

A Affected

Mary

L Leg

XII Hypoglosal -Harvest- Motor -

R Respiratory O Opposite

Money

ph > PCO2 < Alkalosis

Signs of a Cholinergic Crisis, think

ph < PCO2 > Acidosis

SLUD: S Salivation

M Metabolic

L Lacrimation

E Equal

U Urination

ph> HCO3 > Alkalosis

D Defication

ph< HC03 < Acidosis Memory Trick:Need to Immediate tx of MI, think MONA:

which kind of beta blocker has which

M Morphine sulfate

action?

O Oxygen

B1 Blocks the heart (you have only one

N Nitroglycerin

heart)