Mnemonics Eeasy one

These are the mnemonics from my memory notebook of nursing

MASLOW'S HIERCHY OF BASIC HUMAN NEEDS

• i feel on top of the world= SELF ACTUALIZATION
• I like me = self esteem
• i feel all warm and squishy.=love and belongings
• i feel safe=security and safety
• i'm warm ,dry, fed and rested=psysiological needs

STEPS IN THE NURSING PROCESS

• A DELICIOUS PIE
  
• ASESSMENT
• DIAGNOSIS
• PLANNING
• IMPLEMENTATION
  
• EVALUATION
  

CHARTING BODY FLUIDS

• C COLOR
  
• O ODOR
  
• A AMOUNT
  
• C CONSISTENCY
  
• H HOW THE CLIENT IS TOLERATING IT

DEHISCENCE
Sepration or splitting open layers of surgical wound.
EVISCERATION
extrusion of viscera or intestinal through a surgical wound.

ATROPINE OVERDOSE
HOT AS A HARE MEANS INCREASED TEMPERATURE
MAD AS HATTER MEANS CONFUSION AND DELIRIUM
RED AS BEET MEANS FLUSHED FACE
DRY AS A BONE MEANS DECREASED SECREATIONS ,THRISTY.

HEPARIN + PTT=10 LETTERS
COUMADIN+PT=10 LETTERS

INFLAMMATION SIGNS
H HEAT
I INDURATION
P PAIN
E EDEMA
R REDNESS

CANCER SIGNS

C COMFORT
A ALTERED BODY IMAGE
N NUTRITION
C CHEMOTHERAPY
E EVALUATE RESPONSE TO MEDS
R RESPITE FOR CARETAKERS

mental retardation
R ROUTINE
R REPETITION
R REINFORCEMENT
R ROUTINE

SENILE DEMENTIA

J judgement
A affect
M memory
C cognition
O orientation

EYE MEDS

MIOTIC
LITTLE PUPIL THEY CONSTRICT

MYDRIATIC
BIG PUPIL THEY DILATE

ADRENAL GLAND HORMONES

S SUGAR =GLUCOCORTICOIDS
S SALT= MINERALCOTICOIDS
S SEX =ANDROGENS

NEUROVASCULAR ASSESSMENT

P PAIN
P PULSE
P PALLOR
P PARESTHESIA
P PARALYSIS


The main one every nurse should remember is one you already know:
A,B, C
Airway
Breathing
Circulation


lead placement: FOR EKG
White on the right, smoke (black) over fire (red)


Four causes of cell injury,
think of how the injury tipped (or TIPD) the scale of homeostasis:
T: Toxin or other lethal (cytotoxic) substance
I: Infection
P: Physical insult or injury
D: Deficit, or lack of water, oxygen, or nutrients.

CAUTION:
C: Change in bowel or bladder habits
A: A sore that doesn’t heal
U: Unusual bleeding or discharge
T: Thickening or lump
I: ingestion or difficulty swallowing
O: Obvious changes in a wart or mole
N: Nagging cough or hoarseness.


Use the ABCD rule to assess a mole’s
A: Asymmetry--Is the mole irregular in shape?
B: Border--Is the border irregular, notched, or poorly defined?
C: Color--Does the color vary (for example, between shades of brown, red, white, blue, or black)?
D: Diameter--Is the diameter more than 6 mm?


BEEP to remember the signs of minor Bleeding:
B: Bleeding gums
E: Ecchymoses (bruises)
E: Epistaxis (nosebleed)
P: Petechiae (tiny purplish spots)


CATS" of "HYPOCALCEMIA"
C - Convulsions
A- Arrhythmias
T - Tetany
S - Spasms and stridor


APE TO MAN
Atrial, Pulmonic, Erb's point, Tricuspid, Matrial

PERRLA means your eyes condition
Pupils Equally Round and Reactive to Light and Accomodation

MR DICE RUNS = our clinical teacher told this one

M= Muscle
R= Respiratory
D=Digestive
I= Integumentary
C= Circulatory
E= Endocrine
R= Reproductive
U= Urinary
N= Nervous
S= Skeletal


S/S of Hyponatremia

S tupor/coma
A norexia, N&V
L ethargy
T endon reflexes decreased

L imp muscles (weakness)
O rthostatic hypotension
S eizures/headache
S tomach cramping


R Respiratory
O Opposite

ph > PCO2 <>
ph <> Acidosis

M Metabolic
E Equal

ph> HCO3 > Alkalosis
ph<>

Nerves Functions
I Olfactory -Oh -Sensory -Some
II Optic- Oh -Sensory -Say
III Occulomotor -Oh -Motor -Mary
IV Trochlear -To -Motor -Money
V Trigeminal -Touch -Both -But
VI Abducens -And -Motor -My
VII Facial -Feel -Both -Brother
VIII Acoustic (vestoblochlear) -A -Sensory -Says
IX Glosopharyngeal -Green -Both -Bad
X Vagus -Veggie -Both -Business
XI Spinal Accessory- Soon At -Motor -Mary
XII Hypoglosal -Harvest- Motor -Money


Effects of anticholinergics:
Can't see
Can't pee
Can't spit
Can't --defecate

LDL =bad"cholesterol
L=Lowdown
D=Dirty
L=lipoprotein

Diabetes
Hot and Dry : sugar high
cold and clammy need some candy

DEMENTIA can be used to remember potential causes:

• D: Drugs and alcohol—including over-the-counter drugs
• E: Eyes and ears—disorientation due to visual/auditory distortion
• M: Medical disorders—e.g., diabetes, hypothyroidism
• E: Emotional and psychological disturbances—e.g., mood or paranoid disorders
• N: Neurological disorders—e.g., multiinfarct dementia
• T: Tumors and trauma
• I: Infections—e.g., urinary tract or upper respiratory tract
• A: Arteriosclerosis—leading to hf insufficient blood supply to heart and brain, and confusion

Blood:
Normal (Neutrophils)
Monkeys (Monocytes)
Like to (Lymphocytes)
Eat (Eosinophils)
Bananas (Basophils)