NURSING MNEMONICS Anticholingergics Side Effects:

Can't see
MI management: MONA Can't pee
Morphine Can't spit
O2 Can't sh*t
Nitroglycerine
Aspirin 5W's of common causes of post-op
fever
HYPOGLYCEMIA: TIRED Wind (think pneumonia, splinting,
T Tired incentive spirometer exercises not
I Irritability done, DB+ coughing not done)
R Restless Water (dehydration...)
E Excessive hunger Wound (infection, dehiscence...)
D Diaphoresis-Depression Walking (PE...)
Wonder drug (approriate
antibiotic...)
HEART MURMURS: SPASM
S Stenosis Cranial Nerves
P Partial obstruction
A Aneurysms Oh – Olfactory ------- Some
S Septal defect Oh - Optic -------------Say
M Mitral regurgitation Oh –Oculomotor ------ Marry
To -Trochlear ---------Money
Touch- Trigeminal--- But
Hyperthyroidism (s/s) : THYROIDISM And- Abducens --------My
Tremor Feel- Facial -----------Brother
Heart rate up Virgin- Vestibulocochlear- Says
Yawning (fatigueability) Girl's- Glossopharangeal--- Big
Restlessness Violins -Vagus ----------Breasts
Oligomenorrhea & amenorrhea Ah -Accessory -----------Mean
Intolerance to heat Heaven- Hypoglossal ----More
Diarrhea
Irritability For the third column, S stands for
Sweating sensory, M for motor, and B is both.
Muscle wasting & weight loss Also, you have one nose, so
Olfactory is CNI, two eyes, so optic
Miotic: Little word=Little pupil is CNII. To remember which order
Mydriatic: Big word=Big pupil the As come in, ABducens comes
before ACcessory alphabetically.
Acute Pancreatitis: I GET SMASHED
I - idiopathic
G - gallstone
E - EtOH
T - trauma
S - steroids
M - mumps (paramyxovirus) and
other viruses (EBV, CMV)
A - autoimmune
S - scorpion sting / snake bite
H - hypercalcemia, hyperlipidemia
and hypothermia
E - ERCP
D - drugs, duodenal ulcers
To apply a telemetry monitor:
White over right (top right shoulder)
Black beside the white (Over lt
shoulder)
Checkers (red below the black)
Christmas (Green beside the red)
Then ofcourse, the brown will be in
the middle!
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 - Excesssive
N - Nephrons, renal failure
E - Excretion - Impaired
Signs and Symptoms of Increased
Serum K+: MURDER
M - Muscle weakness
U - Urine, oliguria, anuria
R- Respiratory distress
D - Decreased cardiac contractility
E - ECG changes
R - Reflexes, hyperreflexia, or
areflexia (flaccid)
HYPERNATREMIA
"You Are Fried"
F - Fever (low grade), flushed skin
R - Restless (irritable)
I - Increased fluid retention and
increased BP
E - Edema (peripheral and pitting)
D - Decreased urinary output, dry
mouth
"CATS" of "HYPOCALCEMIA"
C - Convulsions
A- Arrhythmias
T - Tetany
S - Spasms and stridor