Nursing Mnemonics Show by NRSNG (Memory Tricks for Nursing School)

The 3 C’s   Choking Coughing Cyanosis  

FINES   Feeding difficulty Inspiratory Stridor Nares Flares Expiratory Grunting Sternal Retractions  

CLEFT LIP   Choking Lie on back Evaluate Airway Feed Slowly Teaching   Larger nipple opening Increased incidence in males Prevent crust formation and aspiration  

CHILD ABUSE   Child’s excessive knowledge of sex and abusive words Hair growth in various lengths Inconsistent stories from the child and parent/s Low self-esteem Depression   Apathy, no emotion Bruised Unusual injuries Serious injuries Evidence of old injuries  

Two areolas One  vagina   Two umbilical arteries, one umbilical vein  

ACHES   Abdominal Pain Chest Pain Headache Eye Problems Severe Leg Pain  

NNN   Non-reactive Non- Stress test is Not good  

PAINS Period (menstrual: late, spotting, bleeding) Abdominal pain, dyspareunia (painful intercourse) Infection (abnormal vaginal discharge) Not feeling well, fever or chills String missing  

HELLP   Hemolysis Elevated Liver function tests Low Platelet count  

ALONE   Amniocentesis L/S Ratio Oxytocin Test Non-Stress Test Estriol Level  

VEAL CHOP   Variable –                 Cord Compression Early –                      Head Compression Accelerations –        Okay Late –         … Continued

REEDA   Redness Edema Ecchymosis Discharge, Drainage Approximation  

The 4 T’s   Tetralogy of Fallot Truncus Arteriosus Transposition of the Great Vessels Tricuspid Atresia  

DIG FAST   Distractibility Indiscretion Grandiosity   Flight of Ideas Activity Increase Sleep Deficit Talkative  

SIG   Sleep Disturbances Interest Decreased Guilty Feelings