ATI NCLEX Live Review Acronyms to Remember

• All People Eat Taco Meat o Aortic Regurgitation – listen to 2nd intercostal • VEAL CHOP MINE o Variation deceleration cord compression Move patient side to side o Early deceleration head compression Identify Labor progress o Acceleration okay Nothing o Late deceleration placental insufficiency execute actions immediately • CWS (chips with salsa) o Cane weak then strong • COAL o Cane opposite of affected leg • If R is far from P, its first degree Heart Block • If Ps and Qs don’t agree, you have a 3rd degree Heart Block • RICE rest, ice, compression, elevate for tractions! o 2 common types ▪ skin or skeletal • For skeletal pin site care & manage weight ▪ Ice should be on for 30 min, then out of 30 min • 6 P’s o Pain o Paresthesia (pins and needles) o Pallor o Pressure o Paralysis o pulselessness Assessments to Remember • To check Mcburney’s point – lower right side of stomach for appendicitis • To asses for Liver Tenderness – palpate right upper quadrant • To assess for venous thrombolytic event (VTE) – assess dorsiflexion and extension of the foot o Homan’s sign Medication to Remember • Bronchodilator endings “terol” o Beta agonist o Promote beta system relax smooth muscles in body ▪ Causing bronchodilation & increased HR ▪ S/E increased myocardial • 3 step plan for pain management o Mild pain NSAIDs & acetaminophen (non-opioid) o Moderate pain opioids (hydromorphone [morphine]) & combo (Vicodin, Percocet) o Severe pain adjuvants (anti-seizure [Neurontin, gabapentin], SSRIs, marijuana) ▪ In this step, you are adding onto the pain regiment by trying to alternate the perception of pain