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Electrolytes & Acid-Base Balance (ugh!)
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Posted over 5 years ago Anyone have some nifty little ways to remember anything related to the electrolytes-fluid balance or acid-base balance? I have the very cool book "Mosby's Fluids & Electrolytes Memory Notecards" with visuals, mnemonics, & memory aids for nurses. I am having the hardest time bringing myself to read it all and commit it to memory. It just seems too big of a bite. What I think could help most is see what you all have to say. Then by reading it and thinking "Ahh....cool!" I think I will have a better chance to recall it & maybe it will help other students along the way. Thanks in advance for your assistance! |
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| Posted over 5 years ago I do have a good way to understand acidosis and alkalosis but have to wait til tommorrow to post it. My hubby is sleeping and would need to turn on the light to find the paper I have it written on. All I can recall of the top of my head is pH and bicarbonate have an inverse relationship. If one goes up the other goes down. I will get back to you tommorrow and post my diagram of the relationship. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago Ok I found my little cheat sheet. {increase of pH is alkalosis}
Respiratory = CO2 Metabolic ( kidneys ) = HCO3 CO2 has an inverse relationship with pH. When pH goes down, CO2 goes up and vice versa.
CO2 increase, pH decrease = respiratory acidosis CO2 decrease, pH increase = respiratory alkalosis HCO3 increase, pH increase = metabolic alkalosis HCO3 decrease, pH decrease = metabolic acidosis If you make flash cards for these four, it will help you remember their relationship. Scratch what I said above about pH and HCO3 having an inverse relationship, I was wrong. I hope this helps you understand this part of acid-base. Good luck! |
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| Posted over 5 years ago Awesome! I will make flash cards for these. Thanks for your help. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago Angie_ri78 said: Thank you for this info. I too struggle to memorizing electrolyte/acid base balance. I wrote it down and will make little flash cards I can carry in my pocket for quick easy use.. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago I have the book fluid and electrolytes made incredibly easy (3rd edition) and i think that helped me a lot. It is in very easy terms and explains it very throughly. hope this helps :) |
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| Posted over 3 years ago thank you all i will post how much this helped after i take the test........... |
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| Posted about 3 years ago I don't know if I passed the 2nd test or not we took it yesterday and grades aren't posted yet (we take one in 1st semester and another in 2nd) but I was told R- respiratory O- opposite M- metabolic E- equal Don't know if that will help or not, our teacher said to always draw arrows first then figure it out. She also said you had to absolutly memorize the values |
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| Posted about 3 years ago I like the Nursing Made Incredilby Easy books, too. |
