Memorize nursing content by hearing it, not by rereading it.

ACE inhibitors: the -pril crew

Statins and the muscle warning

Loop diuretics: furosemide

Beta blockers: the -olol family

ARBs: the -sartan family

Calcium channel blockers

Thiazide diuretics

Digoxin: narrow window

Aminoglycosides: peak and trough

Anticonvulsants and level monitoring

Antihistamines and sedation

Antiplatelets and bleeding risk

Antipsychotics and extrapyramidal signs

Benzodiazepines and flumazenil

Beta agonists: the -terol family

Corticosteroids: the -sone family

Fluoroquinolones and the tendon warning

H2 blockers: the -tidine family

Nitrates and the headache

NSAIDs versus acetaminophen

Opioids and naloxone

Penicillins and cephalosporins

Potassium-sparing diuretics

Proton pump inhibitors: the -prazole family

SSRIs and serotonin syndrome

Tricyclics and the anticholinergic load

Antidote pairs round-up

Chemotherapy handling precautions

Concentrated electrolytes

Digoxin toxicity and digoxin immune fab

Heparin, aPTT and protamine

Insulin types: onset, peak, duration

Lithium toxicity

Magnesium sulfate in obstetrics

Mixing insulin: clear before cloudy

Neuromuscular blockers and the ventilator

Opioid respiratory depression

Potassium chloride: never IV push

The independent double check

Warfarin, INR and vitamin K

Desired over have

Drip rate in drops per minute

Household to metric conversions

Pediatric safe dose range

Pounds to kilograms

Pump rate in millilitres per hour

Reconstitution and powder volume

Titrating to effect

Units per hour: heparin drips

Weight-based dosing in mg per kg

Advance Directives and Informed Consent

Advance Directives and the Living Will

Advocacy and the Chain of Command

Case Management and Continuity of Care

Client Advocacy: Standing With the Patient

Confidentiality and the Privacy Rule

Consent in Special Situations: Minors, Emergencies, Competence

Disaster Triage and Resource Allocation

Discharge Planning Starts on Day One

Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care

Ethical Principles and the Nurse's Duty

Handoff Report and the Four Steps of SBAR

HIPAA and Protected Health Information

Incident and Variance Reporting

Informed Consent: Who Explains, Who Signs

Mandatory Reporting of Abuse and Neglect

Negligence, Malpractice and the Intentional Torts

Quality Improvement and Root Cause Analysis

Referrals and the Interdisciplinary Team

Refusal of Treatment and Leaving AMA

Restraints: Orders, Time Limits and the Law

Scope of Practice: RN, LPN and UAP

Supervising the Practical Nurse and the Aide

The Chain of Command

The Five Rights of Delegation

When You Must Break Confidentiality: Mandatory Reporting

After the Error: Report It Right

Before It Leaves Your Hand: Preventing Med Errors

Body Mechanics: Lift Without Losing Your Back

Disaster Triage: Red, Yellow, Green, Black

Equipment Safety: Trust the Client, Check the Machine

Fall Risk: Screen It, Then Stop It

Fire on the Unit: RACE and PASS

Hazardous Materials: Sheet, Shield, Container

Home Safety: The Discharge That Holds

Oxygen Safety: Feed the Client, Not the Fire

Restraints: The Order and the Clock

The National Patient Safety Goals

Two Identifiers: Name and Date of Birth

Under the Strap: Monitoring and Charting

Airborne Precautions and Negative Pressure

Contact Precautions and the Organisms That Need Them

Droplet Precautions and the Six Foot Rule

Hand Hygiene, Alcohol Rub or Soap and Water

Multidrug Resistant Organisms

PPE Donning and Doffing Order

Protective Environment and Transporting the Isolated Patient

Standard Precautions for Every Patient

Surgical Asepsis and the Sterile Field

The Chain of Infection

Actual versus potential

Mass casualty triage

Priority setting with ABC then Maslow

Rn to lpn scope

Stable versus unstable

The five rights of delegation

Time management across a shift

What an RN may delegate to unlicensed assistive personnel

What can never be delegated

Alcohol Withdrawal and Delirium Tremens

Antidepressants, Serotonin Syndrome and the Tyramine Diet

Antipsychotics, Movement Effects and Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome

Anxiety Levels and Anxiety Disorders

Bipolar Disorder and Acute Mania

Crisis Intervention and De-escalation

Depression and Suicide Risk Assessment

Eating Disorders and Refeeding Syndrome

Lithium Therapy and Toxicity Monitoring

Personality Disorders and Splitting

Restraint and Seclusion in Psychiatric Care

Schizophrenia, Positive and Negative Symptoms

Therapeutic Communication

ARDS: Refractory Hypoxemia and PEEP

Asthma: Rescue Versus Control

Chest Tubes: Bubbling, Tidaling, and Never Clamping

COPD: Trapped Air, Low Flow Oxygen

Oxygen Delivery Devices: Pick the Right One

Pneumonia: Crackles, Cultures, and Confusion

Pneumothorax: Simple Versus Tension

Pulmonary Embolism: Sudden Dyspnea, Sudden Doom

Respiratory Assessment: Sounds, Signs, and Early Hypoxia

Suctioning: In Without, Out With

Tracheostomy Care: Obturator at the Bedside

Tuberculosis: Airborne, Induration, and RIPE

APGAR and the Newborn Assessment

Breastfeeding: Latch, Supply and Storage

Eclampsia and Magnesium Sulfate

Fetal Heart Rate Patterns and VEAL CHOP

Gestational Diabetes

Naegele's Rule and GTPAL

Newborn Complications: Sugar, Jaundice and Breathing

Postpartum Assessment: BUBBLE HE

Postpartum Hemorrhage and the Four T's

Preeclampsia and Severe Features

Prenatal Visits and the Danger Signs

Rh Incompatibility and RhoGAM

Stages Two, Three and Four of Labor

The First Stage of Labor

After the Error: Report It Right

Before It Leaves Your Hand: Preventing Med Errors

Body Mechanics: Lift Without Losing Your Back

Disaster Triage: Red, Yellow, Green, Black

Equipment Safety: Trust the Client, Check the Machine

Fall Risk: Screen It, Then Stop It

Fire on the Unit: RACE and PASS

Hazardous Materials: Sheet, Shield, Container

Home Safety: The Discharge That Holds

Oxygen Safety: Feed the Client, Not the Fire

Restraints: The Order and the Clock

The National Patient Safety Goals

Two Identifiers: Name and Date of Birth

Under the Strap: Monitoring and Charting

Informed consent for surgery

Malignant hyperthermia

NPO status before surgery and preoperative medication management

Postoperative assessment in the recovery room and early complications

Preoperative teaching and the preoperative checklist

Preventing atelectasis and deep vein thrombosis after surgery

The Universal Protocol and the surgical time out

Wound dehiscence and evisceration

Fluid Volume Deficit

Fluid Volume Excess

Hypercalcemia

Hyperkalemia

Hypermagnesemia

Hypernatremia

Hypocalcemia

Hypokalemia

Hypomagnesemia

Hyponatremia

IV Fluid Tonicity

Antihypertensive Classes and Their Price

Arterial Versus Venous Legs

Atrial Fibrillation and the Clot It Makes

Bradycardia, Heart Blocks and Pacemakers

Cardiac Markers and ECG: STEMI, NSTEMI, Unstable Angina

Cardiac Tamponade Versus Pericarditis

Chest Pain: Recognizing Acute Coronary Syndrome

Deep Vein Thrombosis and the Anticoagulants

Hypertension: Stages, Crisis and Cuff Technique

Infective Endocarditis: Fever and a New Murmur

Left Versus Right Heart Failure

Shock It or Not: Lethal Rhythms in a Code

Adult cancer screening schedules

Adult immunization schedule

Aging normal age related changes

Bp cholesterol diabetes screening

Erikson stages lifespan

Lifestyle counselling

Prenatal screening windows

Primary secondary tertiary prevention

Increased Intracranial Pressure

Multiple Sclerosis Versus Myasthenia Gravis

Seizures and Status Epilepticus

Spinal Cord Injury, Levels and Shock

Stroke, Ischemic Versus Hemorrhagic

The Glasgow Coma Scale

Head Injury, Epidural Versus Subdural

Autonomic Dysreflexia

Meningitis, Bacterial Versus Viral

Chemo side effects extravasation

Iron deficiency anemia versus pernicious and folate deficiency anemia

Leukemia and lymphoma basics

Neutropenic precautions

Radiation therapy skin care

Sickle cell disease

Thrombocytopenia transfusion

Airborne Precautions and Negative Pressure

Contact Precautions and the Organisms That Need Them

Droplet Precautions and the Six Foot Rule

Hand Hygiene, Alcohol Rub or Soap and Water

Multidrug Resistant Organisms

PPE Donning and Doffing Order

Protective Environment and Transporting the Isolated Patient

Standard Precautions for Every Patient

Surgical Asepsis and the Sterile Field

The Chain of Infection

Advance Directives and Informed Consent

Advance Directives and the Living Will

Advocacy and the Chain of Command

Case Management and Continuity of Care

Client Advocacy: Standing With the Patient

Confidentiality and the Privacy Rule

Consent in Special Situations: Minors, Emergencies, Competence

Disaster Triage and Resource Allocation

Discharge Planning Starts on Day One

Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care

Ethical Principles and the Nurse's Duty

Handoff Report and the Four Steps of SBAR

HIPAA and Protected Health Information

Incident and Variance Reporting

Informed Consent: Who Explains, Who Signs

Mandatory Reporting of Abuse and Neglect

Negligence, Malpractice and the Intentional Torts

Quality Improvement and Root Cause Analysis

Referrals and the Interdisciplinary Team

Refusal of Treatment and Leaving AMA

Restraints: Orders, Time Limits and the Law

Scope of Practice: RN, LPN and UAP

Supervising the Practical Nurse and the Aide

The Chain of Command

The Five Rights of Delegation

When You Must Break Confidentiality: Mandatory Reporting

Acute pancreatitis

Bowel obstruction

Cirrhosis, portal hypertension and ascites

Hepatic encephalopathy

Inflammatory bowel disease

Ostomy care

Peptic ulcer disease

Upper versus lower GI bleed

Compensation

Metabolic acidosis versus metabolic alkalosis

Reading an ABG step by step

Respiratory acidosis versus respiratory alkalosis

The ROME method

The tic tac toe method

ACE inhibitors: the -pril crew

Statins and the muscle warning

Loop diuretics: furosemide

Beta blockers: the -olol family

ARBs: the -sartan family

Calcium channel blockers

Thiazide diuretics

Digoxin: narrow window

Aminoglycosides: peak and trough

Anticonvulsants and level monitoring

Antihistamines and sedation

Antiplatelets and bleeding risk

Antipsychotics and extrapyramidal signs

Benzodiazepines and flumazenil

Beta agonists: the -terol family

Corticosteroids: the -sone family

Fluoroquinolones and the tendon warning

H2 blockers: the -tidine family

Nitrates and the headache

NSAIDs versus acetaminophen

Opioids and naloxone

Penicillins and cephalosporins

Potassium-sparing diuretics

Proton pump inhibitors: the -prazole family

SSRIs and serotonin syndrome

Tricyclics and the anticholinergic load

Acute kidney injury versus chronic kidney disease

Benign prostatic hyperplasia

Hemodialysis and arteriovenous fistula care

Indwelling urinary catheter care and CAUTI prevention

Kidney stones

Peritoneal dialysis

The renal diet

Urinary tract infection

Amputation care

Assistive device teaching

Cast care

Fractures and compartment syndrome

Osteoporosis

Range of motion

Total hip replacement

Traction

Assistive devices and safe ambulation

Bowel elimination and constipation

Dysphagia and aspiration precautions

End of life comfort care

Enteral feeding

Hygiene and personal care

Non pharmacological pain relief

Pressure injury

Sleep and rest

Therapeutic diets

Therapeutic positioning

Urinary retention and catheter care

Addison Versus Cushing

DKA Versus HHS

Hyperthyroidism and Thyroid Storm

Hypoglycemia and the Rule of Fifteen

Hypothyroidism and Myxedema Coma

Insulin Types: Onset, Peak and Duration

Parathyroid: Calcium High and Low

Pituitary Basics and Acromegaly

SIADH Versus Diabetes Insipidus

Type One Versus Type Two Diabetes

Age Appropriate Play and Communication

Childhood Rashes and Communicable Illness

Congenital Heart Defects, Pink Versus Blue

Croup, Epiglottitis and Bronchiolitis

Infant Milestones, Birth to Twelve Months

Injury Prevention and Child Safety by Age

Pediatric Asthma and Cystic Fibrosis

Pediatric Dosing and Medication Safety

Recognizing Child Abuse and Neglect

School Age and Adolescent Development

The CDC Childhood Immunization Schedule

Toddler and Preschool Milestones, One to Five Years

Antidote pairs round-up

Chemotherapy handling precautions

Concentrated electrolytes

Digoxin toxicity and digoxin immune fab

Heparin, aPTT and protamine

Insulin types: onset, peak, duration

Lithium toxicity

Magnesium sulfate in obstetrics

Mixing insulin: clear before cloudy

Neuromuscular blockers and the ventilator

Opioid respiratory depression

Potassium chloride: never IV push

The independent double check

Warfarin, INR and vitamin K

Desired over have

Drip rate in drops per minute

Household to metric conversions

Pediatric safe dose range

Pounds to kilograms

Pump rate in millilitres per hour

Reconstitution and powder volume

Titrating to effect

Units per hour: heparin drips

Weight-based dosing in mg per kg

Albumin and total protein

Arterial blood gas values

BUN and creatinine

Chloride and bicarbonate

INR, PT and PTT

Liver enzymes: ALT, AST, bilirubin

Magnesium: the forgotten electrolyte

Therapeutic drug levels