Class Talk Fall 2016

The lab value i “like” the most would be Magnesium (1.3-2.3 mEq/L) because it plays important roles throughout our bodies (just like all the other electrolytes) and is not talked about as often as some of the other lab values. The lab value I “like” the least is Sodium because almost every single blog post is about it! (including mine) >.<

Here’s a photo which I feel describes me pretty well. It was taken about 3 years ago when I was learning Spanish in Mexico. I went on a trip with the clinic that partnered with my school. I was taking vital signs here, but I really had no idea what I was doing.

Overall, this photo displays several things about who I am: I love travelling to different places, caring for others is deeply important, and even when I feel like I’m in over my head I still strive to do my best.

My favorite lab value is glucose (74-99 mg/dL). It’s fairly easy for me to remember and it has stuck with me after getting to perform many Accu-Chek glucose tests.

My least favorite lab value is hematocrit (38.8-50.0). I can become easily confused between hemoglobin and hematocrit and sometimes have difficulty telling the difference between the two.

Hi Everyone!

As you can see from the picture I posted, part of the time that I spend outside of school is with kids – teaching them beginning piano, and then showcasing their progress in a little recital for their family to see. This is a photo taken from a piano recital I held over a year ago.

On a different note, as I’ve been studying my electrolyte values this past week, one electrolyte that I constantly have to go back to and look at is Magnesium (1.8-2.7mg/dL). At first I thought that it would be Chloride or Phosphate that I would have a hard time remembering, because we see those far less frequently than sodium, potassium, or even magnesium. But somehow, I remember those harder values better for that reason. Instead it’s magnesium that I always seem to forget and have to look up again and again. The lab value that I like the most, however, is potassium (3.5-5.0 mEq/L). There are very few numbers to remember and it’s a very common lab value that pops up in patient’s charts. Because it’s so easy for me to remember, potassium lies very dear to my heart.

Hi Everyone!

As you can see from the picture I posted, part of the time that I spend outside of school is with kids – teaching them beginning piano, and then showcasing their progress in a little recital for their family to see. This is a photo taken from a piano recital I held over a year ago.

On a different note, as I’ve been studying my electrolyte values this past week, one electrolyte that I constantly have to go back to and look at is Magnesium (1.8-2.7mg/dL). At first I thought that it would be Chloride or Phosphate that I would have a hard time remembering, because we see those far less frequently than sodium, potassium, or even magnesium. But somehow, I remember those harder values better for that reason. Instead it’s magnesium that I always seem to forget and have to look up again and again. The lab value that I like the most, however, is potassium (3.5-5.0 mEq/L). There are very few numbers to remember and it’s a very common lab value that pops up in patient’s charts. Because it’s so easy for me to remember, potassium lies very dear to my heart.

Hi Everyone!

As you can see from the picture I posted, part of the time that I spend outside of school is with kids – teaching them beginning piano, and then showcasing their progress in a little recital for their family to see. This is a photo taken from a piano recital I held over a year ago.

On a different note, as I’ve been studying my electrolyte values this past week, one electrolyte that I constantly have to go back to and look at is Magnesium (1.8-2.7mg/dL). At first I thought that it would be Chloride or Phosphate that I would have a hard time remembering, because we see those far less frequently than sodium, potassium, or even magnesium. But somehow, I remember those harder values better for that reason. Instead it’s magnesium that I always seem to forget and have to look up again and again. The lab value that I like the most, however, is potassium (3.5-5.0 mEq/L). There are very few numbers to remember and it’s a very common lab value that pops up in patient’s charts. Because it’s so easy for me to remember, potassium lies very dear to my heart.

Hi Everyone!

As you can see from the picture I posted, part of the time that I spend outside of school is with kids – teaching them beginning piano, and then showcasing their progress in a little recital for their family to see. This is a photo taken from a piano recital I held over a year ago.

On a different note, as I’ve been studying my electrolyte values this past week, one electrolyte that I constantly have to go back to and look at is Magnesium (1.8-2.7mg/dL). At first I thought that it would be Chloride or Phosphate that I would have a hard time remembering, because we see those far less frequently than sodium, potassium, or even magnesium. But somehow, I remember those harder values better for that reason. Instead it’s magnesium that I always seem to forget and have to look up again and again. The lab value that I like the most, however, is potassium (3.5-5.0 mEq/L). There are very few numbers to remember and it’s a very common lab value that pops up in patient’s charts. Because it’s so easy for me to remember, potassium lies very dear to my heart.

The lab value I least like is the minimum normal value for calcium. I just have a difficult time remembering this value. Every other value in Chapter 13 I have an easy time remembering since they’re either whole numbers, multiples of 5, or 10 numbers apart such as sodium, 135 to 145 mEq/L. The lab value I like the most is the maximum normal value of sodium, 145 mEq/L. I’ve been exposed to it a lot in nursing school so it’s easy to recall and a simple whole number. 

The electrolyte I like the most is potassium because it is easy to remember and we focused on potassium deficit/excess and its signs and symptoms, so I definitely feel I am more familiar with the manifestations, causes, and the effect on the renal and cardiac organs.

The electrolytes I like the least are phosphorus and calcium because their relationship can sometimes confuse me. When phosphorus and calcium occur together, it is usually a calcium deficit with a phosphorus excess and vice versa. High serum phosphate can cause low calcium, which sounds simple, but the relationships between electrolytes and their effects sometimes mix me up.

The electrolyte I like the most is potassium because it is easy to remember and we focused on potassium deficit/excess and its signs and symptoms, so I definitely feel I am more familiar with the manifestations, causes, and the effect on the renal and cardiac organs.

The electrolytes I like the least are phosphorus and calcium because their relationship can sometimes confuse me. When phosphorus and calcium occur together, it is usually a calcium deficit with a phosphorus excess and vice versa. High serum phosphate can cause low calcium, which sounds simple, but the relationships between electrolytes and their effects sometimes mix me up.

The electrolyte I like the most is potassium because it is easy to remember and we focused on potassium deficit/excess and its signs and symptoms, so I definitely feel I am more familiar with the manifestations, causes, and the effect on the renal and cardiac organs.

The electrolytes I like the least are phosphorus and calcium because their relationship can sometimes confuse me. When phosphorus and calcium occur together, it is usually a calcium deficit with a phosphorus excess and vice versa. High serum phosphate can cause low calcium, which sounds simple, but the relationships between electrolytes and their effects sometimes mix me up.