Nursing Lab Value Skeleton
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Ever wonder what those strange looking lines with all the numbers that some nurses and docs write mean?
I did!
I remember, as a student, one of my classmates figured these out and I was so jealous . . .
These diagrams are referred to as lab value skeletons or fish bones.
Using these skeletons will help you quickly reference your patients lab values without having to run back to the computer to look them up.
Here’s how you use them . . . look at your patient’s lab values . . .then you write the value in the corresponding space on the skeleton that matches that value. It’s really a way for you to quickly reference your patients labs on the go.
Today's cheatsheet offers 7 different lab skeletons . . .
