Examples
NEUROLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

Remember the old cartoons when someone gets  
an idea in their brain and a light bulb  would go
off above their head? Think of that, but picture a
LAMP above the patients head


L - LOC (level of consciousness)person,place,time

A - Assess fontanelle (infants under 1 years old
-                               flat? depressed? bulging?)

M - Movement   (hand grasp/pull AND           -     
                pedal dorsiflexion/extension)

P - PERL

SKIN ASSESSMENT

T - Temperature of skin

I - Integrity of skin

M - moisture of skin

E - Edema of skin

Color - Color of skin

* Remember you only have to choose (2)
vulnerable skin areas to assess. They are:
1) heels
2) sacral/coccyx
3) occiput
4) trochanter
5) skin folds
6) peri anal
7) designated area
USING THE ABOVE EXAMPLES YOUR GRID WOULD LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS:

Please note that you check off the area of care on the LEFT side when you do it, and then check off the area of
care to the RIGHT side when you chart it. That way you won't forget anything!

NEURO

DONE?                                             CHARTED?

___ L – LOC                                         ___

___ A- Assess fontanelle                       ___

___ M – Movement
Hand grasps                                      ___

Pedal flexion/extension                      ___

___ P – PERL                                        ___

SKIN

Skin surface assigned OR chosen: 1) ________   2) ________

DONE?                                            CHARTED?

___ T – Temperature                          ___

___ I – Integrity                                 ___

___ M – Moisture                                ___

___ E – Edema                                   ___

___ Color                                           ___

OTHER AREAS OF CARE ASSIGNED/INTERVENTIONS FROM NURSING CARE PLAN:
ALL MNEMONICS/PICS ARE NOW ON A FLASH CARD FORMAT. MANY THANKS TO
STEPHEN BERENDSON FOR PUTTING THE FILES INTO THIS FORMAT !!
*On my video I made mention of accessing the documents: NURSING CARE
PLANS, SAMPLE CHARTING, MNEMONICS, AND MNEMONIC PICTURES on this
website. Due to the way that this server runs their website there is no way to offer
the documents in that format on this website. So, when you order the video, I will
E-Mail you the above mentioned documents in a zipped format. This applies to
the downloaded and ground delivery version of the video. To view what some of
these documents would look like see the samples below: