Question about Common Meds

Nurses General Nursing

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Hi there,

I'm a pre-nursing student and I'd just like to know what some common drugs are that you guys each use on a daily basis. I'd like to try and get a headstart on learning some of them.

Thanks so much!

Specializes in NA, Stepdown, L&D, Trauma ICU, ER.

Oh wow..That's gonna be a heck of a list

Um, almost everyone on my unit gets lovenox and protonix. We do lots of digoxin, lasix, cardizem and lopressor. Predisone and solu-medrol are also really popular. Just about every antibiotic and pain med too. Phenergan for the nausea they get from the abx and narcs. I know there are a million more, but I can't think of them right now. Good luck in school

Specializes in Utilization Management.

I think there's already a thread about this somewhere....

Specializes in Hospice, Critical Care.
Oh wow..That's gonna be a heck of a list

Um, almost everyone on my unit gets lovenox and protonix. We do lots of digoxin, lasix, cardizem and lopressor. Predisone and solu-medrol are also really popular. Just about every antibiotic and pain med too. Phenergan for the nausea they get from the abx and narcs. I know there are a million more, but I can't think of them right now. Good luck in school

Add a few ... K-Dur, nitroglycerin (ointment, etc.), heparin, insulin--it comes in many forms, pepcid, lipitor, vasotec, ativan.

Oh, the list could go on & on!

Specializes in Progressive Care.

The holy trinity on trauma step-down: Percocet, Lovenox , and docusate. dont know if its the docs or what, but every patient is on these.

Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho.

Ahhh and dont forget the Carafate, Multivitamins, ferrous sulfate.

Depakote, Colace, Xanax and Prevacid. Oh, and on my unit the big ones are Haldol, Remeron, Ativan, and Risperdal.

We call in so many prescriptions every day, I don't think I could even begin to list them. You might be better off to learn what the different categories of drugs do...learn what ACE inhibitors do, what cox-2s do, what second generation penicillins do, etc...

Depends on your specialty. In the ER we use a lot of pain meds (Demerol, morphine, Ty-Co, Vicodin, Toradol) and cardiac stuff: nitro, thrombolytics. Lots of antibiotics: Rocephin, amoxicillin, Keflex.

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