Popular Drugs

[havehope]

Hi everyone,

I work as a CNA on a Medical-Surgical floor and as a nurse what drugs do you see most often? I want become knowledgable with the drugs that are most often used, as I will be going to nursing school next Spring.

Thanks!!

[Stcroix, ASN, PhD, RN]

OK, i'll help-

I am on a cardiac / tele floor, here are ones I think of:

apresoline

amiodarone

hydralazine

most beta blockers (esp. lopressor, labelotol, propanolol, coreg)

nitro

ASA

digoxin

Calcium channel blockers: '-ipine' amlodipine, nicardipine, nifedipine

Diuretics: Lasix, hctz, spirolactone

ACE inhibitors: '-pril' enalapril, lisinopril, captopril, quinipril

Anticoagulants: coumadin Heparin, Integrillin, lovenox, Plavix

Analgesics: morpheine, dilaudid, tramadol

Statins: simvastatin. crestor, zocor, Lipitor

Stool softeners : like MOM, colace, ducolax

Antibiotics: Zosyn, vancomycin, keflex, ancef, rocephin, penicillin, levaquin, flagyl

There are loads more, but this is a start. Get yourself a set of drug cards and start looking at them.