What drugs should I know?

Nursing Students NCLEX

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What drugs (or classes) should I really know inside and out? Which are most common? Are there some that the NCLEX likes to throw at you? Which drugs might I be expected to know when working a med surg floor, as a new grad?

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This has been discussed here alot....Common Med Surg drugs....

1. Digoxin

2. Lasix

3. Vancomycin (so much c. diff it's not even funny)

4. Lisinopril

5. Phenergan

6. Morphine Sulfate

7. Lortab

8. Benadryl

9. Percocet

10.Lexapro or Zoloft or Paxil, etc (any SSRI antidepressants)

11. Insulins (log, lin, NPH, mix, Lantus)

12. Metformin

13. Propanolol

14. Nitroglycerin

15. Aspirin

16. Acetamenophen

17. basically any NSAIDS

18. K dur

19. Heparin/Lovenox

20. Coumadin

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