What meds should I know for CPNE??

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Just looking for some ideas on meds that I should become familiar with for CPNE.

Thank you.

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You will be taking your med book with you on the floor, so technically you don't have to "know" any drugs.

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I guess I am worried I will be asked to teach about a med and not know it off the top of my head.. should I put my worries towards something else???

Thank you

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Learn the critical elements first.

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Specializes in Wound Care, LTC, Sub-Acute, Vents.
just looking for some ideas on meds that i should become familiar with for cpne.

thank you.

like what the above poster said, you will have your drug book with you during the planning phase so you will know what meds you will be giving and should look up the meds and write some info about the meds on your grid e.g. what it is for, and a couple of side effects. if the patient doesn't ask you anything about the meds, don't offer the info. unless of course you are assigned patient teaching about the med, then you will have to.

i'm sure you know already but just in case: lovenox should only be given in the abdomen (2+ inches away from the belly button), don't expel the bubbles.

good luck!

angel

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Specializes in Psych, LTC, Acute Care.

You will have your drug book to look up the med. Don't educate the patient on any meds unless its on your PCS. Also pay attention to BP parameters. Good info above about Lovenox Shots. In my hospital, they give them at 6am so hopefully you wont have that.

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Thank you everyone... I am just trying to remember everything from all my exams at this point and I need to stop. I just took Lynn's workshop which was amazing.. but I have to retrain myself on how I have been preparing.

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Specializes in Emergency, Case Management, Informatics.

Don't waste your time on memorizing the meds. As others have said, you'll have your book.

I had 4 PO meds on one patient and an IVPB on another patient. I wrote down some very basic information, popped off the info to the patient as I was doing med admin, and was done with it. One med I had never even heard of before.

Unless the patient asks about it or unless it's part of patient teaching, you don't need it. And usually if you are proactive and start spouting off basic info about the med as you're about to give it, the patient won't ask you about it.

This comes from previous experience as an LPN on a Med/Surg floor. 99 times out of 100, if a patient asks you about their meds, it's because they're testing you to see if you're going to kill them. The other 1 time is because it's a new med to them. If you show them up front that you know what you're talking about (or at least give the impression that you do), then that wipes out their need to test you. ;)

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Specializes in Emergency, Case Management, Informatics.

By the way, I also took Lynn's workshop and feel that it was a HUGE reason for my passing in Mansfield this past weekend with no repeats. Lynn gives you several major tricks and tips that you WILL NOT learn from reading the study guide! If you took Lynn's, I think you're going to be in good shape!

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Know your critical elements like your social security number. If you cannot take a blank piece of paper and write them out without any cues and long pauses then study them harder. Its not just that you will have to know them to pass but you will also need to map out your care and wasting extra time trying to remember is no good. 2 1/2 hours is not much time at all. Ideally, you will only have 1:15 to 1:30 in the patients room. Some say 30 min for planning and 30 for eval but I found the 30min insufficient for evaluation especially if you need to revise your careplan. 45min made me feel better and an hour killed my stress all together. I got that hour by writing out my critical elements in checklist form and checking things off as I gave care. You move faster because you don't have to think and you won't miss anything. I also numbered my areas of care after I wrote the checklists out. This allowed me to do things in an order that saved time. For example, ambulation and/or transfer were always last. I did all lying down things first, then sitting things, then standing. If I had an abdominal assessment I made it my last assessment in case the patient needed to use the bathroom. Hope that makes sense. "Confident competence" will pass you

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