What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

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I want to read about medications that are nornally given by nurses, what do you normally deal with on your floor? I'm hoping to see a common drug list, but who knows...

Thanks.

Specializes in neonatal.

Caffeine

Vitamin D

Iron

Poly-vi-sol

Prevacid

NICU

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Dilaudid, Ceftriaxone, Vancomycin, Heparin, Omeprazole

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Specializes in ER, Med/Surg.

Solumedrol, Flagyl, Norco, Humalog, Zofran

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Specializes in Med-Surg ICU.

Levophed, propofol, fentanyl, protonix, and lovenox.

MSICU if you couldn't tell!

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Specializes in Med-Surg ICU.
Propofol, fentanyl, levophed, lovenox, and protonix lol

I just made this same list (in a slightly different order)! Do we work together...? [emoji6]

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Specializes in NICU.
Caffeine

Vitamin D

Iron

Poly-vi-sol

Prevacid

NICU

Exactly mine too!

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Atorvastatin, metoprolol, heparin, lisinopril, zosyn

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Aspirin 324mg ( 4-81mg tabs)

Morphine 4mg IVP

Zofran 4mg IVP

NS 1000ml wide open

Ibuprofen 600 mg PO

I couldn't decide on just 4 lol

Emergency Department

Yeah this is pretty close. Depends. Some days it's haldol on banana bags. Others it's dilaudid and zofran. On the rough nights it's propofol, gent, succ, and versed.

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Specializes in Psych.

Vistaril, Lithium, Trazadone, Risperdal, Depakote, Zyprexa, Zydis S.L., Neurontin.....

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Pulmicort via nebulizer

Atrovent via nebulizer

Rapamune

Bactrim

Tenex

My last job had very different meds... top 5 for there would have been:

Seroquel

Zoloft

Melatonin

Risperdal

Abilify

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Keppra

Metoprolol

Norco

Ancef

Protonic

Neuro step down

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Specializes in Forensic Psychiatry.

Risperdal

Benztropine

Ativan

Seroquel

Zyprexa

Forensic Psych RN

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