Here are the top 5 drugs administered by allnurses.com members

[northmississippi]

You may recall I had a post asking what 5 drugs YOU administer daily (link to orignal queston), here are the results.

Out of over 100 post, here are the top 5:

1. Dilaudid

2. Insulin

3. Morphine

4. Heparin

5. zofran

Next five:

6. Metoprolol

7. Tylenol

8. Colace

9. Protonix

10. Ativan

Most unique answers were a popcicle, a can of whoop A$$, and diaper cream. Ha, you guys are great!

So for all us aspiring nurses, we better read up on these. Thanks everyone who posted. Any additional comments are welcome!

Are any of these basically the same thing?

[AgentBeast, MSN, RN]

For your next post ask what drugs the nurses take the most. Caffeine is a given for number 1!

I would say Ethyl Alcohol would be #1.

[Bobbkat]

Diaper cream is probably my number one! Sweet-ease is up there too.

[DLS_PMHNP, MSN, RN, NP]

For your next post ask what drugs the nurses take the most. Caffeine is a given for number 1!

How bout xanax? That one should rate right up there for us!

[rn4babies63]

In the labor room:

1. Pitocin

2. Stadol

3. Cytotec

4. Nifedipine

5. Naropin

Post partum:

1. Iron

2. Surfak

3. Percocet

4. Ibuprofen

5. Buprenex

[northmississippi]

Lasix was number 12 with 11 responses....30 people said dilaudid.

Number 11-15 were

Lovanox

Lasix

Omaprazole

asa

coumadin

only 4 people said xanax and so I put it at number 49.

[Caffeine_IV]

I give all of those especially insulin on a regular basis.

Besides those listed I find I'm giving Vancomycin, Nexium, Lipitor and Potassium just as frequently.

[Nursetastic]

In the ICU...

Protonix

Lovenox

Zosyn

Nitro

Dopamine

Ativan

Propofol (woo-hoo!)

Morphine

Insulin

Vancomycin