[Med/surg] What are top 5 drugs your floor uses?

I am still going thru orientation and a friend gave me a suggestion that I liked. He said most floors keep a list of the top 5-10 drugs they use on a regular basis by their Pixis to list name/generic names/potential side effects and incompatabilities. He recomended, go by your floor and ask them for a copy of it to study in down time and that will give you a little boost of knowldge when you start on your floor. Help the ego so you feel like you at least know SOMETHING beyond how to give a bedbath on day one =P

So I went up to the floor, ran into my soon to be manager and asked her if I could get a copy of that list. She loved the idea and zipped off to get it for me. Then she came back looking a little down saying, she could not find it. We joked, she told me just to look up and memorize everything I could about Dilaudid =P

So any other Med/surg folk recomend a few other common drugs that you use pretty much constantly?

Thanks!

That's a pretty good question. Personally I give Dilaudid, Morphine, Norco, Zofran and Phenergan more than any other drug. A close second to that little group would be Metoprolol, Protonix, Lovenox and insulin. I also give tons of antibiotics with the majority being Zosyn and Rochephin. I am interested to hear what others will say.

That's a pretty good question. Personally I give Dilaudid, Morphine, Norco, Zofran and Phenergan more than any other drug. A close second to that little group would be Metoprolol, Protonix, Lovenox and insulin. I also give tons of antibiotics with the majority being Zosyn and Rochephin. I am interested to hear what others will say.

The only thing I can think to add is Toradol, Mucinex and Decadron.

[KimberlyRN89, BSN, RN]

That is tough. Morphine gets my #1 vote though, followed by lovenox, Percocet, vancomycin, and insulin.

[THELIVINGWORST, ASN, RN]

@Bas22 basically nailed it.

That's a pretty good question. Personally I give Dilaudid, Morphine, Norco, Zofran and Phenergan more than any other drug. A close second to that little group would be Metoprolol, Protonix, Lovenox and insulin. I also give tons of antibiotics with the majority being Zosyn and Rochephin. I am interested to hear what others will say.

That's pretty much my list as well. We also give Levaquin a lot!

[vintagemother, ADN, CNA, LVN, RN]

I know you said med-surg, but we use a lot of: depakote, seroquel, Ativan, klonopin, cogentin. Just to name a few. Guess what type of unit I work in? Lol!

That's a pretty good question. Personally I give Dilaudid, Morphine, Norco, Zofran and Phenergan more than any other drug. A close second to that little group would be Metoprolol, Protonix, Lovenox and insulin. I also give tons of antibiotics with the majority being Zosyn and Rochephin. I am interested to hear what others will say.

While on med surg, I also gave a ton of Levaquin and Flagyl.

Also, quite a bit of Lasix

Not to mention docusate and senna.

Oh, and nebs...

[Nurse SMS, MSN, RN]

Flagyl, Levaquin, Vancomycin, Humalog, Lantus, Morphine, Zofran, Dilaudid, Lovenox, Protonix.

[Aurora77]

Great question! I think my top ten would have to be: dilaudid, morphine, zofran, heparin (sub Q), flagyl, Ancef, insulin (lantus and novolog), vancomycin, levaquin, metoprolol.

Vanco, Zosyn, protonix, Lovenox, Morphine, Metroprolol, Heparin (Injection and GTT), All kinds of insulin, gabapentin, Zofran

In addition to the meds already listed, I frequently give Sennakot or Docusate.

Zosyn, dilaudid, ancef, norco, Ativan, protonix, heparin, beta blockers, insulin, lasix.

Dilaudid, morphine, zofran, protonix, vanco, levaquin, flagyl, tylenol, restoril, ativan, insulin