Nurses General Nursing
Updated: Feb 4 Published Dec 14, 2005
UM Review RN, ASN, RN
1 Article; 5,163 Posts
What are the top medications that you hate to give and why?
Mine is Amphotericin B (called "Ampho-terrible" at my hospital).
Anything that can't mix with Normal Saline makes me nervous. It makes me wonder what's going to happen when it gets into the vein--isn't blood a fairly salty environment?
Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN
12,126 Posts
Keflex, smells like cat pee.
Suppositories (any of them).
nurse4theplanet, RN
1,377 Posts
any laxative bc of the clean up
MajorDomo
55 Posts
Compazine and phenergan, don't know what the pt will do. Loopiness, itchness, allergic rx, just don't like them.
jaimemds
81 Posts
Enulose
Go-Lytely.
Tweety, BSN, RN
34,364 Posts
I don't like giving amphoterrible either, because of the high reaction rate.
I also don't like Go-lytely.
I hate giving IV Dilantin boluses without a central line.
ERNurse752, RN
1,323 Posts
Cardizem and Corvert...b/c people sometimes try to die when you give them.
PediErMike
5 Posts
Charcoal! Especially if they vomit! The drama with the OG/NG is quite unpleasant as well!
Oh yeah...forgot to put charcoal on my list
Nurse Ratched, RN
2,149 Posts
Mucomyst....ick.
fergus51
6,620 Posts
Amphoterrible is by far the worst IMO. I'm dealing with little babies with fragile little veins and basically wind up having to start a new PIV for every dose. I hate it.
I also hate indocin. Seen far to many intestines perf....