Need Help !!!! New LPN student

NurseCubanitaRN2b, BSN, RN · Sep 5, 2009

I don't know of any websites in particular but I can give you some tips on what helped me with pharmacology. What I did was all th medications that I came across I wrote them down and made specific drug cards for them. It's going to be time consuming but it will help you memorize the drugs. I have to say that the most common meds that I saw on the floor weren't the most common meds I saw on the NCLEX-PN. I saw maybe 10% of the meds that I came across during nursing school. Don't fret, you will be fine. Each school is different when requiring drug cards. If you go to a school that doesn't require drug cards during pharmacology, I would do them anyway because it will strengthen your pharmacology knowledge. I've pulled a drug card from my box (I still have them, and I'm constantly adding to them still) and I'm going to show you what we were required to do in our pharm class:

Drug: ceftriaoxone, Rocephin (make sure you put the registered trademark)

Classification: Broad-spectrum antibiotic (3rd generation cephalosporins)

Uses: seriouslower respiratory tract, urinary tract, skin, gonococcal, intraabdominal infections; septicemia, meningitis; bone, joing infections

Dosage: IM, IV

Adverse/Side Effects: seizures, bleeding, renal failure

Patient Education: Take for 10-14 days; When using IM-->Deeply in muscle mass

That's just basic, we were required to write more, but just to give you an idea I broke it down for you. Do this for all your medications and make sure you save the template and the drug information because if you're required to do the cards in the future, you're half way done and all you have to do is to add the information that your instructor is requesting. Good Luck

Jules A, MSN · Sep 6, 2009

One thing that served me well during school was to access the text book's online resources. Also get the study guides, the used ones are often quite cheap. Do all the practice questions you can find. Most schools use test banks for exams so you will be comfortable with the style and sometimes I would even see the exact same question!

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Sep 7, 2009

Moved to the LPN Nursing Student forum.