Pharm Flashcards

Sugar-Phosphate · Jul 3, 2011

I like to phrase a testable question on a flash card, with an answer on the bad. Or even the name of a drug on the front, with an answer on the back.

For example.

front : What are Cephalosporins?

Back: Cephalosporins are antibiotics that interfere with the bacterial cell wall synthesis. This is considered broad spectrum.

Front: How do cephalosporins work?

Back: It causes the cell to weaken, swell, burst and eventually die due to the increase in osmotic pressure inside the cell.

Front: What are the side effects of Cephalosporins?

Back: Hypersensitivity reactions (rash, fever, pruritus), Anorexia, nausea, flatulence, vomiting, diarrhea

Note: may cause bleeding with cefmetazole, cefoperazone, and cefotetan.

I hope this gives you an idea, I wanted to give you the best example for detailed class notes. I hope this helps.

Sugar-Phosphate · Jul 3, 2011

By the way, for every class I take I make WELL OVER 1000 flashcards for each course, and I know all of them. I definitely recommend going over them daily! It really helps me!

mom2ccg · Jul 3, 2011

Awesome - thanks for the tip.

queenjulie, RN · Jul 7, 2011

By the way, for every class I take I make WELL OVER 1000 flashcards for each course, and I know all of them. I definitely recommend going over them daily! It really helps me!

I'm glad I'm not the only one! I have HUGE stacks of flashcards from last semester, and I took them with me everywhere. I would flip through a few every time I had a minute--before class, after class, at stoplights, everywhere!

Staragate, ADN, ASN, RN · Jul 13, 2011

You need to know the name, action, side effects (usually make sense from the action), drug/food interactions.

warfarin is a biggie. Pay attention to anything that interacts with it and how.