Nursing Students Student Assist
Updated: Feb 22, 2020 Published Jul 10, 2011
Hello,
Does anyone have any study tips for pharmacology? please help!
Thanks in advance,
Shavon Cook
jenn2315
4 Posts
Could I get it too? I am trying to review for my final semester this fall. Thank you!
notgivingup1 RN
73 Posts
@jenn2315 please check your email......Good luck.....
Thank you @ Notgivingup1
I scanned through it last night and am loving it! Thank you thank you thank you!!!
BBRANRN2013, ASN, RN
237 Posts
If you wouldn't mind I can use that study guide as well. I start Pharm class next semester. Thanks a million! All these posts got me a little nervous!
Annachu512, BSN, RN
239 Posts
I'm actually looking forward to getting to pharm but I've been a pharm tech for 11 years. I'll have an advantage there. I learned by repetition on the job so that would be my suggestion. Learn the classes and suffixes as some have mentioned. That will make it easy to wing it on ones you might not be sure on when studying.
TmC1999
40 Posts
TY for the study guide notgivingup1! :)
#1 MOMMY
23 Posts
notgivingup1, Thank you so much for the study guide!!!!!
Isabellah please check your email......Good Luck
Isabellah
37 Posts
Thank you so much.
Shell SPN
Just went through and saw all the requests and I must say that you are AWESOME to help us all out! I start pharm 2 in august and did ok with dosage calc. but this looks a little hairy! Another tip my teacher taught us with dosage is the pig pharm which i thought was ingenious!
There is a pig pharm that is located right down the middle of two counties. (you make up we used jefferson county and bullit county) all the ppl from jeff called the pharm the 1 gram pharm. But all the ppl from bullit called it the 1000 mg pharm. So on the 1 gram pharm there is 15 grain bins. And each grain bin feeds 60 mg piggies.
1g = 1000mg
1g = 15 gr
1gr = 60 mg
also to calc up and down the metric:
kg ............... kL ................... up lefting 3 spaces
g ................ L .......................down right dirty 3 spaces
mg .............. mL
mcg
make these with stair steps on the side so you can go up or down. so example i want to change 600 mg to grams. So I have to go up (mg is under g so its up LEFTING) so the decimal goes three spaces to the left. 600 mg = .6 g.
EX: 0.6 L to mL.. L to mL is DOWN RIGHT DIRTY so.. 0.6 L = 600 mL. EX: 0.25 g to mg is down right dirty so.. 0.25 g = 250 mg
found that i used these calcs alot and its a fun way to to remember them...Shout out to Ms. Obreezy!!
Hey everyone, I'm so glad that I can be of help.....for those who request the study guide please check your email......best of luck...
justme12
5 Posts
Thank you so much, notgivingup1! I really do appreciate it!