Pharmacology

InmyblooD · Jan 23, 2006

these were from another post fron RNin2007.

http://www.geocities.com/sfarrington...tudyguide1.doc

http://www.geocities.com/sfarrington...tudyguide2.doc

http://www.geocities.com/sfarrington...guidefinal.doc

Also, try doing a search for pharm on this site.

taking it this sem. too...........

Good luck.

karmyk · Feb 7, 2006

UPDATED

Okay! I'm taking Pharmacology now, and I've been making some flashcards for drilling/reviewing some basics... mostly basic drug brand names and uses, although I'll also add traditional Drug Cards eventually once I get a good feel for the class.

The link is here:

http://www.karmyk.com/scigeek/pharm/cards/

It currently utilizes three different flashcard reviewing programs (which are also linked from the website). I figured I might as well share these with everyone. =)

Questions/Comments/Corrections/Suggestions are always welcome! Either through a PM here or through e-mail (linked at the bottom of the website provided).

karmyk · Feb 7, 2006

Some people have also posted flashcards here:

http://www.studystack.com/category-20

Future_Nurse_Natalie · Feb 8, 2006

I LOVE those links!!! Thanks guys! I got a 100% on my first quiz, an 80% on my first test (blegh, i studied wayyy too much for that!), and I have my 2nd quiz tomorrow. Thanks again for the awesome sites!

karmyk · Feb 8, 2006

Some excellent pre-made drug cards that I found on the net the other day:

http://md-do.org/Files/phrmcrds/

SarasotaRN2b · Feb 15, 2006

http://www.accd.edu/sac/nursing/math/default.html -- the start page of this pharmacology math tutorial presented by the nursing department at the san antonio college. by clicking on the "go figure" button you can access quizzes on basic med calculations, iv, pediatric and ob med calculations. the quizzes all have answers. follow the directions.
http://pharmcal.tripod.com/ch4.htm#areadose - this is an online pediatric drug calculator. just pick the dosage formula you wish to use, input the information asked, click the "calculate" button and you will be given the correct answer.
http://go.dbcc.edu/hhps/nursing/medication_calculations.html - from daytona beach community college nursing department. all kinds of nursing math worksheets of calculation problems with answers for tablets, ivs, peds and ob meds
http://www.delmar.edu/nsci/jartman/1406-peds.htm - help with pediatric dosages using fried's and clark's rule. there are 8 practice problems listed here with answers from the chemistry department of del mar college in corpus christi, tx.
http://www.tpub.com/content/medical/10669-c/css/10669-c_250.htm - help with pediatric dosages using young's and clark's rules.
http://www.lww.com/promos1/karch/images/05-karch.pdf - calculating pediatric dosages start on page 6. includes fried's, clark's, young's, and surface area rules.
http://www.pharmacyexam.com/news/calculation.pdf - this site has conversion tables, listings of dosage calculation formulas for pediatrics, determining meq's, tpn calculations, and 30 practice dosage calculations with answers fully explained

thank you, thank you, thank you....you are an angel . i'm starting nursing school in three months and i'm really nervous about this. while i do well in math, med math is a whole different can of beans.

thanks!

kris

Future_Nurse_Natalie · Feb 15, 2006

Ugh. Took a quiz on sympathetic and parasympathetic and only got a 70% which means I missed 3 out of 10. Bad. But I have another quiz on monday and I think I get the endocrine drugs better.

det01 · Feb 16, 2006

One thing I have found that helps is to know what classification the drug is. If you know that and you know about drugs in that classification it can help you on a lot of things. (Especially on ?s about what the action of the drug is on the body)

packerbacker · Feb 16, 2006

I try to learn 1-3 drugs every night. I find that if I just look at it a little bit each night that it REALLY helps with the retention. I even find myself giving myself little "mental pop quizzes" throughout the day. I ask myself about a drug and I have to be able to say everything I know about it...ie if its nephrotoxic/hemotoxic and what the patient teachings are and so on. It quickly becomes obvious what you know and what you don't know.

I think the key to learning this stuff is to try and write/say an answer WITHOUT looking at any notes. Reading your notes over and and over again doesn't mean that you know it. Am I making any sense?

I also find myself telling my friends stuff they could care less about. Such as "did you know that codine and morphine are naturally occuring opiates -not a synthetic". If you can teach someone else then you know it...

okay, so I am most likely on the verge of being certifiably insane, but its working! I got a 100 an 90 on my first 2 tests. :)

Good luck guys!

Calzonan RN · Feb 16, 2006

I've found through all my pre-req's that the best way for me to learn is to study and then use flashcards WITH a friend. I have a good friend and we've taken all our pre-req's together and would get together before a test and flashcard each other. We would also discuss different aspects of what we were studying and try and explain the process (say like the inflammation response) to each other. I found that by the end of the night I could answer all the flashcards w/o a problem and it really increased my understanding, not just memorization, of the system. Unfortunately, we're now in different nursing schools, but I did try 'discussing' information right before my last test with a girl I carpool with, and I know it really helped us both on the test.

Keli

class of '07

ICRN2008, BSN, RN · Feb 16, 2006

Yuck, I just took my first pharmacology exam. I read the book and looked over the notes, memorized the drugs, etc. Apparently that wasn't enough, she expected us to memorize EVERY WORD of her notes. This test was on 16 chapters of material, and it's only the fourth week of class. I will have to study much harder for the next exam. I have a calculations quiz tomorrow in Foundations, so I'm off to study for that.

Good luck to everyone taking Pharm this semester :)

hlfpnt, BSN, RN · Feb 16, 2006

Something else that's helpful is Mosby's Pharmacology NoteCards, ISBN 0323031919. It can be ordered on-line through Books-A-Million. It has some pretty good ways (uses visual & mnemonics) to remember classifications, uses, S/E, etc. I found it way after my pharm was done, but it's pocket size and good for quick ref. in clinicals (but doesn't take the place of a good drug book).

D.W.