Tips for studying Medications

I have a hard time with this too.

I use Mosby Pharm Memory Cards to learn the drugs classfication, main side effects and teaching.

Hogan also gives hint how to memorize the generic with prefix suffix to look for

if you dont know the drug it helps to at least know either the generic or trade name.

commericals help but i hardly watch tv

Anyone have any tips for studying meds???

For the NCLEX I only studied Ch 2 in Exam Cram-RN book-Pharmacology

and the TV Drugs. I had 5 from Exam Cram and 5 TV drugs and I passed with 75 questions.

What is exam cram and where do I get it?? I have not heard of this.

Exam Cram is a book by: wilda rinehart, Diann Sloan, Clara Hurd

Nclex -PN Second Edition

There is no way to study all of the meds, impossible. But you can study the main classifications and their side effects. The drugs that I got on NCLEX, I had no clue what they were and I never heard of them (except 2) all of the others were drugs that I could not even tell you what class they were in. When I was in doubt I chose the side effect answer that was the most severe for patient. Way to many drugs to study. Passed at 75.

I also had a hard time with memorizing meds. Where do i get that flash card for pharma?

Please help..i will buy it ...i need to study meds. i think one factor i failed my first try

is because of the meds Q's.:typing:banghead:

I got the kaplan med cards at barnes and noble in the nursing section

i too am trying to find a good source for studying pharm. i was thinking of pharmacology made incredibly easy or one of those mini notebooks that are small enough to take to clinical. im still not sure.