What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

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I want to read about medications that are nornally given by nurses, what do you normally deal with on your floor? I'm hoping to see a common drug list, but who knows...

Thanks.

oxycodone

m-eslon

lantus

sinemet

panadol

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Specializes in Critical Care, Med-Surg, Psych, Geri, LTC, Tele,.
Trazodone, vistaril, seroquel, depakote, and Prozac.

Is this Psych also? perhaps noc or pm because of the vistaril and teas adobe?

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Specializes in Forensic Psych.

Cogentin, Benadryl, Zyprexa, Depakote, Haldol

Prn- Tylenol! Mylanta!

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Benadryl, depakote, ativan, metformin and prazosin.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

Hydrocodone, insulin (novolog and lantus the most), dilaudid or morphine, lovenox, Pepcid or protonix.

IV infusions would be vancomycin, zosyn, flagyl.

I almost forgot a few PRN's-- zofran, ambien, tramadol.

Each shift I give all of those medications at least once.

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Specializes in CCRN.
Labetalol/Metoprolol/Lisinopril, Novolog, Norco, K+/Mg, Heparin/Coumadin/Lovenox.

same!

except I'd replace Norco w/ Aspirin

I'm on a IMCU cardiac-step-down telemetry unit

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Specializes in Critical Care, Emergency Care.

Diprivan, precedex, levoquin, neosynephrine, levophed

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Specializes in Psych, LTC/SNF, Rehab, Corrections.

Pain meds- Ativan, Tylenol, Norco, Trazadone, morphine, methadone

Allergy meds - claritin, flonase, cough drop, throat spray, cough syrup

Bowel/Bladder meds -Docusate, MoM, Kaotin, Senna and Gelnique

Antianxiety - Ativan, Haldol

Injection - insulin, lovenox

I only give PRNS. Cant break it doen by drug, only class. I give a LOT of everything listed, most Tylenol and bowel meds. If we're discussing most commonly used meds that oyr folks recv overall as administered by med aides:

Supplements/allergy med

Psych/Anxiety meds - Depakote, seroquel, wellbutrin, Haldol, ativan, xanax

DM management - Metformin

Anti HTN - an assortment

Anti Parkinsonians/Alz - Senemet, exelon patch, etc...

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Specializes in UR/PA, Hematology/Oncology, Med Surg, Psych.

I'm cheating, I'll list 7; Vancomycin, Dilaudid, Zofran, Zosyn, Insulin, Heparin/Lovenox, and Flagyl

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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

In clinic now, but when in Rehab it was: Insulin, levothyroxine, warfarin, Tylenol, docusate

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Specializes in Mental Health, Gerontology, Palliative.

District nurse here

Warfarin, insulin, morphine, midazolam, haloperidol. The last three are mostly related to community palliative care

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Specializes in Medical Oncology, Alzheimer/dementia.

Zosyn, dilaudid, protonix, ambien, lovenox.

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