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NCLEX MEDICATIONS 2024 LATEST ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS BY EXPERTS AND GRADED A++ UPDATED Antabuse (disulfiram) Alcohol deterrent - Aversion (strong hatred) therapy- a type of therapy designed to make a pt give up an undesirable habit by causing them to associate i...

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NCLEX MEDICATIONS 2024 LATEST ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS BY EXPERTS AND GRADED
A++ UPDATED


Antabuse (disulfiram)
Alcohol deterrent


- Aversion (strong hatred) therapy- a type of therapy designed to make a pt give up an
undesirable habit by causing them to associate it with an unpleasant effect.
Antabuse antidote
Revia
Antabuse teaching
- avoid all forms of ETOH (bc doing so may lead to symptoms of N/V, even death.


- teach them to avoid all items containing alcohol. Ex: mouth wash, cologne, perfume,
aftershave, elixir, most OTC liquid medicine, insect repellent, hand sanitizer, vanilla
extract.
Antabuse onset and duration is?
2 weeks
Upper drugs
caffeine
cocaine
PCP/LSD (psychedelics/ Hallucinogens)
methamphetamines
adderall

,Upper drugs nursing priority
Suctioning due to seizures
Downer drugs nursing priority
Intubation/ ventilation due to respiratory arrest
Aminoglycosides
"Mycin"
- Gentamycin
-vancomycin
-Clindamycin
- streptomycin
-Cleomycin
- tobramycin


**they are the big guns of ABXs. Use them when nothing else works
How to administer Aminoglycosides ABX?
IV and IM (bc it is excreted in feces and not absorbed in GI Tract)
- administer then q8 hour
when can aminoglycosides be given PO
-hepatic encephalopathy... decreases ammonia
-pre-op surgery... sterilize bowel


-no ototoxicity or nephrotoxicity when given PO
PO aminoglycosides
-Neomycin
- Kanamycin
Bowel sterilizers
" Neo Kan"


- Neomycin
- Kanamycin
TAP

, Trough —> administer —> peak


* trough before drug administration
* Peak after drug administration


- trough and peak levels are drawn because of a drug's narrow therapeutic window or
index. Ex: Aminoglycosides abx and Digitalis
when to draw through levels
30 minutes before next dose
when to draw peak levels
sublingual: 5-10 mins after drug is dissolved
IV: 15-30 mins after drug is finished (bag is empty)
IM: 30-60 mins after injection
SQ: see DM lecture
PO: all different; don't even try to memorize
Calcium Channel Blockers
They relax and slows down the heart
- they are NEGATIVE inotropic, chronotropic, dromotropic
Calcium Channel Blockers function
- antihypertensive
- antianginal drugs (decrease oxygen demand)
- Antiatrial arrhythmias
Calcium Channel Blockers side effects
headache
hypotension
Orthostatic hypotension
Peripheral edema
Major side effects aminoglycosides
ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity
Calcium Channel blockers Names
Ends in “dipine”

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