PASSAIC COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

PATERSON, NEW JERSEY

NURSE EDUCATION PROGRAM
NUR 102 NURSING II
Study Guide for Medical-Surgical Pharmacology
Using Karchs Focus on Nursing Pharmacology textbook and Daviss Drug Guide look up
the following:
GI (GERD, PUD, GI motility):
Omeprazole
Famotidine
Bethanecol
Sulcralfate
Metoclopramide
Misoprostol
Agents to control blood glucose:
Insulin types, action and onset
Antibiotics/Anti-infectives:
Aminoglycoside (gentamycin)
1st Generation cephalosporin (cefazolin)
3rd generation cephalosporin (cetriaxone)
Flouroquinolones (ciprofloxacin)
Sulfonamide (trimethoprin sulfamethoxazole)
Anti-inflammatory/Immune:
Olsalazine salicylate
Mesalamine
Hep A Vaccine schedule
Influenza Vaccine schedule
CNS/Peripheral nervous system:
Naloxone
Cardiovascular:
Metoprolol
Amlodipine
Enoxaparin
Folic acid
Cyanocobalamin
Ferrous sulfate

Renal/Urinary tract:
Furosemide
Spironolactone
Finasteride
Oxybutynin
Respiratory:
Albuterol
Aminophylline
Endocrine:
Levothyroxine
Propylthiouracil
General anesthesia:
Balanced anesthesia
Pancuronium
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List common CNS side effects of Famotidine

Describe adverse effects associated with aminoglycoside antibiotics
Discuss purpose of using Naloxone with opioids; know therapeutic actions
Describe what comprises Balanced or Neuroleptic Anesthesia
Identify the antidote or reversal agent for Pancuronium bromide used in General
Anesthesia
6. Identify uses for Aminophylline and list common/serious side effects
7. Describe lifelong medication therapy & diagnostic test(s) appropriate for
Pernicious Anemia
8. List states in which folic acid deficiency may exist
9. Identify agents used to treat hyperthyroidism and nursing interventions/teaching
10. Differentiate purpose and vaccination schedule of pneumovax and flu
vaccine
11. Identify Drug Class of oxybutynin
12. Describe vaccine schedule for Hepatitis A Vaccine
13. List nursing implications associated with clients taking trimethoprin sulfamethoxazole for
treatment of urinary tract infection
14. Discuss teaching points for a client taking levothyroxine
15. Provide the rationale for use (therapeutic action) for each of the following medications
used to treat GERD (gastrointestinal reflux disease):
Bethanicol
Metoclopramide
omeprazole
misoprostol
16. Describe common adverse side effects associated with finasteride
17. Explain the onset of insulin action of NPH and Regular insulin
18. Good luck!!