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NCLEX Cram Simplifying Pharmacology

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SEVEN MED ADMINISTATION RIGHTS   CLIENT, ROUTE, DRUG, AMOUNT, TIME, DOCUMENTATION, TO REFUSE TX  
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ACE INHIBITORS ACTION   PRIL- TX PRIMARY AND SECONDARY HTN BY INHIBITING THE COVERSION OF ANGIOTENSION I TO II  
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ACE INHIBITORS RN CONSIDERATIONS   SE= HYPOTENSION, HACKING COUGH, N/V, RESP SXMONITOR VITALS, WBCS, AND ELECTROLYTE LEVELS  
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BETA ADRENERGIC BLOCKERS ACTION   OLOL- HELP LOWER BP, PULSE RATE, AND CARDIAC OUTPUT; ALSO TX MIGRAINES AND OTHER VASCULAR HEADACHES, GLAUCOMA AND PREVENT MIS BY BLOCKING THE SYMPATHETIC VASOMOTOR RESPONSE  
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BETA ADRENERGIC BLOCKERS RN CONSIDERATIONS   SE= ORTHOSTATIC, BRADYCARDIA, CHF, BLOOD DYSCRASIASMONITOR LAB VALUES (PROTEIN, BUN, CR) INDICATING NEPHROTIC SYNDROME, MONITOR VITALS, SIGNS OF EDEMATEACH TO RISE SLOWLY, REPORT BRADYCARDIA, DIZZINESS, CONFUSION,DEPRESSION, OR FEVER AND TAPER OFF MED  
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AMINOGLYCOSIDES   CIN/MYCIN- INTERFERE WITH THE PROTEIN SYNTHESIS OF BACTERIA CASING IT TO DIE  
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AMINOGLYCOSIDES RN CONSIDERATIONS   SE= OTOTOXICITY, NEPHROTOXICITY, SEIZURES, BLOOD DYSCRASIA, HYPOTENSION, RASHOBTAIN ALLERGIES, MONITOR I&O, VITALS, IV SITE, THERAPEUTIC LEVELS, PEAK AND TROUGH LEVELS  
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BENZODIAZEPINES ACTION   PAM/PATE/LAM- ANTICONVULSANTS/ANTIANXIETYS SEDATIVE/HYPNOTICS  
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BENZODIAZEPINES RN CONSIDERATIONS   MONITOR r, LIVER FNX, KIDNEY FXN, BONE MARROW FXN, SIGNS OF CHEMICAL ABUSE  
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PHENOTHIAZINES ACTION   ZINE- USED AS ANTIEMETICS OR MAJOR TRANQUILIZER AND TO TX PSYCHOSIS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA  
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PHENOTHIAZINES RN CONSIDERATIONS   SE= EPS, SEDATION, ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION, DRY MOUTH, AGRANULOCYTOSIS, NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME  
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GLUCOCORTICOIDS ACTION   SONE/CORT- USED FOR IMMUNOSUPPRESSION AND ADDISON'S DISEASE; USED TO DECREASE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE TO ALLERGIES AND INFLAMMATORY DISEASES OR TO DECREASE THE POSSIBILITY OF ORGAN TRANSPLANT REJECTION  
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GLUCOCORTICOIDS RN CONSIDERATIONS   SE= POOR WOUND HEALING, ECCHYMOSIS, BRUISING, PETECHIAE, DEPRESSION, FLUSHING, MOOD CHANGES, HTN, OSTEOPOROSIS, HEMORRHAGEMOINTOR GLUCOSE LEVELS, WEIGHTS, BP, AND SIGNS OF INFECTION  
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ANTIVIRALS ACTION   VIR- INHIBIT VIRAL GROWTH BY INHIBITING AN ENZYME WITHIN THE VIRUS  
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ANTIVIRALS RN CONSIDERATIONS   REPORT RASH, SIGNS OF INFECTIONS, MONITOR CR FREQ, LIVER PROFILE, BOWEL PATTERN BEFORE AND DURING TX  
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CHOLESTEROL LOWERING AGENTS ACTION   VASTATIN- HELP TO LOWER CHOLESTEROL AND TRIGLYCERIDE LEVELS TO DECREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE  
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CHOLESTEROL LOWERING AGENTS RN CONSIDERATIONS   SE= ALOPECIA, DYSPEPSIA, LIVER DYSFXN, MYALGIA, HEADACHEDIET LOW IN CHOLESTEROL AND FAT; MOINTOR CHOLESTEROL, LIVER, RENAL LEVELS/FXN; REPORT VISUAL CHANGES (CATARACTS); MONITOR MUSCLE PAIN AND WEAKNESS  
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ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR BLOCKERS ACTION   SARTAN- BLOCK VASOCONSTRICTOR AND ALDOSTERONE SECRETING ANGIOTENSIN II TO LOWER BP AND INCREASE CO;TX PRIMARY OR SECONDAY HTM AND ARE EXCELLENT FOR PTS WHO COMPLAIN OF COUGHING R/T ACE INHIBITORS  
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ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR BLOCKERS RN CONSIDERATIONS   SE= INSOMNIA, DEPRESSION, ANGINA PECTORIS, SECOND DEGREE AV BLOCK, CONJUNCTIVIITIS, IMPOTENCE, MUSCLE CRAMPS, NEUTROPENIA, COUGHMONITOR BP, HR, BUN, CR, ELECTROLYTES, HYDRATION STATUS, AND TO REPORT EDEMA IN FEETS AND LEGS DAILY  
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CO2 ENZYME BLOCKERS ACTION   COX- ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS USED TO TX ARTHRITIS AND PAIN R/T ARTHRITIS (NSAIDS)  
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CO2 ENZYME BLOCKERS RN CONSIDERATIONS   SE= FATIGUE, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, TACHYCARDIA, TINNITUS, GASTROENTERITIS, STOMATIIS, SUDDEN GI BLEEDINGREPORT CHANGINES IN BOWEL HABITS INDICATING BLEEDING, MONITOR PLATELET COUNT, REPORT EASY BRUISING  
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HISTAMINE 2 ANTAGONISTS ACTION   TIDINE- BLOCK HISTAMINE 2 RECEPTOR SITES, DECREASING ACID PRODUCTION, USED TO TX GERD, ACID REFLUX, AND GASTRIC ULCERS  
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HISTAMINE 2 ANTAGONISTS RN CONSIDERATIONS   BRADY/TACHYCARDIA, PSYCHOSIS, SEIZURES, AGRANULOCYTOSIS, ALOPECIA, GALACTORRHEAMONITOR BUN, ADMINISTER MED W/MEALS, TAKE ANTACIDS 1HR BEFORE/AFTER MED, CIMETIDINE IN ONE LARGE DOSE AT BEDTIME, SUCRLFATE DECREASES HISTAMINE 2 RECEPTOR BLOCKER EFFECTS  
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PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS ACTION   PRAZOLE- SUPPRESSES GASTRIC SECRETION BY INHIBITING HYDROGEN/POTASSIUM ATPASE ENZYME SYSTEMS TO TX GASTRIC ULCERS, INDIGESTION AND GERN  
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PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS RN CONSIDERATIONS   SE= INSOMNIA, FLATULENCE, HYPERGLYCEMIATAKE MED PRIOR TO MEALS FOR BEST ABSORPTION, DO NOT CRUSH PROTONIX, USE FILTER WHEN IV PROTONIX, MONITOR LIVER FXN  
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ANTICOAGULANTS ACTION   PARIN- THINS BLOOD TO TX THROMBOLYTIC DISEASE, PULMONARY EMBOLI, MI, DVT AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY AND OTHER CONDITIONS REQUIRING ANTICOAGULATION  
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ANTICOAGULANTS RN CONSIDERATIONS   SE= STOMATITIS, BLEEDING, HEMATURIA, DERMATITIS, ALOPECIA, PRURITUSMONITOR BLOOD STUDIES (HCT, OCCULT BLOOD IN STOOL, PTT FOR HEPARIN, PLT, SIGNS OF BLEEDING OR INFECTION  
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GINSENG   ANTI-INFLAMMATORY, ENHANCES IMMUNE SYSTEM, ESTROGEN EFFECTS, AND IMPROVES MENTAL AND PHYSICAL ABILITIES  
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GINKGO   IMPROVES MEMORY AND CAN BE USED TO TX DEPRESSION, IMPROVES PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION  
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ECHINACEA   TX COLDS, FEVERS, UTI  
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ST. JOHN'S WORT   USED TO TX MILD TO MODERATE DEPRESSION  
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