Commonly Used Drugs and Nursing Implications

Pharmacology

Commonly Used Drugs and Nursing Implications

This is a partnered assignment started and discussed in class. Using Davis’s Drug Guide, add any additional resources to finalize one card for each of the two researched drugs. Put your names on the two cards and include the following:

Name of the Drug

Classification of Drug

Mechanism of Action

Recommended Dose

Routes of Administration

Potential Side Effects

Possible Adverse Effects

Special Nursing Care Considerations and Implications for this Drug

Following your in-class activity, scan the cards to submit to the drop box below.

Please check the Course Calendar for specific due dates.

NURS2407/NURS-2407/NURS 2407

NUR2407 Pharmacology

Module 3 Assignment

It is nearly impossible to learn EVERY THING about EVERY SINGLE drug we encounter. While it is important for us to look up select information about unfamiliar medications we administer, we can know the general indications and nursing interventions related to a drug if we learn key information about the drug classifications. For this assignment you will be collecting information about different groups of drugs, or drug classifications, found in your Pharmacology textbook.

Please refer to Unit Four: Autonomic Nervous System Drugs and Unit Five: Central and Peripheral Nervous System Drugs in Pharmacology: A Patient Centered Nursing Process Approach textbook and use your Davis’s Drug Guide to provide the following information:

Summary of the Unit/Classification

Minimum of three types of drugs or supplements

Typical routes of administration

Common side effects and adverse effects

Special considerations

Common Nursing interventions

Please DO NOT just copy/paste your information from your textbook or drug guide–put the information into your own words. You DO NOT need to use APA formatting for your submission, but please do include your references (in APA format) at the end of your document.