Nursing Notes and Study Guides for Student Nurses

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Nursing Pharmacology

Muscle Relaxants

Skeletal muscle relaxants are agents that can treat both temporary and permanent neuronal damage. They do this by interfering with the pain and spasm cycle.

Nursing Pharmacology

General and Local Anesthetics

Anesthetics are drugs used to cause complete or partial loss of sensation.

Nursing Pharmacology

Neuromuscular Junction Blocking Agents

NMJ-blocking agents block nerve stimulation on muscle cells and cause paralysis of the muscles directly without total CNS depression and its many systemic effects.

Nursing Pharmacology

Psychotherapeutic Drugs

Study guide for psychotherapeutic agents: antipsychotics, neuroleptics, antimanic, and CNS stimulants. A simplified nursing pharmacology study guide.

Nursing Pharmacology

Insulin

Insulin is the hormone produced by the pancreatic beta cells of the islets of Langerhans.

Nursing Pharmacology

Glucose-Elevating Agents

Glucose-elevating agents raise blood level of glucose when severe hypoglycemia occurs at <40 mg/dL.

Nursing Pharmacology

Antidiabetic Agents

Antidiabetic drugs are a group of drug structurally unrelated to sulfonylureas and are effective when used in combination with insulin or sulfonylureas.

Nursing Pharmacology

Sulfonylureas

Sulfonylureas is another group of agent used to control blood glucose level.

Nursing Pharmacology

Thyroid Agents

The thyroid gland uses iodine to produce thyroid hormones that regulate body metabolism. Thyroid agents either replace or remove hormones to prevent deficiency and excess. Thyroid agents include thyroid hormones (T3, T4, TSH)and antithyroid drugs (further classified as thioamides and iodine solution).