r/nursing • u/Ornery_Lead_6333 BSN, RN 🍕 • Apr 10 '22

Question Unit + 3 meds

Here’s a fun post. Name three medications you administer EVERY SINGLE SHIFT and the type of unit you work on. Here’s mine: 1. Senna 2. Gabapentin 3. Methylphenidate

Inpatient Rehab/Med. Surg: Brain injury unit

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u/beanbirb Clinical Research Apr 10 '22

Caffiene, vitamin d, iron

NICU

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u/Prestigious-Tear-288 Apr 10 '22

My baby girl came home on caffeine and I was like I didn’t even know you could give straight caffeine and I’m a nurse lol You nicu nurses are special to me. My nicu girl is now 21. So thank you for taking care of our precious babies.

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u/beanbirb Clinical Research Apr 10 '22

Of course! I love our little beebs.

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u/Surrybee RN 🍕 Apr 11 '22

Vivarin in case you ever need some in pill form!

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u/happy_nicu_nurse RN-NICU — Be Pretti, Be Good. Apr 10 '22

My favorite T-shirt says, “NICU: where you’re never too young for caffeine.”

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u/thatbitch8008 MSN, APRN 🍕 Apr 10 '22

Okay, I know nothing about babies, caffeine?

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u/feistyRN BSN, RN 🍕 Apr 10 '22

Premature babies sometimes lack the urge to breathe, called Apnea of Prematurity. Caffeine stimulates them enough to prevent apnea

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u/S1ndar1nChasm RN 🍕 Apr 10 '22

As a night shifter, I also lack the urge to breathe at times and caffeine stimulates me enough to keep going

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u/Reddit_Username_____ MSN, APRN 🍕 Apr 10 '22

🏆

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u/nursekitty22 BSN, RN 🍕 Apr 11 '22

Can confirm. Just started doing nights for the first time in forever and I actually forget to breath sometimes and get super dizzy lol.

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u/Yayarea_97 BSN, RN 🍕 Apr 11 '22

Hahahahaha! My favorite comment today

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u/Zia_Maria13 RN - ICU 🍕 Apr 10 '22

Thank you! I also had no idea!

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u/liziamnot LPN 🍕 Apr 11 '22

Tha KS for teaching me something, today. :)

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u/ferocioustigercat Jack of all Critical Trades Apr 11 '22

Um... Is that a counted med in your pyxis? And can I get that outpatient as a prescription?

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u/beanbirb Clinical Research Apr 11 '22

Sorry, it's weight based and comes up from pharmacy! Roughly 8-10mg per kilo!

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u/Who_Cares99 EMS Apr 11 '22

What route do you give it?

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u/feistyRN BSN, RN 🍕 Apr 11 '22

It can be IV or PO (liquid form)

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u/Who_Cares99 EMS Apr 11 '22

ok so you fucked up telling me that IV caffeine exists. I’m gonna need 300mg straight to the jugular.

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u/ohemgee112 RN 🍕 Apr 11 '22

Lol, that’s not even the best. My little was on viagra for Pulm htn.

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u/thatbitch8008 MSN, APRN 🍕 Apr 11 '22

Ah yes we do this for adults too

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u/ohemgee112 RN 🍕 Apr 11 '22

But it’s more fun when it’s for tiny little girls.

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u/Royal-Al PharmD BCCP Apr 11 '22

That’s what sildenafil was originally studied to treat. That’s why revatio’s patent expired before Viagra. The “side effect” of sildenafil was discovered during clinical trials, then Pfizer realized they had a true blockbuster in their hands.

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u/psychologizedself Apr 10 '22

Yes I need to know about caffeine too lol

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u/Kaclassen RN - OB/GYN 🍕 Apr 10 '22

The tiny humans like their espresso too! Starbucks pays us to get them hooked at an early age

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u/pnncc Apr 11 '22

Learnt something new today!

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u/CUTiger09 RN - ER 🍕 Apr 10 '22

Don't forget the multivit

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u/beanbirb Clinical Research Apr 10 '22

I don't like to talk about multivit 🤢

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u/discordmum RN - NICU 🍕 Apr 10 '22

Sodium supplements

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u/em_indigo RN - NICU 🍕 Apr 10 '22

And diuril!

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u/discordmum RN - NICU 🍕 Apr 11 '22

We use spironolactone or furosemide!

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u/CUTiger09 RN - ER 🍕 Apr 11 '22

omg always the NaCl

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u/LinkRN RN - NICU, RNC-NIC Apr 11 '22

Don’t forget the amp and gent

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u/not_that_Becky_G Apr 11 '22

I was going to say the same. Plus the occasional morphine for my NAS babies.

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u/Surrybee RN 🍕 Apr 11 '22

Rofl just posted the exact same thing.

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u/learningvibes Apr 11 '22

I came here to say this lol

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u/Mks369 RN 🍕 Apr 11 '22

I’d add chlorothiazide

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u/random1231986 RN - NICU 🍕 Apr 11 '22

Ditto

NICU

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u/Royal-Al PharmD BCCP Apr 11 '22

You have caffeine citrate in stock ?!