Editing Pharmacology (section)

== Study Strategy for the Licensure Exam ==

Learn drugs by '''class''', then learn the exceptions. For any class, be able to state the prototype, the mechanism in one sentence, the two or three assessment findings you check before giving it, the two or three adverse effects you monitor for, the antidote if there is one, and the single most important teaching point. On the exam, when a question asks what the nurse does '''first''', apply airway, breathing, and circulation, then safety, then the least invasive appropriate action. When a question asks which patient or finding to report, look for the one that is unexpected, life-threatening, or a known sentinel toxicity of the drug named in the stem.

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