Adult Acute and Critical Care Common Medications
CSU School of Nursing PCN IV (NURS 4279)
Student nurses should be knowledgeable of safe dose range. Some of these will be weight-based,
particularly the continuous infusions (drips). If the medication is weight-based, the safe dose should
be reported as unit to be given)/kg/dose. These drugs should be looked up and handwritten using the
Medication Sheets. The completion of the Medication Sheets for these will be an assignment due
within the first week of class. Please note that several of these drugs (denoted by * with the peds
indication) will be used in pediatrics as well.
General knowledge of these medications may appear on an examination regardless of the unit.
1. Furosemide (*IV Nephrotic Syndrome, Heart Failure)
2. Hydrochlorothiazide
3. Spironolactone
4. Mannitol
5. Lisinopril
6. Benazepril
7. Losartan
8. Valsartan
9. Verapamil
10. Nifedipine
11. Amlodipine
12. Amiodarone
13. Diltiazem
14. Digoxin(*PO for Heart Failure)
15. Hydralazine
16. Sodium nitroprusside
17. Lidocaine
18. Procainamide
19. Nicardipine
20. Metoprolol
21. Propranolol
22. Dabigatran
23. Rivaroxaban
24. Apixaban
25. Coumadin
26. Heparin
27. Enoxaparin
28. Dalteparin
29. Alteplase
30. Tenecteplase
31. Nitroglycerin
32. Morphine (*IV Pain)
33. Ranolazine
34. Adenosine (*IV SVT)
35. Clopidogrel
36. Aspirin (*Kawasaki’s Disease)
37. Dabigatran
38. Acetaminophen (*IV, PO, PR)
39. Salmeterol
40. Theophylline
41. Ipratropium (*Acute Asthma Adjunct)
42. Tiotropium
43. Fluticasone (*Maintenance Asthma)
44. Fluticasone/Salmeterol*
45. Montelukast (*Maintenance Asthma & Allergies)
46. Norepinephrine
47. Propofol
48. Midazolam
49. Vasopressin
50. Fentanyl
51. Atropine
52. Dopamine