Medication (Common) How to memorize it!!

Common Medication:

Ace Inhibitor, use to treat hypertensive and heart failure.

most medication name ends in letter "PRIL"

Ex: 

• Lisonopril
• Captopril
• Fosinopril
• Enalapril
• Benazepril
• Perindopril
• Ramipril
• Quinapril
• Tandolapril    

Antilipemic Medication, use to lower cholesterol level.

most medication name ends in letter "STATIN"

Ex:

• Atorvastatin 

Antiviral Medication, use to treat viral infection

most medication name ends in letter "VIR"

Ex:

• Zidovudine (retrovir)
• Oseltamivir
• Vacyclovir
• Acyclovir

Benzodiazepine, anxiety reducing medication, muscle relaxant, and sedatives.

most medication names ends in letter "PAM"

Ex:

• Diazepam
• Lorazepam
• Clonazepam
• Temazepam
• Flurazepam

Beta Blockers, use to treat hypertension, angina, dysrhythmia.

most medication name ends in letter "LOL"

Ex:

• Atenolol
• Propanolol
• Metropolol
• Carvedilol
• Bisoprolol
• Nadolol
• Timolol
• Lebetalol
• Acebutolol

Calcium Channel Blocker, is use to treat hypertension, angina, and dysrhythmia

most medication name ends in letter "PINE"

Ex:

• Nifedipine
• Amlodipine
• Felodipine
• Isradipine
• Nisoldipine
• Nimodipine
• Nicardipine

Authorization to Test (ATT) Letter

Upon confirmation of eligibility to examine, the candidate will receive an 9Authorization to Test (ATT) Letter by e-mail (or regular mail, if no e-mail address has been provided). The ATT Letter authorizes the candidate to take the certification examination. Please Note: The ATT Letter will be sent to the e-mail address on the candidate’s account,and is generated within 10-15 business days of receipt of all required documentation. It is the candidate’s responsibility to keep their e-mail address current with NCSBN®. The ATT Letter will include:

This is ATT for NCLEX-RN

• The contact information for Prometric, so the candidate can schedule an examination date

• Details on how to schedule an examination date with Prometric

• Information on how to reschedule or cancel an examination, should that become necessary

The examination application is valid for one (1) year from date of submission. The ATT Letter is active for 90 days. If the candidate does not take the examination within this 90-day period, the candidate may choose to reactivate the ATT Letter for an additional 90 days. In general, the ATT Letter can be reactivated as many times as necessary during the one-year period. There is a fee for each reactivation of the ATT Letter. After one year, the ATT Letter may no longer be reactivated — a new examination application must be submitted.

Reactivation of the ATT Letter may be requested online if the account is in ‘Reactivate Status’, by logging onto the applicant’s account, or by submitting the appropriate form, available on the NCSBN website at

www.ncsbn.org.

http://www.nbcot.org/pdf/att.pdf  08202011 @ 11:00pm

NCLEX-RN: my Journey to NCLEX-RN Review

The NCLEX-RN EXAM was always one of those daunting topics that loomed over my head throughout nursing school. As every nursing student knows, there is so much on your plate while in nursing school that you just don't have time to fix your self. Although all along I knew I need to face the NCLEX exam, as my last semester approached I realized that the NCLEX exam has managed to creep up on me. It was time to start formulating a plan of action. Initially, the panic set in. I had viewed the NCLEX exam as a complication of all the stress that I experienced before each test in nursing school, and that's a lot of stress! I had to calm down and look at this normally. People do pass this test. I needed to realized that this goal was absolutely attainable. I just needed to use the knowledge I had gained over the pass 4 years of my study in Nursing School and continue to prepare my self for this exam after my Graduation.

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