#121: Phenytoin Basics You Need to Know

Straight A Nursing: Study for nursing school exams & NCLEX

Straight A Nursing

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🗓️ 1 October 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Phenytoin is an anti-seizure medication that is commonly asked about on exams and NCLEX. Oh, and you’ll probably see it in your nursing school clinicals, too! In this podcast episode we’ll talk through this medication using the Straight A Nursing framework DRRUGS. Looking to go beyond the Five Rights of medication administration with my Bulletproof guide? Grab yours here and take your medication administration practice to an even higher level ___________________ Full Transcript - Read the article and view references FREE CLASS - If all you've heard are nursing school horror stories, then you need this class! Join me in this on-demand session where I dispel all those nursing school myths and show you that YES...you can thrive in nursing school without it taking over your life! Confident Calculations - Learn a foolproof method for performing dosage calculations so you can pass your nursing school math exams on the first try! Study Sesh - Change the way you study with this private podcast that includes dynamic audio formats that help you review and test your recall of important nursing concepts on-the-go. Free yourself from your desk with Study Sesh! Fast Pharmacology - Learn pharmacology concepts in 5 minutes or less in this audio based program. Perfect for on-the-go review! 💕Did you love this episode? Please take a moment to follow or subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode! ___________________ The information, including but not limited to, audio, video, text, and graphics contained on this podcast are for educational purposes only. No content on this podcast is intended to guide nursing practice and does not supersede any individual healthcare provider's scope of practice or any nursing school curriculum. Additionally, no content on this podcast is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Straight a Nursing is a proud member of the Airwave Media Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	People say us cats have it easy, but it's not all sunshine and catnip. I mean, someone's got to maintain unbroken eye contact while you're in the bath.
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0:24.0	Wiskers per moor. Well hello there everyone this is Nurse Mo and welcome back to the Straight A Nursing
0:46.7	Podcast this is episode 121 and today we are diving into pharmacology talking about Fennie Toine which is an
0:58.0	anti-convulsant and I just want to say I am so thrilled that you are here spending your very precious free time with me today.
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1:58.5	podcast as well. Okay so as, today we're diving into a pharmacology topic.
2:07.0	And this is a drug, Fenny Toin is a medication that if you are working on a unit that takes care of patients who have a seizure
2:16.3	disorder, who've had a stroke or any kind of neurological injury, you're going to be working
2:22.4	with anti-se and one of those
2:26.7	is Fennetoyne also known as Dylantin. So this is a medication that is really common on nursing school exams and has been known to show up on the inplex.
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