Medication Classifications

In this lesson, we are going to review common classes of medications that tend to appear in testing and NCLEX questions.  We are going to review how medications are classed together and then identify some easy ways to remember what medications are in the class by the beginning, or prefix, or the endings, or suffix,  of the names.

Learning Objectives:

Upon the completion of this lesson, learners will be able to:

1. Understand what medication classifications are used for
2. Review how to determine what classification a medication is in