PHARMACOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS
AND DETAILED ELABORATE
ANSWERS. LATEST UPDATE 2026.
PASS GUARANTEE.
assessment phase - ANSWER -the systematic collection, organization, validation,
and documentation of patient data, (medication assessment) focus on whether the
patient is experiencing the expected therapeutic benefits from the medications,
dosage review, serum levels obtained, also identify any adverse effects,baseline
data compared with current assessment to determine what changes have occured,
assess the ability of the patient to assume responsibility for self-administration of
medications-next diagnosis phase
- QUESTION- baseline data - ANSWER -patient information that is gathered
before pharmacotherapy is implemented
- QUESTION- evaluation phase - ANSWER -compares the patient's current health
status with the desired outcome,
- QUESTION- nursing diagnoses - ANSWER -clinically based judgment about
the patient and his or her response to health and illness, addresses the patient's
,responsed related to drug administration, developed after assessment data, focused
on patient's problems and verified with the patient or caregiver, these diagnoses
will form the basis for the remaining steps of the nursing process, compares
patient's current health status with the desired outcome
- QUESTION- nursing process - ANSWER -five-part decisions-making system
that includes assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation and
evaluation
- QUESTION- objective data - ANSWER -information gathered through physical
assessment, laboratory tests, and other diagnostic sources
- QUESTION- outcome (goals) - ANSWER -objective measurement of goals,
developed from nursing diagnosis, direct the interventions required by the plan of
care, focus on what patient is able to achieve, provides specific, measurable criteria
that is used to measure goal attainment, written to include the patient, the actions
required by that subject and the specific time frame the subject will accomplish
that performance
- QUESTION- planning phase - ANSWER -prioritizes diagnoses, formulated
desired outcomes, and selects nursing interventions that can assist the patient to
return to establish an optimum of wellness, short and long term goals are
established, links the strategies, or interventions to the established goals and
outcomes, involves drug administration and patient teaching
, - QUESTION- subjective data - ANSWER -information gathered regarding what a
patient states or perceives
- QUESTION- What information do you collect during assessment? - ANSWER -
medications patient receiving, health history information, physical assessment data,
lab values, other measurable data and assessment of medication effects including
both therapeutic and side effects
- QUESTION- implementation phase - ANSWER -involves administering the
drugs, carrying out interventions to promote a therapeutic response and minimize
adverse effects of the drug, nurse interventions- monitoring side effects,
documenting medications and patient teaching, nurse applies the knowledge, skills,
and principles of nursing care to help move the patient toward the desired goal and
optimal wellness
- QUESTION- Does the nursing diagnosis identify medical problems experienced
by the patient? - ANSWER -no
- QUESTION- An appropriate stated goal for a patient with type 1 diabetes
mellitus is? - ANSWER -the patient will demonstrate self-injection of insuling,
using a preloaded syringe, into the subcutaneous tissue of the thigh prior to
discharge