PHARMACOLOGY A PATIENT CENTERED
NURSING PROCESS APPROACH EXAM REVIEW
2026 CERTIFICATION EVALUATION BUNDLE
TESTED QUESTIONS ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Which factor is most important for the nurses to assess when
evaluating the effectiveness of a patient's drug therapy?
Answer: Evidence of therapeutic benefit
◉ Which part of the nursing process is where the nurse assesses the
effectiveness of the medication?
Answer: Evaluation
◉ During the evaluation phase of drug administration, the nurse
completes what responsibilities?
Answer: Monitors the patient for therapeutic and adverse effects.
◉ How long does the assessment phase last?
Answer: it is an ongoing process that begins with the nurse's initial
contact with the patient and continues with every interaction
thereafter
, ◉ Once pharmacotherapy is initiated, ongoing assessment are
conducted to determine?
Answer: the effectiveness of the medication
◉ What does the nursing diagnoses focus on?
Answer: the patients needs not the nurses needs
◉ During the diagnosis phase of pharmacotherpay what are the
three main areas of concern?
Answer: promoting therapeutic drug effects, minimizing adverse
drug effects and toxicity, maximizing the ability of the patient for
self-care, including the knowledge, skills and resources necessary
for safe and effective drug administration.
◉ How is the diagnosis written?
Answer: one-two or three part statemtn depending on whether the
nurse has identified a wellness, risk or actual problem
◉ What is in the third part of the diagnoses?
Answer: the evidence gathered to support the chosen statement
◉ What do short and long term goals focus on?
Answer: What the patient will be able to do or achieve, not what the
nurse will do
NURSING PROCESS APPROACH EXAM REVIEW
2026 CERTIFICATION EVALUATION BUNDLE
TESTED QUESTIONS ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Which factor is most important for the nurses to assess when
evaluating the effectiveness of a patient's drug therapy?
Answer: Evidence of therapeutic benefit
◉ Which part of the nursing process is where the nurse assesses the
effectiveness of the medication?
Answer: Evaluation
◉ During the evaluation phase of drug administration, the nurse
completes what responsibilities?
Answer: Monitors the patient for therapeutic and adverse effects.
◉ How long does the assessment phase last?
Answer: it is an ongoing process that begins with the nurse's initial
contact with the patient and continues with every interaction
thereafter
, ◉ Once pharmacotherapy is initiated, ongoing assessment are
conducted to determine?
Answer: the effectiveness of the medication
◉ What does the nursing diagnoses focus on?
Answer: the patients needs not the nurses needs
◉ During the diagnosis phase of pharmacotherpay what are the
three main areas of concern?
Answer: promoting therapeutic drug effects, minimizing adverse
drug effects and toxicity, maximizing the ability of the patient for
self-care, including the knowledge, skills and resources necessary
for safe and effective drug administration.
◉ How is the diagnosis written?
Answer: one-two or three part statemtn depending on whether the
nurse has identified a wellness, risk or actual problem
◉ What is in the third part of the diagnoses?
Answer: the evidence gathered to support the chosen statement
◉ What do short and long term goals focus on?
Answer: What the patient will be able to do or achieve, not what the
nurse will do
