Science Medicine Nursing
Pharmacology Ch. 1 Intro to
Clinical Pharmacology exam
Terms in this set (29)
9 rights of drug administration a series of nursing actions to protect the patient from
drug
error
1. Right patient
2.Right drug
3.Right dose
4. Right route
5.Right time
6.Right reason
7. Right documentation
8.Right response
9.Right to refuse
contraindicated a health related reason to not give a specific drug
to a pt or group of pts.
, Adverse effects a drug effect that is more severe than expected and
has the potential to damage tissue or cause serious
health problems.
-may also be called adverse effect, toxic effect, or toxicity
and usually requires an intervention by the prescriber
Assessment first step of nursing process;
collecting information about a pt and using it to plan
care
clinical judgement An observed outcome of both critical thinking and
decision-making.
diagnosis a name (or label) for the pts disease or condition
expected side effects unintended but not unusual effects of the drug that
occur in many people taking the drug; they are
usually mild and do not require that the drug be
stopped
Evaluation process of determining the right response by
looking at what happens to the patient when the
nursing care plan is put into action.
-it is an appraisal of the treatment effectiveness
healthcare settings Any setting in which the LPN practices nursing
Identifiers information to reliably prove that an individual is
the person for whom the drug treatment is
intended.
-may include the pts full name, medical record
identification number, DOB, or phone number
Implementation the act of carrying out the planned interventions
Nursing Process a system to guide the nurses work in a logical way.
consists of 5 major steps:
1. assessment
2.diagnosis
3.planning
4. implementation
5.evaluation
objective data information that can be seen, heard, felt, or
measured by someone other than the patient
subjective data reports of what the patient says he or she is feeling or
thinks
Planning using information about the patient gathered in the
nursing assessment to set short term and long
term goals
Therapeutic effect The intended action of the drug, also known as
a drug's beneficial outcome.
Pharmacology Ch. 1 Intro to
Clinical Pharmacology exam
Terms in this set (29)
9 rights of drug administration a series of nursing actions to protect the patient from
drug
error
1. Right patient
2.Right drug
3.Right dose
4. Right route
5.Right time
6.Right reason
7. Right documentation
8.Right response
9.Right to refuse
contraindicated a health related reason to not give a specific drug
to a pt or group of pts.
, Adverse effects a drug effect that is more severe than expected and
has the potential to damage tissue or cause serious
health problems.
-may also be called adverse effect, toxic effect, or toxicity
and usually requires an intervention by the prescriber
Assessment first step of nursing process;
collecting information about a pt and using it to plan
care
clinical judgement An observed outcome of both critical thinking and
decision-making.
diagnosis a name (or label) for the pts disease or condition
expected side effects unintended but not unusual effects of the drug that
occur in many people taking the drug; they are
usually mild and do not require that the drug be
stopped
Evaluation process of determining the right response by
looking at what happens to the patient when the
nursing care plan is put into action.
-it is an appraisal of the treatment effectiveness
healthcare settings Any setting in which the LPN practices nursing
Identifiers information to reliably prove that an individual is
the person for whom the drug treatment is
intended.
-may include the pts full name, medical record
identification number, DOB, or phone number
Implementation the act of carrying out the planned interventions
Nursing Process a system to guide the nurses work in a logical way.
consists of 5 major steps:
1. assessment
2.diagnosis
3.planning
4. implementation
5.evaluation
objective data information that can be seen, heard, felt, or
measured by someone other than the patient
subjective data reports of what the patient says he or she is feeling or
thinks
Planning using information about the patient gathered in the
nursing assessment to set short term and long
term goals
Therapeutic effect The intended action of the drug, also known as
a drug's beneficial outcome.
