Pharmacology and the Nursing
Process
What are the five steps of the nursing process? - ANSWER 1) Assessment
2) Diagnosis
3) Planning
4) Implementation
5) Evaluation
What is the purpose of the nursing process? - ANSWER to identify, diagnose, and
treat human responses to health and illness
verbal information from the patient, family members, friends, or other sources,
including symptoms described by, and apparent to, the patient - ANSWER subjective
data
signs that are directly measured or detected by another person regarding the patient's
health - ANSWER objective data
allows health care providers to establish the baseline data needed to individually tailor
medication therapy - ANSWER pre-administration assessment
three goals specific to a particular drug - ANSWER 1) establish baseline
measurements
2) anticipate adverse effects
3) identify high-risk patients
applies to all drugs but may be more critical for some drugs than for others - ANSWER
4) determine self-care capacity
, used to modify need to be determined to evaluate whether or not this response is
achieved - ANSWER baseline measurements of the parameters of the drug
usually known; baseline measurements can help providers determine if one has occurred
- ANSWER adverse effects of a medication
-determined by individual characteristics
-individual characteristics that predispose a patient to an adverse reaction depend on
the drug under consideration
-cannot determine without understanding pharmacology of the medication. - ANSWER
high-risk patients
-evaluated to determine ability to understand and effectively used medications
-If the nurse determines that the patient is unable to do so, alternative arrangements
must be made. -A thorough assessment will identify these factors, thereby allowing the
nurse to account for them when formulating nursing diagnoses and a care plan. -
ANSWER self-care capacity
made based on the analysis of the assessment data - ANSWER Nursing Diagnosis
identifies a disease condition and the results of diagnostic tests and procedures -
ANSWER medical diagnosis
-defining goals, establishing priorities, identifying specific interventions, and
establishing criteria for evaluating success
-will allow the nurse to promote beneficial pharmacologic effects and anticipate
side/adverse effects, rather than react to them after the effect occurs - ANSWER The
planning step of the nursing process involves
to provide maximum benefit with minimum harm - ANSWER Goal of drug therapy
setting goals and creating a care plan - ANSWER The planning step of the nursing
process involves
Process
What are the five steps of the nursing process? - ANSWER 1) Assessment
2) Diagnosis
3) Planning
4) Implementation
5) Evaluation
What is the purpose of the nursing process? - ANSWER to identify, diagnose, and
treat human responses to health and illness
verbal information from the patient, family members, friends, or other sources,
including symptoms described by, and apparent to, the patient - ANSWER subjective
data
signs that are directly measured or detected by another person regarding the patient's
health - ANSWER objective data
allows health care providers to establish the baseline data needed to individually tailor
medication therapy - ANSWER pre-administration assessment
three goals specific to a particular drug - ANSWER 1) establish baseline
measurements
2) anticipate adverse effects
3) identify high-risk patients
applies to all drugs but may be more critical for some drugs than for others - ANSWER
4) determine self-care capacity
, used to modify need to be determined to evaluate whether or not this response is
achieved - ANSWER baseline measurements of the parameters of the drug
usually known; baseline measurements can help providers determine if one has occurred
- ANSWER adverse effects of a medication
-determined by individual characteristics
-individual characteristics that predispose a patient to an adverse reaction depend on
the drug under consideration
-cannot determine without understanding pharmacology of the medication. - ANSWER
high-risk patients
-evaluated to determine ability to understand and effectively used medications
-If the nurse determines that the patient is unable to do so, alternative arrangements
must be made. -A thorough assessment will identify these factors, thereby allowing the
nurse to account for them when formulating nursing diagnoses and a care plan. -
ANSWER self-care capacity
made based on the analysis of the assessment data - ANSWER Nursing Diagnosis
identifies a disease condition and the results of diagnostic tests and procedures -
ANSWER medical diagnosis
-defining goals, establishing priorities, identifying specific interventions, and
establishing criteria for evaluating success
-will allow the nurse to promote beneficial pharmacologic effects and anticipate
side/adverse effects, rather than react to them after the effect occurs - ANSWER The
planning step of the nursing process involves
to provide maximum benefit with minimum harm - ANSWER Goal of drug therapy
setting goals and creating a care plan - ANSWER The planning step of the nursing
process involves
