PHARMACOLOGY FOR NURSING CARE 11 2026
STUDY GUIDE REVISION SHEET CORE
CONCEPT BREAKDOWN
◉ What are the five steps of the nursing process?
Answer: Assessment, Nursing Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation,
Evaluation
◉ What is the purpose of the nursing process?
Answer: To provide a systematic, evidence-based framework for
delivering safe, individualized, and goal-directed patient care.
◉ What does the assessment step of the nursing process involve?
Answer: Comprehensive, systematic collection of data about the
patient.
◉ What is a nursing diagnosis?
Answer: A clinical judgment about individual, family, or community
responses to actual or potential health problems.
◉ How is a nursing diagnosis statement structured?
, Answer: It includes a NANDA-I diagnostic label, contributing factors,
and defining characteristics.
◉ What is the difference between a nursing diagnosis and a medical
diagnosis?
Answer: A nursing diagnosis focuses on the patient's response to
health problems, while a medical diagnosis focuses on the disease
itself.
◉ What is evidence-based practice in nursing?
Answer: Using findings from scientific research to drive practice
changes and improve patient outcomes.
◉ What is Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
Answer: A framework used to prioritize patient needs in clinical
practice.
◉ What are the four types of nursing diagnoses?
Answer: Actual, Risk/High-Risk, Health Promotion, and Syndrome.
◉ What defines an actual nursing diagnosis?
Answer: It is based on human responses currently occurring and
supported by defining characteristics observed during assessment.
STUDY GUIDE REVISION SHEET CORE
CONCEPT BREAKDOWN
◉ What are the five steps of the nursing process?
Answer: Assessment, Nursing Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation,
Evaluation
◉ What is the purpose of the nursing process?
Answer: To provide a systematic, evidence-based framework for
delivering safe, individualized, and goal-directed patient care.
◉ What does the assessment step of the nursing process involve?
Answer: Comprehensive, systematic collection of data about the
patient.
◉ What is a nursing diagnosis?
Answer: A clinical judgment about individual, family, or community
responses to actual or potential health problems.
◉ How is a nursing diagnosis statement structured?
, Answer: It includes a NANDA-I diagnostic label, contributing factors,
and defining characteristics.
◉ What is the difference between a nursing diagnosis and a medical
diagnosis?
Answer: A nursing diagnosis focuses on the patient's response to
health problems, while a medical diagnosis focuses on the disease
itself.
◉ What is evidence-based practice in nursing?
Answer: Using findings from scientific research to drive practice
changes and improve patient outcomes.
◉ What is Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
Answer: A framework used to prioritize patient needs in clinical
practice.
◉ What are the four types of nursing diagnoses?
Answer: Actual, Risk/High-Risk, Health Promotion, and Syndrome.
◉ What defines an actual nursing diagnosis?
Answer: It is based on human responses currently occurring and
supported by defining characteristics observed during assessment.
