Chp 1 The Nursing Process and Drug Therapy

These flashcards cover key terms and concepts related to the Nursing Process and Drug Therapy, aiding in the understanding of nursing education and practice.

A research-supported organizational framework for professional nursing practice that ensures thorough, individualized, and quality nursing care.

Nursing Process

A project initiated in 2005 to prepare future nurses with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed for improving patient care quality and safety.

Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)

One of the six major initiatives of QSEN focusing on providing care that respects and responds to individual patient preferences, needs, and values.

Patient-Centered Care

A major QSEN initiative that incorporates the best available evidence to make informed clinical decisions.

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

An initiative formed in 2009 aimed at developing core competencies for interprofessional collaborative practice to improve health outcomes.

Interprofessional Education Collaboration (IPEC)

A new format of the nursing licensure exam focusing on clinical reasoning and judgment skills.

Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)

Includes Assessment, Human Needs Statements, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation.

Five Steps of the Nursing Process

The first step in the nursing process involving data collection, review, and analysis.

Assessment

Preventable events that may lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm.

Medication Errors

Includes the Right drug, dose, time, route, patient, documentation, and additional rights such as reason, response, and right to refuse.

The ‘Rights’ of Medication Administration

Formerly known as nursing diagnoses, these statements identify patient needs in a structured format.

Human Needs Statements

The step in the nursing process where specific nursing actions are initiated and completed as defined by the identified goals.

Implementation

The ongoing assessment of patient progress towards goals and outcomes of care.

Evaluation

Specific descriptions of expected patient goals and behaviors as part of the planning step in the nursing process.

Outcome Criteria