Ch.1: The Nursing Process and Drug Therapy

These flashcards cover key concepts related to the nursing process and drug therapy as presented in the lecture notes.

Nursing Process

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

Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)

A project initiated in 2005 to prepare future nurses with knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed for continuous improvement in patient care.

Patient-centered care

One of the six major initiatives of QSEN focusing on care that respects the patient’s preferences, needs, and values.

Interprofessional Education Collaboration (IPEC)

Formed in 2009 to develop core competencies for interprofessional collaborative practice among health care professionals.

Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)

A redesigned NCLEX focused on clinical reasoning and judgment skills in nursing education.

Five Steps of the Nursing Process

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

Assessment

The collecting, reviewing, and analyzing data related to patient care including medication profiles.

Medication Errors

Preventable events that may cause inappropriate medication use or patient harm.

The Rights of Medication Administration

Includes Right drug, Right dose, Right time, Right route, Right patient, Right documentation, and additional rights.

Evaluation

An ongoing part of the nursing process that determines the status of goals and patient responses to drug therapy.