The Nursing Process and Drug Therapy

This set of flashcards covers key concepts related to the nursing process and drug therapy as outlined in the lecture notes.

Nursing Process

An ongoing and evolving process that requires critical thinking and ensures the delivery of individualized nursing care.

Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)

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

Six Major Initiatives of QSEN

Patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics.

Interprofessional Education Collaboration (IPEC)

Formed in 2009, focused on developing competencies for interprofessional collaborative practice.

Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)

A new format of the NCLEX focusing on clinical reasoning and judgment skills.

Five Steps of the Nursing Process

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

Human Needs Statements

Previously known as Nursing Diagnoses, these are statements based on identified human needs.

Assessment

The process of data collection, review, and analysis including medication profiles.

Goals in Nursing Planning

Objective, measurable, realistic outcomes with an established time frame for achievement.

The 'Rights' of Medication Administration

Include right drug, dose, time, route, patient, documentation, plus right reason, response, and the right to refuse.

Medication Errors

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

Evaluation in the Nursing Process

An ongoing activity that determines the status of care goals and monitors responses to drug therapy.