The Nursing Process and Drug Therapy

Flashcards covering the QSEN initiatives, the steps of the nursing process, and the rights of medication administration as they relate to pharmacology.

What are the six initiatives included in the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) Project?

Patient-centered care, Teamwork and collaboration, Evidence-based practice (EBP), Quality improvement (QI), Safety, and Informatics.

How is the Nursing Process defined within professional nursing practice?

A research-based organizational framework that ensures the delivery of thorough, individualized, and quality nursing care through critical thinking and an ongoing, evolving process.

What are the five main phases of the Nursing Process?

Assessment, Nursing diagnosis, Planning (including goals and outcome criteria), Implementation (including patient education), and Evaluation.

What information should be gathered during the Assessment phase regarding a patient's medication profile?

Any and all drug use, including prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, vitamins, herbs, supplements, and compliance/adherence.

What are the three common nursing diagnoses related specifically to drug therapy?

Deficient knowledge, Risk for injury, and Nonadherence (Noncompliance).

What three criteria are used to develop a nursing diagnosis?

1. Patient response to illness, injury, or change; 2. Factors related to the response (“related to”); 3. Listing of cues, clues, or evidence supporting the diagnosis (“as evidenced by”).

According to the Planning phase, what are the requirements for setting goals?

Goals must be objective, measurable, and realistic, with an established time period for achievement.

How are outcome criteria defined in the Nursing Process?

Concrete descriptions of patient goals.

What three types of nursing actions are involved in the Implementation phase?

Independent, collaborative, and dependent actions.

List the Six Rights of Medication Administration.

Right drug, Right dose, Right time, Right route, Right patient, and Right documentation.

What activities occur during the Evaluation phase of the nursing process in drug therapy?

Determining the status of goals and outcomes, monitoring the patient's expected and unexpected responses to drug therapy, and providing clear, concise documentation.