Nursing process and drug therapy

preclass week 1 friday

ADPIE

assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation

assessment

subjective vs objective

subjective

anything patient says/feels

objective

collected by observer (vital signs)

chemical name

physical and chemical properties of drug

generic name

lowercase (suffix guides you to what pharmacologic class it belongs to)

trade/brand names

assigned by the company marketing the drug, drug has several

white blood cell (WBC) value

between 4,500- 10,500

red blood cell (rbc) value

female: 3.6 - 5

male: 4.2 - 5.4

hemoglobin (Hgb) value

female: 12-16

male: 14 - 17.4

hematocrit (HCT) value

female: 36-48%

male: 42-52%

platelets value

140,000-400,000

hemoglobin

red protein that transports oxygen in blood

hematocrit

percent of red blood cells in the blood

basal metabolic panel (BMP)

shows kidney labs

complete metabolic panel (CMP)

more lab results including kidney and liver labs

AST

aspartate aminotransferase

ALT

alanine transaminase