Ch 1 Pharm- Nursing Process And Drug Therapy

Front 1

List the six rights of medication administration

Back 1

right drug, right dose, right time, right route, right patient, right documentation

Front 2

Fulfillment of a caregiver's course of treatment or therapeutic plan by a patient

Back 2

compliance

Front 3

What is a medication error?

Back 3

preventable adverse drug event involving inappropriate medication use by a patient or health care professional **doesn't have to cause patient harm**

Front 4

Descriptions of specific patient behaviors or responses that demonstrate meeting of or achievement of goals related to each nursing diagnosis

Back 4

outcome criteria

Front 5

health care professional licensed by appropriate regulatory board to prescribe meds

Back 5

prescriber

Front 6

List 5 steps of nursing process in order:

Back 6

Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, & Evaluation

Front 7

Purpose of NANDA (North American Nursing Diagnosis Association):

Back 7

increases visibility of nursing's contribution to the care of patients

Front 8

Consists of initiation and completion of specific actions by the nurse as defined by nursing diagnoses, goals, and outcome criteria

Back 8

Implementation

Front 9

subjective data include information shared through ___ by any reliable source

Back 9

spoken word

Front 10

when documenting drug administration what MUST be included?

Back 10

date and time of med administration, name of medication, dose, route, and site of administration

Front 11

True or False: If a patient refuses to take a medication then the nurse does not need to document this.

Back 11

False, nurse must document refusal to take medication and reason for refusal, if possible

Front 12

True or False: Nurse must document when a drug is not administered.

Back 12

True, must also document why and what actions he/she took in response

Front 13

True or False: If I give a medication at 0400 it's okay to chart given at 0430.

Back 13

False, must chart at exact time medication administered

Front 14

The TJC requires 2 identifiers of the patient ____ before adminstration of a medication

Back 14

Name, ask them to state it and check armband against medication order/profile

Front 15

For routine medicatgion orders, the medications must be given no more than __ before or after the actual time specified in the prescriber's order.

Back 15

1/2 hour (have 60 minutes to give routine medications)

Front 16

stat orders must be given

Back 16

immediately, within 1/2 hour of time order is written

Front 17

nurses must always check the ___ policy regarding routine medication administration times

Back 17

health care agency or instituion policy