Pharmacology Drug Therapy/medication Errors

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Compliance

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Implementation or fulfillment of a prescriber's or caregiver's prescribed course of treatment or therapeutic plan by a patient (aka adherence)

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Goals

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Statements that are time specific and describe generally what is to be accomplished to address a specific nursing diagnosis

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Medication Error

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Any preventable adverse drug event involving inappropriate medication use by a patient or health care professional; it may or may not cause patient harm

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Noncompliance

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An informed decision on the part of the patient not to adhere to or follow a therapeutic plan or suggestion (aka nonadherence)

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Nursing Process

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Steps used in taking care of patient: assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning (w/ goals and outcome criteria), implementation of the plan (w/ patient teaching), and evaluation

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Outcome Criteria

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Descriptions of specific patient behaviors or responses that demonstrate meeting of or achievement of goals related to each nursing diagnosis. These statements should be verifiable, framed in behavioral terms, measurable, and time specific. Outcome criteria are considered specific, whereas goals are broad

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Prescriber

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Any health care professional licensed by the appropriate regulatory board to prescribe medications

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Adverse Drug Event

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Any undesirable occurance related to administration of or failure to administer a prescribed medication

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Adverse Drug Reaction

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Unexpected, unintended, undesired or excessive responses to medications given at therapeutic dosages (type of adverse drug event)

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Allergic Reaction

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An immunologic hypersensitivity reaction resulting from an unusual sensitivity of a patient to a particular medication (type of adverse drug event)

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Idiosyncratic Reaction

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Any abnormal and unexpected response to a medication, other than an allergic reaction, that is peculiar to an individual patient

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Medical Error

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A broad term commonly used to refer to any error in any phase of clinical patient care that causes or has the potential to cause patient harm

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Medication Errors

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Any preventable adverse drug events, involving inappropriate medication use by a patient or health care professional; may or may not cause harm

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Medication Reconciliation

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A procedure implemented by health care providers to maintain an accurate and up-to-date list of medications for all patients between all phases of health care delivery