UTA Pharmacology
Exam 1 Prep(272
questions and
answers)
START OF NOTES #1 Nursing Process (ADPIE) - answer An
organizational framework for the practice of nursing. It
encompasses all steps taken by the nurse in caring for a
patient:
Assessment
Nursing Diagnosis (problem or need identification)
Planning (Desired Outcome Identification)
Implementation (Nursing Action)
Evaluation
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) 2005 -
answer -Stands for Quality and Safety Education for
Nurses
,-Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes (KSAs) needed to
continuously improve the quality and safety of patient
care within the health care system.
Six major initiatives of QSEN:
1. Patient-centered Care
2. Teamwork
3. Collaboration
4. Evidence-based Practice (EBP)
5. Quality Improvement (QI)
6. Informatics
Assessment - answer Data is collected, reviewed, and
analyzed from the patient, family, or the medical record.
Ex. A medication history including allergies and type of
reaction, current prescribed medications, use of OTC
medications, herbal remedies, dietary supplements.
Current or past use of alcohol, tobacco products, and
street (illicit drugs).
Family history and ethnic origin (these can impact
response to medications due to genetic variance)
Nursing Diagnosis - answer Three part statement
example: PROBLEM STATEMENT- risk for injury RELATED TO
,alpha blocker and diuretic use as EVIDENCED BY
orthostatic hypotension (BP drops when the patient arises
too quickly) Different from medical diagnosis which
focuses on the problem Orthostatic hypotension.
Planning - answer (desired Outcome Identification) These
are what you and the patient together decide he or she
wants to accomplish
Implementation - answer Requires all the previous steps.
It requires constant communication with the patient,
family members, other healthcare providers. many nursing
interventions are independent.
Evaluation - answer evaluation of medication therapy
occurs after administration and is a systematic and
ongoing process to assess the therapeutic outcome of the
medication and note any adverse events.
The Big Three - answer Proactivity
Communication
Patient Education
These are just a way of combining the nursing process into
three main areas.
Proactivity - answer Steps 1-3 & 5 of nursing process
, Communication - answer with other health care team
members (steps 1-5 of the nursing process.
ISBAR
Checklists- Team Steps
Patient Education (*) - answer Informing patients about
their health, medicines, etc.
Chapter 1 Vocabulary:
Compliance - answer Implementation or fulfillment of a
prescriber's or caregiver's prescribed course of treatment
or therapeutic plan by a patient. Use of compliance versus
adherence in this textbook is supportive of the terms used
in the current listing of NANDA-I nursing diagnosis.
Medication error - answer Any preventable adverse drug
event involving inappropriate medication use by a patient
or health care professional; it may or may not cause the
patient harm.
Noncompliance - answer Any informed decision on the
part of the patient not to adhere to or follow a therapeutic
plan or suggestion. Use of noncompliance versus
nonadherence in this textbook is supportive of the terms
used in the current listing of NANDA-I nursing diagnosis.
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