NSG 2050

According to AACN, baccalaureate generalist nurses are... designers, coordinators, and managers of care Prevention to keep from happening or existing Management to handle or direct with a degree of skill; to exercise supervisory direction of; to treat with care Examples of nursing prevention - assessment - education - planning - early intervention Examples of nursing management - prioritization - delegation - collaboration - implementation The Nursing Process - assessment - dia...

What is one of the highest risk areas of nursing practice? - Medication administration Who (professionals) are involved with medication administration? - -Physician/NP -Pharmacist -RN -Unit clerk/secretary -Pharm techs *this creates more opportunity for mistake* What does the RN need to know with each medication ordered? - -dose -route -technique -indications for use of medication -mechanism of action -side effects, toxic and adverse reactions -drug to drug, drug to food intera...